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diminutive
Synonyms and Antonyms of diminutive
of a size that is less than average
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)
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
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
boundless, cosmic (also cosmical), immeasurable, incalculable, infinite
Synonym Discussion of diminutive
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- a relatively small backyard
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- your pathetic little smile
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- diminutive bonsai plants
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- a minute amount of caffeine in the soda
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- tiny cracks formed in the painting
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- a dollhouse with miniature furnishings
diminutive
Synonyms and Antonyms of diminutive
a living thing much smaller than others of its kind
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