Synonyms of subnormal

subnormal

adjective

ˌsəb-ˈnȯr-məl 

as in diminutive

of a size that is less than average

because of the summer drought, harvests have definitely been subnormal this year

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of subnormal

Quite simply, normal human consciousness is optimized for normal human functioning, but is subnormal for achieving goals beyond the ordinary. — Brett Steenbarger, Forbes, 30 May 2021

Flow off the 50-degree waters of Lake Michigan will bring our first subnormal temperatures in 10 days. — Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2018

Everybody knew that comics were for children and for intellectually subnormal people, whereas graphic novel sounds like a much more sophisticated proposition. — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2009