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of a size that is less than average<a small cat who never weighed more than five pounds>Synonymsbantam, diminutive, dinky, dwarf, dwarfish, fine, little, pint-size (or pint-sized), pocket, pocket-size (also pocket-sized), puny, pygmy, slight, smallish, undersizedRelated Wordspetite; scrubby, stunted; bitty, inappreciable, infinitesimal, micro, microscopic (also microscopical), midget, miniature, miniaturized, minute, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee; underweight; meager (or meagre), niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stingy; deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, wantingNear Antonymsbulky, hefty, hulking, massive, voluminous; cavernous, colossal, elephantine, enormous, giant, gigantic, gross, Herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, monolithic, monstrous, monumental, prodigious, staggering, stupendous, tremendous, vast; abundant, ample, appreciable, bountiful, copious, generous, healthy, liberal, plenteous, plentiful; fat, thick; broad, wide; boundless, cosmic, immeasurable, infinite; adequate, enough, sufficientAntonymsbig, bumper, considerable, goodly, good-sized, grand, great, handsome, king-size (or king-sized), large, largish, outsize (also outsized), oversize (or oversized), sizable (or sizeable), substantial, super, whacking, whopping
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small in degree<your chances of winning the lottery are so small that itʼs best not to count on it>— see remote 1
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lacking importance<reluctant to bring such a small matter to his attention>— see unimportant
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not broad or open in views or opinions<townspeople who were helpful to one another but who also could be small and intolerant>— see narrow 2
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