LITTLE MEN Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

little men

noun

plural of little man

as in little guys

an average or ordinary man claims that the wind farm would benefit only its developers and that the little man would get nothing out of it

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Recent Examples of little men Earlier movie versions have managed the story’s most frightening moments with the limited technology available at the time—much plastic and spongy stuff; monsters in process shots looming over little men; papier-mâché boulders flung from hilltops. — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026 Boarding school has been making Muck boys into ugly, priggish little men for generations. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026

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Here’s hoping these little guys find a destination in the parks soon.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
These little guys have powerful noise-cancelling playback, hi-res sound, and incredible Dolby audio out of the box.

— Carlos Mejia, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026

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Noun

At the same time, many of these tech companies, like Microsoft and IBM, have been providing accessible professional certificate programs to workers across the globe in hopes of closing the skills gap.

— Charlotte Hu, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
Chesnot | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images The platform at one point served more than 500,000 workers, also referred to as turkers, according to Amazon.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

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In a World Cup boasting a galaxy of stars, a lunch-bucket team of blue-collar everymen may wind up outshining them all.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
The 50th anniversary of his Game 7 heroics was marked in 2010 by the unveiling — on Bill Mazeroski Way — of a 14-foot, 2,000-pound statue of one of Pittsburgh’s greatest everymen, rounding the bases, on top of the world.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026

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