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- a small lad with a slight build
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- a slight comedy that did nothing to further her career
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- the slight youth packed a surprisingly solid punch
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- bantam,
- diminutive,
- dinky,
- dwarfish,
- fine,
- half-pint,
- Lilliputian,
- little,
- pint-size
- (or pint-sized),
- pocket,
- pocket-size
- (also pocket-sized),
- puny,
- pygmy,
- shrimpy,
- small,
- smallish,
- subnormal,
- toylike,
- undersized
- (also undersize)
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- 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
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- 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
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- apart from a slight fishy taste, the dish was fine
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- only a slight chance of success
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slight
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of slight (Entry 2 of 3)
- refused to respond to their petty slights
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slight
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of slight (Entry 3 of 3)
- the dancers felt slighted by the harsh comments of the judges
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- as a temp worker, she often feels slighted by the people she has to work with
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- music critics who slight any style of music that doesn't fit their personal taste
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- contemn,
- dis
- (also diss)
- [slang],
- disdain,
- disrespect,
- high-hat,
- look down (on or upon),
- scorn,
- sniff (at),
- snoot,
- snub
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- accept,
- appreciate,
- approve (of),
- care (for),
- countenance,
- favor,
- OK
- (or okay),
- subscribe (to)
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- slighted several major authors in her survey of 20th-century fiction
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The first known use of slight was in the 14th century
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