Least

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Lowest in importance or rank.
  • adj. Smallest in magnitude or degree.
  • adj. Slightest or tiniest: didn't care the least bit.
  • ad. To or in the lowest or smallest degree.
  • n. One that is the lowest or smallest in importance, rank, magnitude, or degree: The dinner menu is the least of my worries tonight. The least you can do is to be polite.
  • idiom. at least According to the lowest possible assessment; not less than: waited at least an hour.
  • idiom. at least In any event; anyway: You might at least answer.
  • idiom. in the least At all: I don't mind in the least.
  • idiom. least of all Particularly not: Nobody cared, least of all the manager.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • ad. Used for forming superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding -est.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant
  • ad. In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others.
  • conjunction. See lest, conj.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Smallest; little in size or degree, etc., beyond all others: answering as superlative to little.
  • In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others: as, to reward those who least deserve it.
  • An obsolete spelling of lest.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. something that is of no importance
  • ad. used to form the superlative
  • adj. the superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
  • Equivalent
    Antonym
    utmost    most   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    affair    matter    thing   
    Variant
    lest   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    shortest    lowest    minimum    slightest    smallest    minimal   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Beast    East    Ne    Northeast    Se    Trendiest    Trieste    beast    ceased    deceased   
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    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    only    slight    best    less    then    last    most    much    large    little