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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Being below the average in size or magnitude.
  • adj. Limited in importance or significance; trivial: a small matter.
  • adj. Limited in degree or scope: small farm operations.
  • adj. Lacking position, influence, or status; minor: "A crowd of small writers had vainly attempted to rival Addison” ( Thomas Macaulay).
  • adj. Unpretentious; modest: made a small living; helped the cause in my own small way.
  • adj. Not fully grown; very young.
  • adj. Narrow in outlook; petty: a small mind.
  • adj. Having been belittled; humiliated: Their comments made me feel small.
  • adj. Diluted; weak. Used of alcoholic beverages.
  • adj. Lacking force or volume: a small voice.
  • ad. In small pieces: Cut the meat up small.
  • ad. Without loudness or forcefulness; softly.
  • ad. In a small manner.
  • n. A part that is smaller or narrower than the rest: the small of the back.
  • n. Small things considered as a group.
  • n. Chiefly British Small items of clothing.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Not large or big; insignificant; few in numbers or size.
  • adj. Young, as a child.
  • adj. Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters.
  • ad. this sense?) In a small fashion.
  • ad. In or into small pieces.
  • ad. To a small extent.
  • n. Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
  • n. Underclothes.
  • v. To make little or less.
  • v. To become small; to dwindle.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable.
  • adj. Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant.
  • adj. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; -- sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean.
  • adj. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
  • adj. Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud.
  • ad. In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly.
  • ad. Not loudly; faintly; timidly.
  • n. The small or slender part of a thing.
  • n. Smallclothes.
  • n. Same as Little go. See under Little, a.
  • v. To make little or less.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Slender; thin; narrow.
  • Little in size; not great or large; of less than average or ordinary dimensions; diminutive.
  • Little or inferior in degree, quantity, amount, duration, number, value, etc.; short (in time or extent); narrow, etc.
  • Low, as applied to station, social position, etc.
  • Being of little moment, weight, or importance; trivial; insignificant; petty; trifling: as, it is a small matter or thing; a small subject.
  • Of little genius, ability, or force of character; petty; insignificant.
  • Containing little of the principal quality, or little strength; weak: as, small beer.
  • Thin: applied to tones or to the voice.
  • Gentle; soft; faint; not loud.
  • Characterized by littleness of mind or character; evincing little worth; narrow-minded; sordid; selfish; ungenerous; mean; base; unworthy.
  • Having little property; carrying on a business on a small scale.
  • Meager in quantity, as a body of water: an anglers' epithet: as, the water is too small to use the fly.
  • Noting the condition of the cutting edge of a saw as condensed by hammering: same as tight.
  • Unostentatiously; without pretension.
  • Synonyms Smaller, Fewer (see less), tiny, puny, stunted, Lilliputian, minute.
  • Inconsiderable, unimportant, slender, scanty, moderate, paltry, slight, feeble.
  • Shallow. See pettiness.
  • Illiberal, stingy, scrimping.
  • n. A small thing or quantity; also, the small or slender part of a thing: as, the small of the leg or of the back; specifically, the smallest part of the trunk of a whale; the tapering part toward, near, or at the base of the flukes.
  • n. plural Same as small-clothes.
  • n. plural The “little go,” or previous examination: as, to be plucked for smalls.
  • n. plural In coal-mining, same as small coal (see above).
  • n. plural In metal-mining, ore mixed with gangue in particles of small size: a term used with various shades of meaning in certain districts of England.
  • To make little or less; lessen.
  • In a small quantity or degree; little.
  • Low; in low tones; gently; timidly; also, in a shrill or high key.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the slender part of the back
  • adj. slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope
  • adj. (of children and animals) young, immature
  • adj. have fine or very small constituent particles
  • adj. lowercase
  • ad. on a small scale
  • adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
  • adj. made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
  • adj. not large but sufficient in size or amount
  • adj. (of a voice) faint
  • adj. low or inferior in station or quality
  • adj. limited in size or scope
  • n. a garment size for a small person
  • Equivalent
    slight    little    immature    young    fine    lowercase    pocket-size    microscopical    lesser    infinitesimal   
    Antonym
    large   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    body part    size   
    Cross Reference
    slender    few    lowly    faint    shrill    insignificant    weak    mean    small matweed    small of the back   
    Variant
    little   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    diminutive    inconsiderable    unimportant    trivial    insignificant    mean    short    weak    slender    fine   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ball    Fall    Gaul    Hall    Montreal    Nepal    Paul    Raul    Saul    Senegal   
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    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    large    new    dark    entire    useful    easily    hard    minute    mountain    best