tiny
/ˈtaɪni/
tiny adjective: very small.
Adjective
tiny (comparative tinier, superlative tiniest)
- Very small.
- Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2014
Noun
tiny (plural tinies)
- A small child; an infant.
- ‘You know I loved your husband like a brother, and you know I've loved you and Sylvia ever since she was a tiny.’1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 28
- The lessons we saw have been well suited to the age of the children as regards music, singing and moving (and stories about animals for the tinies and more abstract themes for the older children).1982, Young children in China, page 84
- Anything very small.
- Might I now add a plea for the smaller irises, the tinies? They, also, should be divided up and replanted just now.1956, Victoria Sackville-West, Even More For Your Garden, page 102
Proper noun capitalized: Tiny
Tiny
- A township in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, United States.
- A nickname.
tiny meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
tiny in Hindi
- very small
- नन्हा nanhā
tiny in Tamil
- very small
- சின்னி ciṉṉi
tiny in Urdu
- tiny, teeny
- ذرا zarā
tiny in Bengali
- tiny
- ক্ষুদ্র khudro
More languagesFewer languages
- tiny in Malayalam
- തീരെ ചെറിയ, ക്ഷുദ്രമായ, സൂക്ഷ്മമായ
- tiny in Kannada
- ಚಿಕ್ಕ, ತೀರಸಣ್ಣ, ಪುಟ್ಟ
- tiny in Assamese
- অকণমানি okonmani, খুদ khud
- tiny in Arabic
- دَقِيق daqīq
- tiny in Persian
- خرد xord, ریز riz, کوچولو kučulu
- tiny in Thai
- จี๊ด jíit, นิด nít, จิ๋ว jǐu
- tiny in Vietnamese
- tí hon
- tiny in Myanmar
- နုပ် nup, ဖျ hpya.
Examples of tiny in a sentence
- A piece of debris tore a tiny straight channel through the satellite.
- The whole bell had to be recast although it had only one tiny, hardly visible crack.
- I shoehorned his dozen burgeoning bags into the backseat of my tiny car, and off we went.
Antonyms of tiny
Forms of tiny
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | tinier |
| superlative | tiniest |
| alternative form (obsolete) | tyny |
| Noun | |
| plural | tinies |
Origin of tiny
From Middle English tine, tyne (“very small”) + -y. Perhaps from tine.
Words formed from tiny
Phrases with tiny
Words that rhyme with tiny
Questions about tiny
- What does tiny mean?
- Tiny means very small.
- What is tiny in Hindi?
- Tiny in Hindi is नन्हा (nanhā). See Tiny meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tiny?
- Tiny can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce tiny?
- Tiny is pronounced /ˈtaɪni/.
Words near tiny in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tiny (page history and authors); Tiny (page history and authors); ذرا (Urdu) (page history and authors); ক্ষুদ্র (Bengali) (page history and authors); tiny (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tiny (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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