midget
2 synonyms and 1 antonym for midget, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — Something unusually small, especially compared with what is normal.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
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Etymology
Formed from midge (chiefly used in the figurative sense of “small thing”, literally “small fly”) and the diminutive suffix -et. Midge itself comes from Old English myċġ (“mosquito”), from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mu-, *mew-; it is cognate with Dutch mug (“mosquito”) and German Mücke (“mid...
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