Synonyms for Minuscule (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case):
small letter, lower-case letter
WordNet sense 2 (of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries):
minuscular
WordNet sense 3 (relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case):
lowercase
WordNet sense 4 (very small):
miniscule
WordNet sense 5 (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent):
little, small
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