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petite - 15 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | petite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small |
| Synonyms: | baby, bantam, dainty, delicate, diminutive, elfin, little, miniature, slight, tiny, wee*, minikin, smallish |
| Antonyms: | huge, tall, extra-large |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | baby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | miniature |
| Synonyms: | babyish, diminutive, dwarf, little, midget, minute, petite, small, tiny, wee, youthful, mini |
| Antonyms: | big, giant, large |
| Main Entry: | bantam |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small |
| Synonyms: | diminutive, little, petite, tiny |
| Antonyms: | big, huge, large |
| Main Entry: | dinky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiny, small |
| Synonyms: | bush-league*, dainty, insignificant, lesser, miniature, minor, neat, petite, secondary, small-time*, trim, Lilliputian, mini, minor-league, second rate, small-fry |
| Antonyms: | big, huge, large |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | elfin |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mischievous; small |
| Synonyms: | delicate, devilish, disobedient, elfish, frolicsome, impish, little, minute, naughty, petite, playful, puckish, puny, slight, sprightly, tiny, misbehaving, prankish, rascally |
| Main Entry: | miniature |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiny |
| Synonyms: | baby, diminutive, little, midget, minuscule, minute, mite, model, petite, pocket, reduced, small, teeny*, toy, wee, Lilliputian, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, mini, minikin, pint-sized, scaled-down, small-scale, teensy |
| Antonyms: | big, giant, huge, large |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tiny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very small |
| Synonyms: | diminutive, infinitesimal, insignificant, little, microscopic, midget, miniature, minimum, minuscule, minute, negligible, petite, pocket, puny, slight, teeny*, trifling, wee, Lilliputian, bitsy, bitty, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, mini, minikin, minuscular, pee-wee, pint-sized, pocket-size, teensy, teensy-weensy, yea big |
| Antonyms: | big, enormous, gigantic, great, huge, large, vast |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wee |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very small, tiny |
| Synonyms: | diminutive, infinitesimal, insignificant, little, microscopic, miniature, minuscule, minute, negligible, petite, puny, slight, teeny*, Lilliputian, bitsy, bitty, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, minuscular, pee-wee, pint-sized, pocket-size, teensy, teensy-weensy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | smaller |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tinier |
| Synonyms: | less, lesser, lower, minor, petite, shorter |
| Main Entry: | undersized |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | little |
| Synonyms: | diminutive, dinky, miniature, minute, petite, puny, small, tiny, pint-sized |
| Antonyms: | big, enormous, huge, large, sizable, substantial, outsized, sizeable |
| Main Entry: | dainty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | delicate, fragile, fine |
| Synonyms: | airy, attractive, beautiful, bonny, charming, choice, comely, cute, darling, delectable, delicious, delightful, diaphanous, elegant, ethereal, exquisite, fair, feeble, frail, graceful, lacy, light, lovely, neat, nice, palatable, petite, pleasing, precious, pretty, rare, refined, savory, select, soft, subtle, superior, sweet, tasteful, tasty, tender, thin, toothsome, trim, well-made, recherché |
| Antonyms: | clumsy, coarse, harsh, heavy, rough |
| Main Entry: | little |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small in size, amount |
| Synonyms: | babyish, bantam, brief, cramped, diminutive, dinky, elfin, embryonic, fleeting, hasty, immature, imperceptible, infant, infinitesimal, insufficient, junior, light, limited, meager, microscopic, miniature, minute, peanut*, petite, short, short-lived, skimpy, slight, snub, sparse, stubby, stunted, teeny, tiny, toy, undersized, undeveloped, wee, wizened, young, Lilliputian, hardly any, inappreciable, inconsiderable, mini, not big, not large, scant, shrimpy, shriveled, truncated |
| Antonyms: | big, enormous, giant, great, huge, immense, large, massive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | small |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiny in size, quantity |
| Synonyms: | baby, bantam, cramped, diminutive, humble, immature, inadequate, inconsequential, insufficient, limited, little, meager, microscopic, miniature, minuscule, minute, modest, narrow, paltry, petite, petty, picayune, piddling*, pitiful, poor, puny*, scanty, short, slight, stunted, teeny, toy, trifling, trivial, undersized, unpretentious, wee*, young, bitty, inconsiderable, mini, pint-sized, pocket-sized, runty, scrubby, shrimp*, small-scale, teensy |
| Antonyms: | big, enormous, generous, huge, immense, large |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | short |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not tall |
| Synonyms: | chunky, compact, diminutive, little, low, petite, pocket, skimpy, slight, small, squat, stocky, stubby, stunted, thick, tiny, undersized, wee, abbreviated, close to the ground, not long, pint-sized, pocket-sized, runty, sawed-off, squatty, thickset |
| Antonyms: | high, lengthy, long, tall |
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