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Lilliputian

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of Lilliputian

1 not broad or open in views or opinions
  • the group's Lilliputian attitude
Synonyms of Lilliputian

illiberal, insular, little, narrow, narrow-minded, parochial, petty, picayune, provincial, sectarian, small, small-minded
Words Related to Lilliputian

inflexible, ironbound, obdurate, obstinate, rigid, set, stubborn, unyielding, wrongheaded

bigoted, intolerant

biased, jaundiced, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudiced

brass bound, hidebound, old-fashioned, reactionary, stodgy, straitlaced (or straightlaced), stuffy

dogmatic (also dogmatical), opinionated
Near Antonyms of Lilliputian

impartial, nonpartisan, objective, unbiased, unprejudiced

freethinking
Antonyms of Lilliputian

broad-minded, catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal, open, open-minded, receptive, tolerant
2 of a size that is less than average
  • a model train carrying Lilliputian figures through a miniature landscape
Synonyms of Lilliputian

bantam, diminutive, dinky, dwarfish, fine, little, pint-size (or pint-sized), pocket, pocket-size (also pocket-sized), puny, pygmy, shrimpy, slight, small, smallish, subnormal, toylike, undersized (also undersize)
Words Related to Lilliputian

dwarf, toy

runtish, runty, scrubby, stunted

bitty, infinitesimal, micro, microscopic (also microscopical), mini, miniature, miniaturized, minuscule, minute, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee
Near Antonyms of Lilliputian

bulky, hefty, hulking, massive, voluminous

cavernous, colossal, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, gross, herculean, heroic (also heroical), huge, humongous (also humungous), immense, jumbo, mammoth, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, staggering, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast
Antonyms of Lilliputian

big, biggish, considerable, goodly, grand, great, handsome, husky, king-size (or king-sized), large, largish, outsize (also outsized), overscale (or overscaled), oversize (or oversized), sizable (or sizeable), substantial, tidy, whacking, whopping

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