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

One rises, then another, then seemingly all of them—great striped bulbs of crimson, lemon yellow, and turquoise drifting between the fairy chimneys as the first sunlight catches the dusty pink folds of the landscape.

— Scott Campbell, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026
The movie begins with one of those too-good-to-be-true meet cutes, where Owen (Spike Fearn) finds his dream girl (Sadie Soverall) who is dressed in a fairy costume and seems to be into him.

— Lindsey Bahr, Boston Herald, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of fairy

Noun

Following the addition of Game of Thrones alum Kit Harington as Professor Gilderoy Lockhart, as a swap for the departing Nicholas Hoult, the HBO fantasy series finds its house elf Dobby, Ron’s sister Ginny Weasley, and young Voldy Tom Riddle.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2026
Lenny Rush will star as the house-elf Dobby, originally voiced by Toby Jones.

— Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 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

This won't be the last time Usha Vance faces criticism and trolls from the internet, that much is for sure.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Despite his powerful positions, Musk has also embraced the role of internet troll, using his massive online platforms to spew erratic, seemingly contradictory positions and frequently whip his army of followers into a frenzy.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of troll

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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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