MIDGETS Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

midgets

noun

plural of midget

as in dwarfs

a living thing much smaller than others of its kind a breed that is the midget of the horse world

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Recent Examples of midgets Dreyer went on to build many Indy 500 cars in the 1930s and built championship-winning sprint cars, midgets and quarter-midgets. — Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026 From midgets to Indy cars, from sprint cars to stock cars, Stewart was at home behind the wheel. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2026

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dwarfs

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Watching all ten members sing at once is funny the way the seven dwarves all sleeping in their little beds next to each other is funny.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026
This is why a major question in the field is whether or not rocky planet atmospheres can even survive at all around M dwarfs.

— Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 July 2026

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