tiny B1 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈtaɪni/ See IPA manual Freq #1698 Meanings 1 adj Extremely small. A tiny insect crawled across the leaf. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · extremely small. smallwee ↔ Opposites huge Word family Forms tiniertiniest Etymology AI details From Middle English tine, tyne (“very small”) + -y. Perhaps from tine. tine Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # tiny **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈtaɪni/ **Frequency rank:** 1698 ## Meanings 1. Extremely small. ## Examples - A tiny insect crawled across the leaf. ## Antonyms - huge ## Roots and Affixes - Root: tine ## Etymology From Middle English tine, tyne (“very small”) + -y. Perhaps from tine. ## AI Etymology Tiny is from Middle English tine, tyne (“very small”) + -y. Perhaps from tine. The historical line also includes Middle English tine. In present-day use, it can mean extremely small. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown