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| 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: | small |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unimportant |
| Synonyms: | bush-league*, inadequate, ineffectual, inferior, insignificant, lesser, light, limited, lower, mean, minor, minute, narrow, negligible, paltry, petty, secondary, set, small-time*, trifling, trivial, unessential, inconsiderable, minor-league, small-fry |
| Antonyms: | distinguished, excellent, famous, fine, important, untrivial |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | small |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | narrow-minded, nasty |
| Synonyms: | base, ignoble, illiberal, limited, little, mean, narrow, petty, selfish, set, vulgar, grudging |
| Antonyms: | benevolent, broad-minded, considerate, giving, kind |
| 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: | cramped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | congested, overcrowded |
| Synonyms: | awkward, close, confined, crowded, illegible, indecipherable, irregular, little, minute, narrow, packed, restricted, small, tight, tiny, uncomfortable, circumscribed, closed in, crabbed, hemmed in, incommodious, jammed in, pent, squeezed, tucked up, two-by-four |
| Antonyms: | free, open, uninhibited, unobstructed, uncongested, uncramped, uncrowded |
| Main Entry: | diminutive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiny, petite |
| Synonyms: | bantam, button*, little, midget, miniature, minute, pocket, small, teeny*, wee*, Lilliputian, bitsy, bitty, mini, peewee*, pint-sized, pocket-sized, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, undersize, 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dwarf |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | miniature, tiny |
| Synonyms: | baby, diminutive, low, petite, pocket, small, undersized |
| 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: | imperceptible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard to sense; faint |
| Synonyms: | ephemeral, evanescent, fine, gradual, impalpable, inaudible, inconspicuous, indiscernible, indistinct, indistinguishable, infinitesimal, insensible, insignificant, invisible, microscopic, minute, momentary, shadowy, slight, small, subtle, tiny, trivial, vague, imponderable, inappreciable, inconsiderable, undetectable, unnoticeable |
| Antonyms: | apparent, conspicuous, distinct, evident, noticeable, obvious, perceptible, striking, seeable, unobscured |
| Main Entry: | inadequate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | defective, insufficient, incompetent |
| Synonyms: | bare, barren, bush-league*, deficient, depleted, dry, failing, faulty, feeble, glitch*, imperfect, impotent, inapt, incapable, incommensurate, incompetent, incomplete, insubstantial, junk*, lacking, lame*, lemon*, lousy, low, meager, minus, miserly, parsimonious, poor, scanty, scarce, short, shy*, sketchy*, skimpy*, small, spare, sparse, sterile, stunted*, thin*, unequal, unproductive, unqualified, weak, found wanting, inappreciable, inconsiderable, niggardly, not enough, stinted, too little |
| Antonyms: | able, adequate, competent, enough, sufficient |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inconsequential/inconsiderable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | of no significance |
| Synonyms: | casual, dinky*, exiguous, immaterial, inadequate, insignificant, insufficient, light, little, measly, minor, negligible, paltry, petty, picayune, puny, runt, scanty, skimpy, small, small-time*, trifling, trivial, two-bit*, unimportant, worthless, entry-level, inappreciable, inconsequent, shoestring*, small potatoes, unconsidered, wimpy |
| Antonyms: | consequential, considerable, important, significant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insignificant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not important; of no consequence |
| Synonyms: | casual, immaterial, inconsequential, infinitesimal, irrelevant, lesser, light, lightweight*, little, meager, meaningless, minimal, minor, minuscule, minute, negligible, nondescript, nonessential, nugatory, paltry, petty, pointless, scanty, secondary, senseless, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unsubstantial, inappreciable, inconsiderable, minim, not worth mentioning, purportless |
| Antonyms: | consequential, important, significant, substantial, valuable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lesser |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior, secondary |
| Synonyms: | bottom, bush, bush-league*, dinky*, insignificant, low, lower, minor, nether, small, small-time*, subjacent, subordinate, undersized, a notch under, less important, minor-league, second-fiddle, second-string, slighter, small-fry, third-string |
| Antonyms: | higher, major, superior, greater |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | marginal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | borderline; slight |
| Synonyms: | bordering, insignificant, low, minimal, minor, negligible, peripheral, small, on the edge, rimming, verging |
| Antonyms: | central, core, interior, internal |
| Main Entry: | mere |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nothing more; absolute |
| Synonyms: | bald, bare, blunt, common, complete, entire, insignificant, little, minor, plain, poor, pure, sheer, simple, small, stark, unadorned, unadulterated, unmitigated, utter, very, pure and simple, unmixed |
| 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: | negligible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant |
| Synonyms: | imperceptible, inconsequential, minor, minute, off*, outside, petty, remote, slender, slight, slim, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant |
| Antonyms: | important, major, significant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | paltry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor; worthless |
| Synonyms: | base, beggarly, cheap, common, contemptible, despicable, ineffectual, insignificant, limited, low, meager, mean, measly, minor, miserable, narrow, petty, picayune, piddling, pitiful, puny, set, shabby, shoddy, sleazy*, slight, small, sorry*, trashy, trifling, trivial, unimportant, vile, wretched, derisory, inconsiderable, low-down*, unconsequential |
| Antonyms: | important, rich, significant, substantial, wealthy, worthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | petty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trivial, insignificant |
| Synonyms: | base, casual, cheap, contemptible, frivolous, inferior, irrelevant, junior, lesser, light, little, lower, measly, minor, narrow-minded, negligible, niggling*, paltry, peanut*, picayune, piddling*, scratch, secondary, shabby, shallow, slight, small, small-minded, subordinate, trifling, two-bit*, unimportant, inconsequent, inconsiderable, inessential, nickel-and-dime, penny-ante, pettifogging, shoestring* |
| Antonyms: | consequential, important, major, necessary, prominent, significant, useful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | picayune |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trivial |
| Synonyms: | diminutive, everyday, frivolous, immaterial, incidental, inconsequential, insignificant, irrelevant, little, meager, mean, meaningless, minor, minute, negligible, nonessential, paltry, petty, piddling*, puny, slight, small, superficial, trifling, trite, unimportant, inconsiderable, of no account |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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