Entry Word: lesser

Function: adjective

Meaning: having not so great importance or rank as another <it was the lesser evil of the two choices>

Synonyms inferior, junior, less, lower, minor, smaller, subordinate, under

Related Words little, mean, small; minute, petty; jerkwater, one-horse, second-class, second-rate, two-bit; secondary, subsidiary

Near Antonyms exceptional, first-class, first-rate

Antonyms greater, higher, major, more, primary, prime, senior, superior