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also dwarves
plural of dwarf
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(Entry 1 of 2)
1
a living thing much smaller than others of its kind
- Shetland ponies are the dwarfs of the horse world
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2
an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers
- Snow White and the seven dwarfs
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3
a person of no importance or influence
- it would be ridiculous to compare the two sculptors—one's a giant of the art world and the other's a dwarf
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- ciphers,
- half-pints,
- insects,
- insignificancies,
- lightweights,
- morsels,
- nobodies,
- nonentities,
- nullities,
- numbers,
- pip-squeaks,
- pygmies
- (also pigmies),
- shrimp
- (or shrimps),
- snippersnappers,
- twerps,
- whippersnappers,
- zeros
- (also zeroes),
- zilches
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- nonpersons
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dwarfs
verbpresent tense third-person singular of dwarf
Synonyms & Antonyms of dwarfs (Entry 2 of 2)
to hold back the normal growth of
- shrubs dwarfed by the lack of water
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