Synonyms of smallness

smallness

noun

1

as in diminutiveness

the quality or state of being little in size

my grandmother was surprised by the smallness of the latest electronic devices

Synonyms & Similar Words

• diminutiveness
• fineness
• littleness
• slightness
• deficiency
• puniness
• minuteness
• tininess
• sparseness
• meagerness
• slenderness
• scarcity
• slimness
• sparsity
• spareness
• inadequacy
• stinginess
• scantiness
• petiteness
• poorness
• inadequateness
• scarceness
• skimpiness
• scantness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bigness
• largeness
• greatness
• magnitude
• immensity
• magnitude
• hugeness
• vastness
• enormity
• grandness
• enormousness
• grossness
• extensiveness
• extravagance
• generosity
• abundance
• excessiveness
• liberality
• adequacy
• immenseness
• extremeness
• sufficiency
• prodigiousness
• copiousness
• stupendousness
• healthiness
• bountifulness
• heaviness
• ampleness
• mountainousness
• massiveness
• bulkiness
• weightiness
• immoderacy
• voluminousness
• heftiness

2

as in negligibility

the quality or state of being unimportant

regardless of its smallness, each act of kindness is ultimately rewarded

Synonyms & Similar Words

• negligibility
• pettiness
• insignificance
• littleness
• emptiness
• inconsequence
• slightness
• inconsequentiality
• triviality
• immateriality
• nullity
• inconsiderableness
• worthlessness
• insignificancy
• valuelessness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• importance
• significance
• moment
• magnitude
• weight
• consequence
• bigness
• import
• value
• weightiness
• substance
• worth

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of smallness

The designer said she was inspired by the smallness of the human compared to the universe’s vastness. —Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026

Her big band from the Land tour is present on this album to draw a loud counterpoint to the protagonist’s quest for smallness and silence. —Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026

Mainstream culture has consistently glorified smallness as ideal for women’s health, but the key to high performance and aging well is strength over size. —Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 4 Feb. 2026

As microschools multiply, researchers are starting to track what happens when a model built on smallness starts to grow. —Noah Alcala Bach, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Jan. 2026

Its relative smallness, however, prevents the initiation of the nuclear processes that could have turned it into a full-fledged star. —Joe Rao, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2026

Compared to his siblings, Tusche was this tiny, delicate bundle and that smallness was the very first thing that caught my heart. —Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025

That type of breaking is undisciplined indulgence that is normally meant to terrorize and threaten people and is driven by people who operate from a place of smallness, ego fragility, and fear of their own powerlessness. —Brené Brown, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025

Identify every instance of victim language, limitation beliefs, or smallness thinking. —Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025