“small”

Definitions

• adjective

  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

  Synonyms: little, lenten, lilliputian, spartan, abject, abominable, abstemious, airy, arrant, ascetic, atrocious, attenuate

  Antonyms: large

  • Example:“a little dining room”
  • Example:“a little house”

• adjective

  relatively moderate, limited, or small

  Synonyms: minor, modest

  • Example:“a small business”
  • Example:“a newspaper with a modest circulation”

• adjective

  (of children and animals) young, immature

  Synonyms: little

  • Example:“What a big little boy you are.”
  • Example:“small children”

• adjective

  slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope

  • Example:“a series of death struggles with small time in between”

• adjective

  low or inferior in station or quality

  Synonyms: humble, low, lowly, modest

  • Example:“a humble cottage”
  • Example:“a lowly parish priest”

• adjective

  lowercase

  Synonyms: little, minuscule

  • Example:“little a”
  • Example:“small a”