MINUTIAE Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

minutiae

noun

as in specifics

small or minor details the minutiae of daily life He was bewildered by the contract's minutiae.

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Noun

While many of the specifics are kept under wraps beforehand, this year’s outing for Pink will feature models Gabby Moura, Yoon Young Bae, Jordan Leftwich and more.

— Evan Clark, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2026
But that won't necessarily help workers keep their jobs, Cappelli and Rousseau say, and can instead fuel burnout, especially if workers are doing it for months or years before companies reveal the specifics of the job cuts.

— Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of specifics

Noun

But after Gouken’s tragic murder — the particulars will eventually be revealed in flashbacks — Ken and Ryu went their separate ways, Ken never forgiving Ryu for failing to save Gouken’s life.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
His laserlike focus on the particulars of the story doesn’t leave much room for extrapolation; even the infuriating case of bureaucratic overreach that the film depicts can easily be understood, and perhaps even defended, as an aberration.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026

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