Mouse — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Related Entry: Mickey Mouse (adjective)

Mickey Mouse is a different word from Mouse. The synonyms below are for Mickey Mouse, not for mouse.

1. lacking importance

   "a woman who at town meetings insists on airing every little Mickey Mouse concern she has"

   similar: fiddling, foolish, frivolous, incidental, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, little, minor, minute, negligible, nugatory, slight, small, small-fry, trifling, trivial, unimportant, neither here nor there
   related: jerkwater, one-horse, nickel-and-dime, paltry, petty, small-time, worthless, anonymous, nameless, obscure, uncelebrated, unknown
   opposite: big, consequential, eventful, important, major, material, meaningful, momentous, significant, substantial, unfrivolous, weighty
   near: decisive, fatal, fateful, chief, dominant, overbearing, overmastering, overriding, principal, distinctive, exceptional, impressive, outstanding, prominent, remarkable, valuable, worthwhile, worthy, distinguished, eminent, great, illustrious, preeminent, prestigious, famous, notorious, renowned, all-important, basic, essential, fundamental, key

2. so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention

   "as far as his schoolmarm of a boss is concerned, no rule is so Mickey Mouse that it can be ignored"

   similar: chicken, de minimis, footling, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, measly, minute, negligible, niggling, no-account, nominal, paltry, peanut, petty, picayune, piddling, piddly, piffling, pimping, slight, trifling, trivial
   related: inferior, mean, imperceptible, inappreciable, little, puny, tiny, hairsplitting, nitpicking, pettifogging, quibbling, one-horse, small-fry, two-bit
   opposite: big, consequential, considerable, important, material, significant
   near: serious, substantial, weighty, eventful, momentous, pivotal, conspicuous, noteworthy, outstanding, prominent, remarkable, striking, appreciable, discernible, measurable