Thesaurus results for LITTLE PEOPLE

little people

noun

Definition of little people

as in fairy

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Recent Examples of little people The little people came out and worked well, but how was this any different from his previous appearances? — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Just as Odysseus and his men defeat the cyclops by putting out his eye, so these little people defeat the doctor by breaking his glasses. — Jim Beckerman, USA Today, 22 July 2026 And a scene depicting a barroom brawl among little people, interrupted by similarly diminutive cops and paramedics, feels like it could have been devised by Buñuel. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026 These little people seem to like dancing and performing acrobatics. — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026 Richards had made disparaging comments about women’s bodies and out-of-bounds discourse on Jewish and Asian people as well as little people and the mentally disabled. — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2026 Family-friendly With babysitters available upon request, flocks of sheep to be inspected, and eggs to be collected from the chicken coup, little people (especially the sooty, city rats), will be in rural rapture. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026 The picture represented every second of invisible labor that pulled me away from the little people who mattered most to me, all the work that stole my ability to be present in those moments and remember them, too. — Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026 The diagnosis also deepened her connection to the little people community, particularly among fellow artists with dwarfism. — Lizzie Hyman, PEOPLE, 6 Apr. 2026

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Noun

At a party one night, struggling musician Owen strikes a connection with a young woman (Sadie Soverall) that feels downright magical — she’s even dressed as a fairy, emphasizing the dreaminess of the moment.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
The song ‘Enchanted’ is about falling in love and that sort of glittery, twinkly fairy lights feeling.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of fairy

Noun

Elf Once again, the sphynx was crossed with another breed, this time the American Curl, to create the elf’s distinct look.

— Pat Mueller, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026
Yes, there were moments of humor, such as getting magic potions around the campfire at the end of each stage by whacking helpless little elves, but most of it was played straight, to great effect.

— Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of elf

Noun

The magical ring that helped Bilbo escape the goblins had become an instrument of addiction and mass political control.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026
Two years ago, the Man City phenom appeared in a 90-second spot for the game that saw him get recruited to storm a castle teeming with goblins, dragons and impish skeletons.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of goblin

Noun

In 2017, internet trolls disrupted an anti-racist art installation with neo-Nazi chants and messily downed jugs of milk to accentuate their white identity.

— Hilary Smith, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
Glenn Close defended her All’s Fair costar Kim Kardashian against an internet troll on Instagram.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of troll

Noun

Accounting is not a very physical job, but tell that to the KPMG gnomes who just spent weeks lugging around gold bars in a secret Swiss cavern.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
Forza was trained by Brian Myers, Bear Bronson and Pat Buck and regards herself to be a lawn gnome aficionado.

— Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of gnome

Noun

Just before the pandemic, Manhattan’s MCC Theater staged a show called All the Natalie Portmans, about a gay Black teenage cinephile who envisions the actor as a kind of manic pixie imaginary friend.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
Pixie shag Somewhere between pixie and bixie lies this shaggy devil-may-care crop.

— Loren Savini, Allure, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of pixie

Noun

The women are in stupid costumes (Heather Gay is dressed as a leprechaun at one point) and yelling at one another for yet-unknown reasons.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026
Olyphant asked, drawing attention to a leprechaun giving Meyers the middle finger in honor of his new project, Lucky.

— Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026

Definition of leprechaun

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