Synonyms of the word

flyspeck

• n. Housefly excrement, visible as a minuscule black dot.
• n. (by extension) Anything tiny or insignificant.
• v. To bespeckle with tiny spatters of color.
• v. To inspect in minute detail to ensure that something contains no flaws; nitpick.

atom

• n. (chemistry, physics) The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical…
• n. (history of science) A hypothetical particle posited by Greek philosophers as an ultimate and indivisible…
• n. (now generally regarded figuratively) The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something.
• n. (now historical) The smallest medieval unit of time, equal to fifteen ninety-fourths of a second.
• n. A mote of dust in a sunbeam.
• n. A very small amount; a whit.
• n. (computing, programming, Lisp) An individual number or symbol, as opposed to a list; a scalar value.
• n. (mathematics, algebra) A non-zero member of a Boolean algebra that is not a union of any other elements.
• n. (mathematics, set theory) An element of a set that is not itself a set; an urelement.

bantam

• n. any of several small chickens, especially one that is a miniature version of another.
• n. (sports) an age division between peewee and midget.
• adj. small or miniature.
• adj. spirited or aggressive.

corpuscle

• n. A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
• n. A protoplasmic animal cell; especially, such as float free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or…

diminutive

• adj. Very small.
• adj. Serving to diminish.
• adj. (grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
• n. (grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

lilliputian

• n. A very small person or being.
• adj. Very small, diminutive.
• adj. Trivial, petty.

little

• adj. Small in size.
• adj. Insignificant, trivial.
• adj. Very young.
• adj. (of a sibling) Younger.
• adj. Used with the name of place, especially of a country, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers…
• adj. Small in amount or number, having few members.
• adj. Short in duration; brief.
• adj. Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
• adv. Not much.
• adv. Not at all.

midget

• n. (originally) A little sandfly.
• n. (loosely) Any small swarming insect similar to the mosquito; a midge.
• n. A normally proportioned person with small stature, usually defined as reaching an adult height less than…
• n. (sometimes derogatory) Any short person.
• n. (attributively) That is a small version of something; miniature.

molecule

• n. (chemistry) The smallest particle of a specific element or compound that retains the chemical properties…
• n. A tiny amount.

mote

• n. A small particle; a speck.
• n. A tiny computer for remote sensing. Also known as smartdust.
• v. (now archaic) May or might.
• v. (obsolete) Must.
• v. (now archaic) Forming subjunctive expressions of wish: may.
• n. (obsolete) A meeting for discussion.
• n. (obsolete) A body of persons who meet for discussion, especially about the management of affairs.
• n. (obsolete) A place of meeting for discussion.

particle

• n. A very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something.
• n. (linguistics, sensu lato) A part of speech which cannot be inflected: an adverb, preposition, conjunction…
• n. (linguistics, sensu stricto) A word that has a particular grammatical function but does not obviously…
• n. (physics) Any of various physical objects making up the constituent parts of an atom; an elementary particle…

petite

• adj. Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build.
• adj. Of women's clothing: of small size.
• adj. Small, little; insignificant; petty.

small

• adj. Not large or big; insignificant; few in numbers or size.
• adj. (figuratively) Young, as a child.
• adj. (writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters.
• adj. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
• adj. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
• adv. In a small fashion.
• adv. In or into small pieces.
• adv. (obsolete) To a small extent.
• n. (rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference…
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To make little or less.
• v. (intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.

speck

• n. (countable) A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc.
• n. A very small thing; a particle; a whit.
• n. A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma (Doration) stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States.
• v. (transitive) To mark with specks; to speckle.
• n. Fat; lard; fat meat.
• n. (uncountable) A juniper-flavoured ham originally from Tyrol.
• n. The blubber of whales or other marine mammals.
• n. The fat of the hippopotamus.

tiny

• adj. Very small.
• n. A small child; an infant.
• n. Anything very small.