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Synonyms & Antonyms of stunted
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in scrubby, runty
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for 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)
- bantam,
- diminutive,
- dinky,
- dwarfish,
- fine,
- half-pint,
- Lilliputian,
- little,
- pint-size
- (or pint-sized),
- pocket,
- pocket-size
- (also pocket-sized),
- puny,
- pygmy,
- shrimpy,
- slight,
- small,
- smallish,
- subnormal,
- toylike,
- undersized
- (also undersize)
- meager
- (or meagre),
- niggardly,
- poor,
- scant,
- scanty,
- scarce,
- skimp,
- skimpy,
- slender,
- slim,
- spare,
- sparse,
- stingy
- bite-size
- (also bite-sized),
- capsule
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for stunted
- 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
- boxcar,
- Brobdingnagian,
- Bunyanesque,
- cavernous,
- colossal,
- cyclopean,
- elephantine,
- enormous,
- galactic,
- gargantuan,
- giant,
- gigantic,
- gross,
- herculean,
- heroic
- (also heroical),
- Himalayan,
- 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
stunted
verbpast tense of stunt
Synonyms & Antonyms of stunted (Entry 2 of 2)
to hold back the normal growth of
- unfortunately, an unusually dry summer seems to have permanently stunted the tree
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