Synonyms of pygmy

pygmy 1 of 2

adjective

as in diminutive

of a size that is less than average

a pygmy elephant

Synonyms & Similar Words

• diminutive
• small
• little
• dwarf
• miniature
• pocket
• tiny
• dwarfish
• fine
• puny
• smallish
• slight
• dinky
• miniaturized
• undersized
• Lilliputian
• subnormal
• undersize
• half-pint
• pocket-size
• slender
• mini
• sparse
• toylike
• pint-sized
• pint-size
• stunted
• shrimpy
• bantam
• pocket-sized
• poor
• spare
• microscopic
• microscopical
• lacking
• micro
• minuscule
• toy
• scrubby
• teeny
• wee
• bitty
• weeny
• teensy
• infinitesimal
• minim
• insufficient
• runty
• scarce
• slim
• inadequate
• meager
• weensy
• inappreciable
• little bitty
• meagre
• scanty
• skimpy
• scant
• teeny-weeny
• minute
• pinpoint
• runtish
• niggardly
• stingy
• teensy-weensy
• wanting
• minikin
• deficient
• capsule
• bite-size
• bite-sized
• skimp

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• large
• giant
• big
• considerable
• oversized
• husky
• substantial
• great
• sizeable
• handsome
• sizable
• outsized
• massive
• grand
• gigantic
• oversize
• enormous
• mammoth
• outsize
• huge
• goodly
• whopping
• bulky
• colossal
• galactic
• mountainous
• heroic
• monstrous
• jumbo
• voluminous
• vast
• titanic
• prodigious
• gargantuan
• tremendous
• tidy
• monolithic
• Himalayan
• gross
• immense
• cyclopean
• humongous
• monumental
• hefty
• liberal
• cavernous
• stupendous
• king-size
• largish
• staggering
• boxcar
• king-sized
• abundant
• healthy
• generous
• herculean
• ample
• fat
• hulking
• biggish
• appreciable
• elephantine
• copious
• plentiful
• overscaled
• overscale
• whacking
• bountiful
• leviathan
• thick
• cosmic
• plenteous
• wide
• humungous
• Brobdingnagian
• pharaonic
• broad
• heroical
• infinite
• Bunyanesque
• boundless
• adequate
• sufficient
• enough
• incalculable
• immeasurable
• cosmical

pygmy

2 of 2

noun

variants also pigmy

1

as in dwarf

a living thing much smaller than others of its kind

hummingbirds may be the pygmies of the avian world, but what they lack in size they make up for in beauty

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dwarf
• diminutive
• shrimp
• midget
• runt
• scrub
• miniature
• Tom Thumb
• peewee
• mite
• mini
• bantam
• mannikin
• nubbin
• homunculus
• half-pint
• manikin
• hop-o'-my-thumb

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• giant
• monster
• mammoth
• colossus
• jumbo
• behemoth
• whale
• leviathan
• titan
• whopper

2

as in number

a person of no importance or influence

regrettably, most of the candidates for the party's nomination that year were political pygmies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• number
• dwarf
• insect
• shrimp
• twerp
• half-pint
• whippersnapper
• nobody
• lightweight
• pip-squeak
• zero
• nothing
• nonentity
• cipher
• morsel
• nullity
• zilch
• snippersnapper
• no-name
• insignificancy
• least
• puppet
• inferior
• mediocrity
• figurehead
• obscurity
• nonperson
• noncelebrity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eminence
• personage
• somebody
• leader
• nabob
• magnate
• figure
• chief
• kingpin
• head
• big wheel
• star
• lead
• kahuna
• celebrity
• VIP
• personality
• superstar
• notable
• planet
• bigwig
• luminary
• big shot
• power
• authority
• party
• superior
• great power