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diminutive

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of diminutive

of a size that is less than average

  • a single diminutive shrub on the edge of the lawn
Synonyms of diminutive

bantam, dinky, dwarfish, fine, half-pint, Lilliputian, 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 diminutive

dwarf, toy

runtish, runty, scrubby, stunted

bitty, inappreciable, infinitesimal, little bitty, micro, microscopic (also microscopical), mini, miniature, miniaturized, minikin, minim, minuscule, minute, pinpoint, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee, weeny (also weensy)

meager (or meagre), niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stingy

deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, wanting

bite-size (also bite-sized), capsule
Near Antonyms of diminutive

bulky, hefty, hulking, massive, voluminous

boxcar, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, cavernous, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, gross, Himalayan, herculean, heroic (also heroical), huge, humongous (also humungous), immense, jumbo, leviathan, mammoth, monolithic, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, pharaonic, prodigious, staggering, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast

abundant, ample, appreciable, bountiful, copious, generous, healthy, liberal, plenteous, plentiful

fat, thick

broad, wide

boundless, cosmic (also cosmical), immeasurable, incalculable, infinite

adequate, enough, sufficient
Antonyms of diminutive

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

Synonym Discussion of diminutive

small, little, diminutive, minute, tiny, miniature mean noticeably below average in size. small and little are often interchangeable, but small applies more to relative size determined by capacity, value, number.
    • a relatively small backyard
little is more absolute in implication often carrying the idea of petiteness, pettiness, insignificance, or immaturity.
    • your pathetic little smile
diminutive implies abnormal smallness.
    • diminutive bonsai plants
minute implies extreme smallness.
    • a minute amount of caffeine in the soda
tiny is an informal equivalent to minute.
    • tiny cracks formed in the painting
miniature applies to an exactly proportioned reproduction on a very small scale.
    • a dollhouse with miniature furnishings

diminutive

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of diminutive

a living thing much smaller than others of its kind

  • dik-diks, the diminutives of the antelope family
Synonyms of diminutive

dwarf, midget, mite, peewee, pygmy (also pigmy), runt, scrub, shrimp, Tom Thumb
Words Related to diminutive

nubbin

mini, miniature

bantam

homunculus, hop-o'-my-thumb, manikin (also mannikin)

half-pint
Near Antonyms of diminutive

whale, whopper
Antonyms of diminutive

behemoth, colossus, giant, jumbo, leviathan, mammoth, monster, titan

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