| Main Entry: | diminutive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiny, petite |
Synonyms: |
Lilliputian, bantam, bitsy, bitty, button, little, midget, mini, miniature, minute, peewee, pint-sized, pocket, pocket-sized, small, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, undersize, wee, weeny |
| Notes: | Diminutive words can be literal or metaphorical, are often terms of endearment or affection, familiarity or intimacy, but sometimes also suggest condescension or dismissal. The contrasting word form is augmentative, whose general meaning is 'large,' often implying awkwardness or ugliness, as in eat up, hurry up. Augmentatives are common in Latinate languages. In English, augmentative words are generally formed by the addition of augmentative affixes. |
Antonyms: |
big, huge, large, tall |
| Main Entry: | atomic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiny |
Synonyms: |
diminutive, fragmentary, granular, microscopic, minute |
| Main Entry: | baby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | miniature |
Synonyms: |
babyish, diminutive, dwarf, little, midget, mini, minute, petite, small, tiny, wee, youthful |
Antonyms: |
big, giant, large |
| Main Entry: | bantam |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small |
Synonyms: |
diminutive, little, petite, tiny |
Antonyms: |
big, huge, large |
| Main Entry: | dwarf |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | miniature, tiny |
Synonyms: |
baby, diminutive, low, petite, pocket, small, undersized |
| Notes: | a dwarf is smaller and not proportioned like an average person; a midget is smaller but is proportioned like an average full-grown person; a pygmy is perfectly proportioned but smaller than a midget |
Antonyms: |
big, giant, huge, large |
| Main Entry: | exiguous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scanty |
Synonyms: |
bare, confined, diminutive, inadequate, limited, little, meager, narrow, negligible, paltry, petty, poor, restricted, skimpy, slender, slight, small, spare, sparse, tenuous, thin, tiny |
Antonyms: |
plenty |
| Main Entry: | little |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small in size, amount |
Synonyms: |
Lilliputian, babyish, bantam, brief, cramped, diminutive, dinky, elfin, embryonic, fleeting, hardly any, hasty, immature, imperceptible, inappreciable, inconsiderable, infant, infinitesimal, insufficient, junior, light, limited, meager, microscopic, mini, miniature, minute, not big, not large, peanut, petite, scant, short, short-lived, shrimpy, shriveled, skimpy, slight, snub, sparse, stubby, stunted, teeny, tiny, toy, truncated, undersized, undeveloped, wee, wizened, young |
Antonyms: |
big, enormous, giant, great, huge, immense, large, massive |
| Main Entry: | microscopic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiny, almost undetectable |
Synonyms: |
atomic, diminutive, imperceptible, infinitesimal, invisible, little, minuscule, minute, negligible, teeny, wee |
Antonyms: |
big, huge, large, macroscopic |
| Main Entry: | midget |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | short, small |
Synonyms: |
Lilliputian, baby, diminutive, knee-high, miniature, minikin, pocket, teensy, teeny, tiny |
Antonyms: |
big, giant, huge, large, tall |
| Main Entry: | miniature |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiny |
Synonyms: |
Lilliputian, baby, diminutive, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, little, midget, mini, minikin, minuscule, minute, mite, model, petite, pint-sized, pocket, reduced, scaled-down, small, small-scale, teensy, teeny, toy, wee |
Antonyms: |
big, giant, huge, large |