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pygmy
Synonyms and Antonyms of pygmy
of a size that is less than average
bantam, diminutive, dinky, dwarfish, fine, half-pint, Lilliputian, little, pint-size (or pint-sized), pocket, pocket-size (also pocket-sized), puny, shrimpy, slight, small, smallish, subnormal, toylike, undersized (also undersize)
runtish, runty, scrubby, stunted
bitty, inappreciable, infinitesimal, little bitty, micro, microscopic (also microscopical), mini, miniature, miniaturized, minikin, minim, minuscule, minute, pinpoint, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee, weeny (also weensy)
meager (or meagre), niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stingy
deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, wanting
bite-size (also bite-sized), capsule
bulky, hefty, hulking, massive, voluminous
boxcar, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, cavernous, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, gross, Himalayan, herculean, heroic (also heroical), huge, humongous (also humungous), immense, jumbo, leviathan, mammoth, monolithic, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, pharaonic, prodigious, staggering, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast
abundant, ample, appreciable, bountiful, copious, generous, healthy, liberal, plenteous, plentiful
boundless, cosmic (also cosmical), immeasurable, incalculable, infinite
Synonyms and Antonyms of pygmy
1
a living thing much smaller than others of its kind
2
a person of no importance or influence
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