Synonyms of smallish

smallish

adjective

as in small

of a size that is less than average

a smallish row of bushes lining the yard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• small
• diminutive
• little
• tiny
• pocket
• fine
• miniature
• dinky
• sparse
• puny
• slight
• undersized
• dwarf
• pocket-size
• dwarfish
• slender
• pygmy
• half-pint
• subnormal
• Lilliputian
• poor
• mini
• miniaturized
• shrimpy
• stunted
• pint-size
• spare
• minuscule
• toylike
• bantam
• lacking
• microscopic
• micro
• insufficient
• bitty
• teeny
• inadequate
• infinitesimal
• weeny
• teensy
• scrubby
• wee
• meager
• slim
• toy
• scarce
• skimpy
• scant
• little bitty
• scanty
• minim
• inappreciable
• stingy
• pinpoint
• runty
• teeny-weeny
• minute
• teensy-weensy
• deficient
• wanting
• minikin
• runtish
• capsule
• bite-size
• skimp

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• large
• big
• substantial
• sizable
• considerable
• great
• massive
• handsome
• huge
• goodly
• grand
• enormous
• tidy
• bulky
• oversize
• vast
• gigantic
• giant
• whopping
• husky
• outsize
• voluminous
• hefty
• largish
• tremendous
• mountainous
• gargantuan
• mammoth
• immense
• biggish
• gross
• cavernous
• prodigious
• colossal
• monolithic
• monstrous
• generous
• stupendous
• ample
• heroic
• jumbo
• monumental
• staggering
• healthy
• abundant
• plentiful
• appreciable
• galactic
• liberal
• titanic
• copious
• wide
• herculean
• bountiful
• boxcar
• broad
• thick
• Himalayan
• king-size
• overscale
• humongous
• whacking
• hulking
• fat
• plenteous
• elephantine
• adequate
• cyclopean
• Brobdingnagian
• sufficient
• infinite
• leviathan
• cosmic
• pharaonic
• enough
• Bunyanesque
• immeasurable
• incalculable
• boundless

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of smallish

The walls of the smallish, modest dining room are adorned solely with promotional photos of its own food. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Shoichiro was smallish and solidly built, with a dull, pale complexion. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Yet, just a few weeks ago, Zweigenhaft was on the floor inside Ragan-Brown Fieldhouse, matched up with a smallish guard who played fierce defense, crashed the boards and generally played with the aggression of Jose Alvarado of the New York Knicks. — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 30 July 2026

Residents of a smallish town outside of the capital Sofia, Gosha and Marina are a childless couple who have held down low-key lucrative positions for some time. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026

There is currently an asset protection structure that is making its way around social media that is aimed for smallish real estate investors. — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

While the skill is one thing, Grier says smallish players like Stenberg and Lin need to be competitive. — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 27 June 2026

By 1900, the Irish-speaking areas were a ragged patchwork of smallish standalone zones, clinging to the island’s western and southern shores. — Big Think, 4 May 2026

That’s roughly the mass of a smallish rocky asteroid, perhaps four or five kilometers in diameter. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026