WEE Synonyms: 119 Similar and Opposite Words

wee

adjective

ˈwē

Definition of wee

as in tiny

very small in size a wee baby

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Recent Examples of wee The original owner, a Vietnamese refugee who went by the name Dandy, made the doughnuts by hand in the wee hours of the morning. — Lia Picard, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026 Family and friends gather to watch matches, even staying up till the wee hours of the night to catch the game live. — Jenna Guarneri, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 She was known to roll in to NBC News’ New York headquarters in the wee hours of the morning or the dead of night if breaking news struck. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026 Crowds haven’t been sticking around much for matches that have ended in the wee hours of the morning. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wee

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Commonly associated with environmental risk factors such as smoking or exposure to hazards like radon, the rare but aggressively fast-growing condition gets its name from the unusually tiny appearance of its cells.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
These tiny architects of the deep sea actively regulate microbial populations.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026

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These informative passages function similarly to footnotes, but without the disruption of having to read minuscule print at the bottom of the page.

— Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2026
Study after study, by public officials and think tanks, has shown that voting by noncitizens and other ineligible voters happens only at minuscule, statistically insignificant levels.

— Christopher Miller, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2026

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weeded (out)

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