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small

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of small

1 of a size that is less than average

a small cat who never weighed more than five pounds

Synonyms of small

bantam, diminutive, dinky, dwarfish, fine, half-pint, Lilliputian, little, pint-size (or pint-sized), pocket, pocket-size (also pocket-sized), puny, pygmy, shrimpy, slight, smallish, subnormal, toylike, undersized (also undersize)

Words Related to small

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

Near Antonyms of small

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

adequate, enough, sufficient

Antonyms of small

big, biggish, considerable, goodly, grand, great, handsome, husky, king-size (or king-sized), large, largish, outsize (also outsized), overscale (or overscaled), oversize (or oversized), sizable (or sizeable), substantial, tidy, whacking, whopping

2 small in degree

your chances of winning the lottery are so small that itʼs best not to count on it

Synonyms of small

fragile, frail, negligible, off, outside, remote, slight, slim

Words Related to small

marginal, minimal, minor

Near Antonyms of small

distinct, significant

considerable, goodly, healthy, largish, respectable, significant, sizable (or sizeable), substantial, tidy

Antonyms of small

3 lacking importance

reluctant to bring such a small matter to the boss's attention

Synonyms of small

fiddling, foolish, frivolous, incidental, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, little, Mickey Mouse, minor, minute, negligible, nugatory, slight, small-fry, trifling, trivial, unimportant

Words Related to small

jerkwater, one-horse

nickel-and-dime, paltry, petty, small-time, worthless

anonymous, nameless, obscure, uncelebrated, unknown

Phrases Synonymous with small

neither here nor there

Near Antonyms of small

decisive, fatal, fateful

chief, dominant, overbearing, overmastering, overriding, principal

distinctive, exceptional, impressive, outstanding, prominent, remarkable

valuable, worthwhile, worthy

distinguished, eminent, great, illustrious, preeminent, prestigious

famous, notorious, renowned

all-important, basic, essential, fundamental, key

Antonyms of small

big, consequential, eventful, important, major, material, meaningful, momentous, significant, substantial, unfrivolous, weighty

4 not broad or open in views or opinions

townspeople who were helpful to one another but who also could be small and intolerant

Synonyms of small

illiberal, insular, Lilliputian, little, narrow, narrow-minded, parochial, petty, picayune, provincial, sectarian, small-minded

Words Related to small

inflexible, ironbound, obdurate, obstinate, rigid, set, stubborn, unyielding, wrongheaded

bigoted, intolerant

biased, discriminating, discriminatory, jaundiced, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudiced

brass bound, hidebound, old-fashioned, reactionary, stodgy, straitlaced (or straightlaced), stuffy

dogmatic (also dogmatical), opinionated, opinionative

hick, unsophisticated

Near Antonyms of small

impartial, nonpartisan, objective, unbiased, unprejudiced

Antonyms of small

broad-minded, catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal, open, open-minded, receptive, tolerant

Synonym Discussion of small

small, little, diminutive, minute, tiny, miniature mean noticeably below average in size. small and little are often interchangeable, but small applies more to relative size determined by capacity, value, number.

- a relatively small backyard

little is more absolute in implication often carrying the idea of petiteness, pettiness, insignificance, or immaturity.

- your pathetic little smile

diminutive implies abnormal smallness.

- diminutive bonsai plants

minute implies extreme smallness.

- a minute amount of caffeine in the soda

tiny is an informal equivalent to minute.

- tiny cracks formed in the painting

miniature applies to an exactly proportioned reproduction on a very small scale.

- a dollhouse with miniature furnishings

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