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dwarfish

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Synonyms & Antonyms of dwarfish

of a size that is less than average

a dwarfish people living deep in the rain forest

Synonyms for dwarfish

bantam,
diminutive,
dinky,
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 dwarfish

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 for dwarfish

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 for dwarfish

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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