SINCE 1828

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puniness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of puniness

the quality or state of being little in size

outgrew his puniness in a spurt over the summer

Synonyms of puniness

diminutiveness, fineness, littleness, slightness, smallness

Words Related to puniness

petiteness

minuteness, tininess

meagerness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, skimpiness, slenderness, slimness, spareness, sparseness

Near Antonyms of puniness

enormity, enormousness, grossness, hugeness, immenseness, immensity, mountainousness, prodigiousness, stupendousness

extensiveness, vastness

heaviness, heftiness, weightiness

bulkiness, massiveness, voluminousness

Antonyms of puniness

bigness, grandness, greatness, largeness, magnitude

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puniness

Synonyms and Antonyms of puniness