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Synonyms & Antonyms of pygmy
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- a pygmy elephant
Synonyms for pygmy
- 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)
Words Related to pygmy
- 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
- bite-size
- (also bite-sized),
- capsule
Near Antonyms for pygmy
- 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
- boundless,
- cosmic
- (also cosmical),
- immeasurable,
- incalculable,
- infinite
Antonyms for pygmy
pygmy
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of pygmy (Entry 2 of 2)
- hummingbirds may be the pygmies of the avian world, but what they lack in size they make up for in beauty
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- regrettably, most of the candidates for the party's nomination that year were political pygmies
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