Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Synonyms

mice

American  
[mahys] / maɪs /

noun

  1. plural of mouse.


mice British  
/ maɪs /

noun

  1. the plural of mouse

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

mice Idioms  
  1. see best-laid plans of mice and men; when the cat's away, mice will play. Also see under mouse.


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

THE RATS, AND MICE, that most commonly cause problems in our cities are not even natives.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2023

Mole hunters have an acronym for it: MICE, which stands for money, ideology, coercion/compromise and ego/excitement.

From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2020

We have this acronym, MICE, which you use to recruit spies.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 24, 2019

The performance of either design has been extensively studied theoretically, but in practice is a “wide open question” according to Blondel, current spokesperson for MICE.

From Nature • Aug. 29, 2012

MICE, grey and white, colours of, not blended by crossing. -rejection of bitter almonds by. -naked.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "mice" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com