| Main Entry: | boy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | young man |
Synonyms: |
buck, cadet, chap, child, dude*, fellow, gamin, guy, half-pint, junior, lad, little guy, little shaver, master, punk*, puppy, runt, schoolboy, shaver, small fry, sonny, sprout*, squirt, stripling, tadpole, whippersnapper, youngster, youth |
Antonyms: |
girl |
| Main Entry: | child |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very young person |
Synonyms: |
adolescent, anklebiter, babe, baby, bairn, bambino, brat, cherub, chick, cub, descendant, dickens, imp, infant, innocent, issue, juvenile, kid, kiddie, lamb, little angel, little darling, little doll, little one, minor, mite, moppet, neonate, nestling, newborn, nipper, nursling, offspring, preteen, progeny, pubescent, shaver, small fry, sprout, squirt, stripling, suckling, tadpole, teen, teenager, teenybopper, toddler, tot, tyke, urchin, whippersnapper, young one, youngster, youth |
Antonyms: |
adult |
| Main Entry: | dinky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiny, small |
Synonyms: |
Lilliputian, bush-league, dainty, insignificant, lesser, mini, miniature, minor, minor-league, neat, petite, second rate, secondary, small-fry, small-time, trim |
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big, huge, large |
| Main Entry: | lesser |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior, secondary |
Synonyms: |
a notch under, bottom, bush, bush-league, dinky, insignificant, less important, low, lower, minor, minor-league, nether, second-fiddle, second-string, slighter, small, small-fry, small-time, subjacent, subordinate, third-string, undersized |
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greater, higher, major, superior |
| Main Entry: | minor |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant, small |
Synonyms: |
accessory, below the mark, bush-league, casual, dependent, dinky, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inferior, junior, lesser, light, low, minus, negligible, paltry, petty, piddling, second-string, secondary, slight, small-fry, small-time, smaller, subordinate, subsidiary, tacky, trifling, trivial, two-bit, unimportant, younger |
Antonyms: |
adult, greater, large, major, significant |
| Main Entry: | puny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small, insignificant |
Synonyms: |
diminutive, feeble, fragile, frail, half-pint, inconsequential, inferior, infirm, little, measly, minor, niggling, nothing, paltry, peanut, peewee, petty, picayune, piddling, pint-sized, runt, shrimp, small time, small-fry, stunted, tiny, trifling, trivial, two-bit, unconsequential, underfed, undersized, undeveloped, unsound, unsubstantial, weak, weakly, wee, worthless, zero*, zilch |
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big, giant, huge, large |
| Main Entry: | secondary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | subordinate; less important |
Synonyms: |
accessory, alternate, auxiliary, backup, bush-league, collateral, consequential, contingent, dependent, dinky, extra, inconsiderable, inferior, insignificant, lesser, lower, minor, minor-league, petty, relief, reserve, second, second-rate, small, small-fry, small-time, subject, subservient, subsidiary, substract, supporting, tributary, trivial, under, unimportant |
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first-class, first-rate, important, primary, superior |
| Main Entry: | small |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unimportant |
Synonyms: |
bush-league, inadequate, inconsiderable, ineffectual, inferior, insignificant, lesser, light, limited, lower, mean, minor, minor-league, minute, narrow, negligible, paltry, petty, secondary, set, small-fry, small-time, trifling, trivial, unessential |
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distinguished, excellent, famous, fine, important, untrivial |
| Main Entry: | stunted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kept from growing |
Synonyms: |
bantam, diminutive, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, half-pint, little, measly, mite, peanut, peewee, pint-sized, runted, runtish, runty, scrub, short, shot, shrimp, small, small fry, tiny, undergrown, undersized, wee, yea big, yea high |
Antonyms: |
developing, growing |
| Main Entry: | youngster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | child |
Synonyms: |
boy, chick, cub, fledgling, girl, junior, juvenile, juvenile delinquent, kid, lad, lass, little guy, little kid, moppet, punk, pup, pupil, puppy, sapling, shaver, small fry, snotnose kid, sonny, squirt, student, teenager, teenybopper, urchin, young adult, young person, youth |
Antonyms: |
elder |