Meanings
comparative itsy-bitsier · superlative itsy-bitsiest · alternative itsy bitsy · alternative itty-bitty
- childishcolloquialhumorousoftenVery small; minuscule.
The itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the water spout.
2 more examples
She wore an itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny yellow polka-dot bikini.
So if five noahs got trapped in that itsy bitsy net, then how many are out there along the other 20 miles of beaches?
1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 108Synonyms: incy wincy, itty-bitty, teeny-weeny
plural itsy-bitsies · alternative itsy bitsy · alternative itty-bitty
- in pluralA very small thing; something tiny or insignificant.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveVery small; minuscule.
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(used informally) little or tiny
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From itty (baby-talk form of little) and/or bitsy.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech maličký, mrňavý
- maličkývery small
- mrňavývery small
- malinkatývery small
- prťavývery small
- pidivery small
Danish lillebitte, småbitte
- lillebittevery small
- småbittevery small
Dutch ietsepietsie, ietsjepietsje
- ietsepietsievery small
- ietsjepietsjevery small
Esperanto minuskla
- minusklavery small
French minuscule, mini
- minusculevery small
- minivery small
- riquiquivery small
- mini-minivery small
Hindi इत्तु सी
- इत्तु सी (ittu sī)very small
Hungarian icipici
- icipicivery small
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itsy-bitsy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/itsy-bitsy
“itsy-bitsy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/itsy-bitsy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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