overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

atomy.

A tiny particle; an atom, a mote, a speck.

5 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈætəmi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈætəmi/General-American[-ɾə-]General-American
  1. A tiny particle; an atom, a mote, a speck.

  2. A tiny particle; an atom, a mote, a speck. A floating mote or speck of dust.

  3. A tiny particle; an atom, a mote, a speck. The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something; an atom.

    archaic
  4. A very small being; a mite.

    dialectal · figuratively
Where this word comes from

A variant of atomi, the plural of atomus (“hypothetical particle posited as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter; mote of dust in a sunbeam”) treated as a singular form. Atomus is derived from Latin atomus, from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible”, adjective), from ᾰ̓- (ă-, prefix forming terms having an opposite sense) + τομ- (tom-) (stem of τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- (“to cut”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming nouns of action or result). Doublet of atom.

adj/ˈætəmi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈætəmi/General-American[-ɾə-]General-American
  1. Made up of tiny particles.

  2. Resembling a tiny particle; atomlike.

Where this word comes from

From atom + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’).

noun/ˈætəmi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈætəmi/General-American[-ɾə-]General-American
  1. A skeleton.

    archaic
  2. A person who is very emaciated or thin; a skeleton.

    UK · dialectal · figuratively
  3. Chiefly in the works of the English author Charles Dickens (1812–1870): a thing which is very slender and weak.

    figuratively · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Rebracketing of anatomy (“skeleton”) as an atomy; compare notomy.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

atomy has 5 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

atomy studioatomy workshello, atomy

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.