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  • narrow-minded, character trait

  • unimportant, narrow-minded

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  • cramped
  • limited
  • meager
  • microscopic
  • miniature
  • minuscule
  • modest
  • narrow
  • paltry
  • poor
  • short
  • slight
  • small-scale
  • young
  • baby
  • bantam
  • diminutive
  • little
  • mini
  • minute
  • petite
  • petty
  • scanty
  • shrimp
  • toy
  • trifling
  • wee
  • bitty
  • humble
  • immature
  • inadequate
  • inconsequential
  • inconsiderable
  • insufficient
  • picayune
  • piddling
  • pint-sized
  • pitiful
  • pocket-sized
  • puny
  • runty
  • scrubby
  • stunted
  • teensy
  • teeny
  • trivial
  • undersized
  • unpretentious
  • insignificant
  • light
  • limited
  • minor
  • narrow
  • negligible
  • paltry
  • inferior
  • lower
  • mean
  • minute
  • petty
  • secondary
  • set
  • trifling
  • bush-league
  • inadequate
  • inconsiderable
  • ineffectual
  • lesser
  • minor-league
  • small-fry
  • small-time
  • trivial
  • unessential
  • limited
  • narrow
  • base
  • little
  • mean
  • petty
  • set
  • grudging
  • ignoble
  • illiberal
  • selfish
  • vulgar

On this page you’ll find 250 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to small, such as: cramped, limited, meager, microscopic, miniature, and minuscule.

antonyms for small

  • adequate
  • big
  • fat
  • great
  • huge
  • important
  • large
  • liberal
  • rich
  • significant
  • substantial
  • sufficient
  • tall
  • thick
  • unlimited
  • unrestricted
  • wealthy
  • wide
  • consequential
  • giant
  • useful
  • benevolent
  • broad-minded
  • considerate
  • distinguished
  • enormous
  • excellent
  • famous
  • fine
  • generous
  • giving
  • immense
  • kind
  • important
  • major
  • significant
  • substantial
  • unrestricted
  • consequential
  • first-class
  • first-rate
  • superior
  • useful
  • benevolent
  • big
  • broad-minded
  • considerate
  • distinguished
  • enormous
  • excellent
  • famous
  • fine
  • generous
  • giving
  • huge
  • immense
  • kind
  • large
  • unrestricted
  • important
  • noble
  • benevolent
  • big
  • broad-minded
  • considerate
  • distinguished
  • enormous
  • excellent
  • famous
  • fine
  • generous
  • giving
  • huge
  • immense
  • kind
  • large

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WORDS RELATED TO SMALL

  • diminutive
  • dwarf
  • little
  • midget
  • mini
  • minute
  • petite
  • small
  • tiny
  • wee
  • abrupt
  • bluff
  • blunt
  • boiled down
  • breviloquent
  • brusque
  • compendiary
  • compendious
  • concise
  • crisp
  • curt
  • hasty
  • laconic
  • limited
  • little
  • pithy
  • sharp
  • short and sweet
  • skimpy
  • small
  • snippy
  • succinct
  • surly
  • terse
  • to the point
  • awkward
  • circumscribed
  • close
  • closed in
  • confined
  • crabbed
  • crowded
  • hemmed in
  • illegible
  • incommodious
  • indecipherable
  • irregular
  • jammed in
  • little
  • minute
  • narrow
  • packed
  • pent
  • restricted
  • small
  • squeezed
  • tight
  • tiny
  • tucked up
  • two-by-four
  • uncomfortable
  • 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
  • baby
  • bantam
  • diminutive
  • dwarfish
  • mini
  • miniature
  • petite
  • pint-sized
  • pocket
  • pocket-sized
  • small
  • stunted
  • tiny
  • undersized
  • bare
  • confined
  • diminutive
  • inadequate
  • limited
  • little
  • meager
  • narrow
  • negligible
  • paltry
  • petty
  • poor
  • restricted
  • skimpy
  • slender
  • slight
  • small
  • spare
  • sparse
  • tenuous
  • thin
  • tiny

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What is another word for “small”? The list below provides some fantastic SMALL synonyms with example sentences in English. Learn these other words for small to improve and expand your vocabulary in English.

Small Definition and Examples

Meaning of Small: Something that is of a reduced measure in comparison to what is average or what is expected.

Examples:

  • “That baby is really cute but he seems small for his age”
  • “It is no longer a cliché to say that good things come in small quantities.”
  • “A small green snake slithered across the wet road.”

List of Synonyms for Small

Different words to use instead of “small”:

  • Cramped
  • Diminutive
  • Dinky
  • Dwarf
  • Eensy
  • Eensy-weensy
  • Elfin
  • Half-pint
  • Homuncular
  • Ickle
  • Inadequate
  • Inappreciable
  • Inconsequential
  • Inconsiderable
  • Insignificant
  • Insufficient
  • Itsy-bitsy
  • Lilliputian
  • Little
  • Little-bitty
  • Meager
  • Measly
  • Microscopic
  • Mingy
  • Mini
  • Miniature
  • Minor
  • Minuscule
  • Minute
  • Negligible
  • Nugatory
  • Pathetic
  • Petite
  • Pint-sized (informal)
  • Pocket-sized
  • Poky
  • Portable
  • Puny
  • Pygmy or pigmy
  • Short
  • Slight
  • Slightly built
  • Small-boned
  • Small-scale
  • Squat
  • Stingy
  • Stubby
  • Stunted
  • Teensy
  • Teensy-weensy
  • Teeny
  • Teeny (informal)
  • Teeny-weeny
  • Tiddly
  • Tiny
  • Titchy
  • Trifling
  • Trivial
  • Undersized
  • Ungenerous
  • Unimportant
  • Vest-pocket
  • Wee
  • Weeny

Small Synonyms with Examples

  • Tiny

For example: The baby put his tiny hand in mine.

  • Petite

For instance: She was fair-haired and petite.

  • Mini

For example: To this end, the mini bell was designed.

  • Teeny-weeny

For instance: It’s a teeny-weeny little top.

  • Little

For instance: She gave a little laugh.

  • Slight

For instance: I woke up with a slight headache.

  • Minute

For instance: The kitchen on the boat is minute.

  • Skimpy

For instance: They provided only skimpy details.

  • Miniature

For instance: A day is a miniature of eternity.

  • Wee

For instance: I felt a wee bit guilty about it.

  • Diminutive

For instance: She has diminutive hands for an adult.

  • Pygmy (with animals)

For instance: He regarded them as intellectual pygmies.

More interesting examples with the word “small”

  • “We wish to show our gratitude and thanks with a small gift. Happy Teacher’s Day!”
  • “Prospective buyers should study the small ads in the daily newspaper.”
  • “We don’t need to do big things—we can start out small.”
  • “According to present law, the authorities can only punish smugglers with small fines.”
  • “One of the small children began to wail with terror.”
  • “He took a small key from his pocket and slowly inserted it into the lock.”
  • “We crossed a small iron bridge over a meandering stream.”
  • “According to present law, the authorities can only punish smugglers with small fines.”
  • “When two industrial giants clash, small companies can get caught in the crossfire.”
  • The president wants to make it easier for small businesses to get bank loans.

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  1. smalladjective

    In a small fashion.

    Synonyms:
    tiny, microscopic, minuscule, little, minute

    Antonyms:
    capital, old, grown-up, large, adult, big, generous

  2. smalladjective

    Young, as a child.

    Remember when the children were small?

    Synonyms:
    young, wee, little

    Antonyms:
    grown-up, big, capital, large, generous, old, adult

  3. smalladjective

    Antonyms:
    adult, big, capital, grown-up, generous, large, old

  4. smalladjective

    Synonyms:
    lowercase, minuscule

    Antonyms:
    big, uppercase, capital, majuscule

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  1. small

    Fine (Latin finis, end) denotes that which has been brought to a full end, finished. From this root-sense many derived meanings branch out, causing words quite remote from each other to be alike synonyms of fine. That which is truly finished, brought to an ideal end, is excellent of its kind, and beautiful, if a thing that admits of beauty; as, a fine house, fine trees, a fine woman, a fine morning; if a thing that admits of the removal of impurities, it is not finished till these are removed, and hence fine signifies clarified, clear, pure, refined; as, fine gold. That which is finished is apt to be polished, smooth to the touch, minutely exact in outline; hence fine comes to be a synonym for all words like dainty, delicate, exquisite; as, fine manners, a fine touch, fine perceptions. As that which is delicate is apt to be small, by an easy extension of meaning fine becomes a synonym for slender, slight, minute, comminuted; as, a fine thread, fine sand; or for filmy, tenuous, thin; as, a fine lace, fine wire; and as a thin edge is keen, sharp, fine becomes also a synonym for these words; as, a fine point, a fine edge. Compare BEAUTIFUL; MINUTE.

    Synonyms:
    beautiful, clarified, clear, comminuted, dainty, delicate, elegant, excellent, exquisite, fine, gauzy, handsome, keen, minute, nice, polished, pure, refined, sensitive, sharp, slender, slight, smooth, splendid, subtile, subtle, tenuous, thin

    Antonyms:
    big, blunt, clumsy, coarse, great, heavy, huge, immense, large, rude, stout, thick

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  1. small

    Synonyms:
    little, diminutive, slight, minute, feeble, trivial, insignificant, paltry, narrow, mean, weak, slender, fine, inferior

    Antonyms:
    great, large, big, considerable, bulky, extensive, ample, spacious, stout, strong, important, broad, liberal

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  1. smallnoun

    the slender part of the back

    Antonyms:
    rangy, gargantuan, larger, immoderate, gigantic, monstrous, man-sized, giant, overlarge, enormous, bouffant, large, double, sizable, plumping, galactic, too large, super, epic, macro, colossal, massive, elephantine, monumental, jumbo, uppercase, volumed, vast, coarse, loud, old, extensive, large-mouthed, blown-up, tremendous, king-size, bulky, mountainous, sizeable, huge, puffy, cosmic, unlimited, queen-size, hulking, increased, titanic, outsize, oversized, prodigious, heroic, monolithic, bear-sized, humongous, thumping, superior, voluminous, larger-than-life, queen-sized, macroscopical, spacious, wide, limitless, enlarged, harsh, Brobdingnagian, whacking, astronomical, bigger, life-sized, wide-ranging, life-size, whopping, capacious, extended, medium-large, largish, deep, large-scale, outsized, macroscopic, ample, banging, big, much(a), grand, full-size, stupendous, hulky, broad, king-sized, biggish, walloping, mammoth, great, immense, oversize, lifesize, astronomic

  2. smalladjective

    a garment size for a small person

    Antonyms:
    medium-large, large-mouthed, immoderate, prodigious, coarse, monstrous, enlarged, sizeable, rangy, life-size, large-scale, galactic, deep, queen-sized, increased, oversize, volumed, giant, big, cosmic, broad, extended, biggish, macroscopical, larger, jumbo, sizable, titanic, unlimited, overlarge, extensive, ample, grand, super, much(a), gigantic, life-sized, enormous, tremendous, immense, capacious, gargantuan, thumping, too large, whacking, double, voluminous, mountainous, queen-size, mammoth, astronomical, banging, large, old, whopping, superior, puffy, wide, blown-up, outsize, hulky, king-sized, man-sized, macroscopic, bear-sized, elephantine, astronomic, lifesize, great, full-size, macro, vast, bouffant, king-size, massive, limitless, stupendous, bulky, hulking, plumping, humongous, loud, spacious, epic, largish, wide-ranging, monolithic, monumental, colossal, bigger, larger-than-life, huge, uppercase, Brobdingnagian, oversized, harsh, heroic, walloping, outsized

  3. small, littleadjective

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

    «a little dining room»; «a little house»; «a small car»; «a little (or small) group»

    Synonyms:
    short, piddling, trivial, niggling, picayune, diminished, footling, lilliputian, humble, lowly, modest, slight, petty, minuscule, minor, pocket-sized, little(a), belittled, pocket-size, small(a), fiddling, little, small-scale, piffling, low

    Antonyms:
    queen-size, monolithic, uppercase, spacious, prodigious, large, banging, large-scale, mountainous, whacking, limitless, plumping, life-size, elephantine, superior, epic, deep, titanic, oversize, lifesize, hulking, rangy, macroscopical, hulky, sizable, Brobdingnagian, biggish, humongous, extended, full-size, immoderate, larger, bulky, capacious, immense, voluminous, tremendous, volumed, broad, grand, vast, man-sized, largish, great, double, massive, ample, old, loud, astronomical, wide-ranging, coarse, much(a), super, macroscopic, jumbo, whopping, gigantic, large-mouthed, king-size, bouffant, bigger, unlimited, monstrous, extensive, walloping, big, outsized, harsh, enormous, huge, gargantuan, heroic, medium-large, bear-sized, increased, monumental, enlarged, overlarge, cosmic, puffy, blown-up, king-sized, mammoth, colossal, larger-than-life, sizeable, outsize, giant, astronomic, stupendous, galactic, macro, wide, life-sized, too large, queen-sized, oversized, thumping

  4. minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sizedadjective

    limited in size or scope

    «a small business»; «a newspaper with a modest circulation»; «small-scale plans»; «a pocket-size country»

    Synonyms:
    pocketable, underage, diminished, mild, minor(ip), nonaged, humble, lowly, meek, modest, minuscule, minor, pocket-sized, belittled, venial, pocket-size, small(a), little, small-scale, low

    Antonyms:
    coarse, outsize, biggish, sizable, outsized, large-scale, galactic, great, massive, superior, rangy, ample, larger, vast, medium-large, sizeable, astronomic, capacious, extensive, full-size, oversized, plumping, unlimited, big, lifesize, mountainous, limitless, immense, prodigious, grand, hulking, humongous, too large, huge, tremendous, bouffant, macro, broad, banging, immoderate, oversize, man-sized, much(a), wide-ranging, queen-size, gargantuan, blown-up, largish, spacious, colossal, double, voluminous, gigantic, life-sized, deep, thumping, whacking, enlarged, large-mouthed, large, volumed, king-sized, cosmic, uppercase, heroic, monumental, life-size, giant, bulky, king-size, stupendous, jumbo, larger-than-life, wide, whopping, bigger, enormous, extended, Brobdingnagian, harsh, old, increased, epic, queen-sized, astronomical, puffy, monolithic, titanic, monstrous, hulky, walloping, macroscopical, elephantine, bear-sized, loud, super, mammoth, overlarge, macroscopic

  5. little, smalladjective

    (of children and animals) young, immature

    «what a big little boy you are»; «small children»

    Synonyms:
    piddling, small-scale, trivial, picayune, diminished, lowly, footling, minor, humble, lilliputian, slight, minuscule, fiddling, petty, short, pocket-sized, little(a), belittled, low, pocket-size, small(a), little, modest, piffling, niggling

    Antonyms:
    astronomical, lifesize, monstrous, colossal, ample, life-sized, puffy, jumbo, harsh, enlarged, titanic, plumping, galactic, massive, gargantuan, bulky, prodigious, much(a), extended, hulking, big, macroscopical, large-scale, wide-ranging, spacious, enormous, mountainous, mammoth, double, huge, bouffant, monumental, biggish, thumping, giant, medium-large, unlimited, old, king-size, elephantine, volumed, coarse, full-size, rangy, hulky, larger, whopping, monolithic, man-sized, immoderate, bear-sized, wide, increased, loud, bigger, walloping, large-mouthed, cosmic, macroscopic, larger-than-life, astronomic, heroic, sizable, voluminous, epic, extensive, blown-up, Brobdingnagian, uppercase, super, oversize, whacking, broad, queen-size, tremendous, sizeable, great, banging, humongous, limitless, deep, oversized, overlarge, life-size, superior, queen-sized, large, capacious, outsized, outsize, stupendous, king-sized, macro, largish, vast, immense, gigantic, grand, too large

  6. small(a)adjective

    slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope

    «a series of death struggles with small time in between»

    Antonyms:
    puffy, spacious, titanic, plumping, humongous, astronomic, limitless, monumental, immoderate, stupendous, queen-size, Brobdingnagian, large-mouthed, rangy, walloping, jumbo, oversize, bouffant, heroic, enormous, vast, great, colossal, king-size, extensive, huge, deep, macroscopic, monstrous, much(a), coarse, bigger, hulky, wide-ranging, cosmic, queen-sized, gigantic, big, large-scale, enlarged, largish, giant, gargantuan, monolithic, increased, super, sizeable, outsize, thumping, macro, too large, galactic, wide, life-size, massive, voluminous, larger, whacking, macroscopical, blown-up, old, harsh, bear-sized, large, extended, overlarge, outsized, superior, lifesize, loud, immense, mountainous, whopping, banging, hulking, elephantine, ample, larger-than-life, bulky, unlimited, man-sized, epic, capacious, oversized, grand, full-size, uppercase, biggish, prodigious, sizable, king-sized, life-sized, mammoth, volumed, broad, astronomical, medium-large, double, tremendous

  7. humble, low, lowly, modest, smalladjective

    low or inferior in station or quality

    «a humble cottage»; «a lowly parish priest»; «a modest man of the people»; «small beginnings»

    Synonyms:
    down(p), dispirited, minor, downcast, subaltern, scummy, base, baseborn, low-down, modest, petty(a), scurvy, pocket-sized, lower-ranking, secondary, humbled, gloomy, miserable, lowly, low, broken, small(a), down in the mouth, blue, humble, downhearted, grim, meek, low-toned, low-pitched, little, menial, pocket-size, small-scale, depleted, crushed, mild, junior-grade, diminished, abject, depressed, minuscule, low-spirited, belittled, humiliated

    Antonyms:
    plumping, macroscopical, colossal, large, mountainous, deep, enlarged, whacking, sizeable, voluminous, wide-ranging, unlimited, extended, humongous, king-sized, hulking, heroic, outsize, epic, astronomic, large-mouthed, sizable, whopping, galactic, outsized, giant, hulky, oversized, coarse, queen-size, life-size, double, Brobdingnagian, king-size, larger-than-life, largish, thumping, bigger, massive, immoderate, banging, overlarge, oversize, rangy, wide, tremendous, life-sized, monolithic, lifesize, grand, bear-sized, medium-large, walloping, blown-up, titanic, cosmic, much(a), capacious, great, super, gigantic, macro, volumed, large-scale, bouffant, ample, superior, huge, bulky, immense, larger, astronomical, old, monumental, harsh, too large, spacious, stupendous, limitless, enormous, biggish, queen-sized, full-size, big, gargantuan, elephantine, uppercase, monstrous, man-sized, extensive, jumbo, vast, increased, loud, prodigious, puffy, broad, macroscopic, mammoth

  8. little, minuscule, smalladjective

    lowercase

    «little a»; «small a»; «e.e.cummings’s poetry is written all in minuscule letters»

    Synonyms:
    piddling, small-scale, minuscular, picayune, trivial, lowly, footling, minor, humble, lilliputian, slight, minuscule, fiddling, diminished, petty, short, pocket-sized, little(a), belittled, low, pocket-size, small(a), little, modest, piffling, niggling, miniscule

    Antonyms:
    enlarged, queen-sized, cosmic, outsized, lifesize, sizable, heroic, elephantine, broad, tremendous, huge, hulking, queen-size, wide, banging, giant, bear-sized, volumed, life-sized, super, king-size, wide-ranging, hulky, great, biggish, unlimited, whacking, mountainous, coarse, oversize, titanic, macroscopical, plumping, stupendous, astronomic, whopping, thumping, increased, double, epic, immoderate, jumbo, massive, deep, spacious, macroscopic, king-sized, colossal, capacious, superior, blown-up, large-scale, sizeable, extensive, macro, larger-than-life, vast, enormous, bigger, uppercase, overlarge, much(a), galactic, Brobdingnagian, old, monolithic, man-sized, medium-large, too large, outsize, monumental, large, loud, limitless, walloping, bouffant, prodigious, humongous, ample, full-size, harsh, voluminous, gargantuan, largish, mammoth, astronomical, large-mouthed, oversized, monstrous, immense, puffy, gigantic, grand, extended, life-size, big, bulky, rangy, larger

  9. little, smalladjective

    (of a voice) faint

    «a little voice»; «a still small voice»

    Synonyms:
    piddling, small-scale, trivial, picayune, diminished, lowly, footling, minor, humble, lilliputian, slight, minuscule, fiddling, petty, short, pocket-sized, little(a), belittled, low, pocket-size, small(a), little, modest, piffling, niggling

    Antonyms:
    life-sized, large-scale, jumbo, colossal, increased, titanic, limitless, whopping, massive, ample, broad, larger, medium-large, galactic, plumping, life-size, bigger, overlarge, tremendous, huge, man-sized, banging, wide, immense, super, Brobdingnagian, king-sized, too large, sizeable, gigantic, voluminous, macro, bulky, bouffant, big, vast, superior, great, king-size, heroic, oversized, elephantine, oversize, epic, spacious, monstrous, enlarged, rangy, unlimited, capacious, mammoth, humongous, sizable, harsh, lifesize, puffy, large-mouthed, coarse, monumental, full-size, walloping, loud, astronomic, wide-ranging, cosmic, blown-up, bear-sized, outsized, deep, much(a), enormous, thumping, giant, large, hulking, biggish, largish, astronomical, macroscopical, monolithic, double, stupendous, extended, outsize, prodigious, whacking, larger-than-life, volumed, grand, gargantuan, mountainous, extensive, uppercase, queen-size, immoderate, macroscopic, queen-sized, old, hulky

  10. smalladjective

    have fine or very small constituent particles

    «a small misty rain»

    Synonyms:
    small(a), low, belittled, humble, minuscule, lowly, modest, diminished, minor, little, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized

    Antonyms:
    massive, big, capacious, monstrous, deep, larger, oversize, sizable, life-size, immense, large-mouthed, puffy, king-sized, sizeable, large, monumental, full-size, man-sized, superior, bulky, outsized, mammoth, lifesize, immoderate, queen-size, gargantuan, voluminous, increased, tremendous, monolithic, wide-ranging, enlarged, harsh, life-sized, colossal, volumed, extended, heroic, spacious, plumping, uppercase, largish, ample, queen-sized, banging, huge, hulking, medium-large, giant, old, coarse, large-scale, bouffant, double, gigantic, hulky, titanic, outsize, cosmic, overlarge, epic, grand, humongous, king-size, bear-sized, astronomic, wide, whacking, macroscopic, much(a), Brobdingnagian, blown-up, walloping, thumping, loud, unlimited, larger-than-life, macro, bigger, jumbo, galactic, oversized, broad, whopping, elephantine, super, too large, astronomical, mountainous, vast, extensive, limitless, stupendous, biggish, great, enormous, prodigious, macroscopical, rangy

  11. modest, smalladjective

    not large but sufficient in size or amount

    «a modest salary»; «modest inflation»; «helped in my own small way»

    Synonyms:
    little, low, belittled, mild, meek, lowly, minuscule, modest, diminished, small(a), minor, humble, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized

    Antonyms:
    humongous, voluminous, huge, astronomical, largish, big, immoderate, full-size, titanic, oversized, massive, bouffant, plumping, overlarge, bear-sized, hulking, biggish, harsh, monstrous, rangy, thumping, jumbo, bigger, walloping, spacious, double, large-mouthed, large, elephantine, ample, colossal, galactic, capacious, Brobdingnagian, wide-ranging, epic, medium-large, extended, queen-size, macroscopic, astronomic, wide, life-size, prodigious, life-sized, king-sized, heroic, cosmic, outsized, puffy, oversize, superior, large-scale, hulky, loud, vast, uppercase, giant, whacking, super, deep, monumental, larger, mammoth, broad, monolithic, macroscopical, grand, unlimited, king-size, mountainous, extensive, man-sized, macro, sizeable, larger-than-life, blown-up, enlarged, much(a), bulky, increased, volumed, outsize, tremendous, banging, old, coarse, lifesize, enormous, whopping, gigantic, gargantuan, limitless, immense, too large, great, queen-sized, sizable, stupendous

  12. belittled, diminished, smalladverb

    made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)

    «her comments made me feel small»

    Synonyms:
    diminished, wasted, atrophied, lowly, humble, lessened, modest, small(a), minuscule, minor, pocket-sized, belittled, weakened, pocket-size, vitiated, little, small-scale, low

    Antonyms:
    macroscopic, rangy, large-scale, mountainous, voluminous, blown-up, extended, loud, enlarged, whacking, extensive, broad, largish, cosmic, walloping, bear-sized, wide-ranging, astronomical, queen-size, vast, deep, oversized, humongous, increased, giant, king-sized, stupendous, huge, large, full-size, jumbo, old, hulking, hulky, too large, galactic, massive, banging, lifesize, biggish, bigger, spacious, medium-large, big, monumental, macro, plumping, enormous, colossal, much(a), gargantuan, outsize, limitless, outsized, king-size, overlarge, uppercase, man-sized, mammoth, large-mouthed, puffy, thumping, heroic, great, macroscopical, ample, gigantic, capacious, immoderate, wide, harsh, epic, life-sized, sizeable, tremendous, unlimited, bulky, titanic, life-size, larger-than-life, immense, elephantine, sizable, superior, larger, queen-sized, monstrous, Brobdingnagian, double, coarse, grand, monolithic, prodigious, super, oversize, bouffant, astronomic, whopping, volumed

  13. smalladverb

    on a small scale

    «think small»

    Antonyms:
    sizeable, mammoth, colossal, vast, bulky, wide-ranging, queen-sized, ample, puffy, giant, voluminous, queen-size, volumed, capacious, enormous, large, humongous, oversize, large-scale, lifesize, enlarged, increased, loud, larger, sizable, macroscopic, macro, jumbo, double, hulky, stupendous, astronomic, great, hulking, large-mouthed, astronomical, coarse, massive, medium-large, outsized, overlarge, oversized, grand, galactic, banging, gigantic, cosmic, king-size, superior, heroic, uppercase, immense, bigger, extended, monumental, whopping, elephantine, epic, limitless, titanic, super, biggish, gargantuan, tremendous, too large, outsize, largish, unlimited, life-sized, monstrous, much(a), walloping, king-sized, prodigious, life-size, thumping, whacking, bouffant, rangy, big, immoderate, huge, macroscopical, bear-sized, blown-up, broad, deep, Brobdingnagian, spacious, extensive, man-sized, old, wide, mountainous, harsh, plumping, full-size, larger-than-life, monolithic

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  1. pocket size

    Submitted by anonymous on July 5, 2020  

  2. bite-sized

    easily done, understood, or managed

    the teacher presented the new information in bite-sized chunks.

  3. coffinlike

    small is a great word for coffinlike because a coffin is small

    the house was coffinlike.

  4. little

    small in size, amount, or degree (often used to convey an appealing diminutiveness or express an affectionate or condescending attitude).

    the plants will grow into little bushes.

    Submitted by JP03 on September 1, 2015  

  5. pépite

    Submitted by anonymous on April 2, 2020  

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  1. smalladjective

    Synonyms:
    little, diminutive, tiny, puny, dwarf, minikin, dwarfish, stunted, liliputian, pygmean, pygmy, miniature, not great, not large

  2. smalladjective

    Synonyms:
    minute, microscopic, molecular, atomic, corpuscular

  3. smalladjective

    Synonyms:
    petty, trifling, trivial, inconsiderable, insignificant, unimportant

  4. smalladjective

    Synonyms:
    slender, scanty, paltry, moderate

  5. smalladjective

    Synonyms:
    feeble, weak, faint, slight

  6. smalladjective

    Synonyms:
    mean, sordid, selfish, illiberal, ungenerous, mercenary, narrow, narrow-minded

  7. smalladjective

    Synonyms:
    shallow, unintelligent, unintellectual, ungifted, sappy, stolid, dull, feeble-minded

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  1. smalladjective

    Synonyms:
    little, minute, diminutive, petty, slight, inconsiderable, puny, tiny, weazened, undeveloped, dwarfish, runty, wee, stunted, inappreciable, undersized, atrophied, miniature, trivial, insignificant, trifling, frivolous, mean, narrow-minded, illiberal, sordid, ungenerous, contracted, short, limited, piping, feeble, weak, microscopic, infinitesimal, molecular, corpuscular, atomic, fine, homeopathic

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  1. List of paraphrases for «small»:

    little, small-, small-scale, tiny, minor, low, smaller, klein, slight, modest, malé, siu, small-sized, light, petit, young, kid, petite, petites, iittle, piccolo, petty, limited, weak, petits, reduced, kleine, harness, pup, restricted, mala, few, boy, hsiao, minimal, short, mic, narrow, xiao, junior, wee, mini, mild, kiddo, smallholder, baby

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How to use small in a sentence?

  1. Jim Radford:

    Where there’s a relatively small but contained population, sterilization procedures are feasible, but they’re very expensive. And they’re not really going to work at a large scale.

  2. Ethan Schaler:

    My idea is, where can we take miniaturized robotics and apply them in interesting new ways for exploring our solar system ? with a swarm of small swimming robots, we are able to explore a much larger volume of ocean water and improve our measurements by having multiple robots collecting data in the same area.

  3. Stephen Grimes:

    The ballot summary fails to advise the voter that small solar providers can completely ignore health, safety and building code regulations, they didn’t want the voters to know that.

  4. Hou Yinming:

    If you look at the small trading volume, the rebound could be just technical as confidence is still very weak, if the rally in blue-chips is sustainable, market excitement could be re-kindled, but such a scenario is not very likely under the current economic environment.

  5. Mariana Fulger:

    As being, no matter how small you are, but how much informed, intelligent, adaptable, being…


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  • صغيرArabic
  • kiçikAzerbaijani
  • бәләкәйBashkir
  • малы́, мале́нькі, малады́Belarusian
  • ма́лъкBulgarian
  • ছোটBengali
  • petitCatalan, Valencian
  • жима, кегийChechen
  • malý, mladýCzech
  • малъOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
  • пӗчӗкChuvash
  • ifanc, bach, bychan, ieuanc, mânWelsh
  • liden, lilleDanish
  • gering, klein, jungGerman
  • sueEwe
  • μικρός, νέοςGreek
  • juna, malgrandaEsperanto
  • pequeño, joven, chico, minúsculas, pequeñaSpanish
  • väikeEstonian
  • که, کوچک, جوان, خرد, برناPersian
  • nuori, pieniFinnish
  • lítilFaroese
  • petit, jeune, minusculeFrench
  • lyts, jongWestern Frisian
  • beagIrish
  • beagScottish Gaelic
  • pequenoGalician
  • begManx
  • קטנה, קטנים, קטנות, קטןHebrew
  • छोटाHindi
  • kicsi, kisHungarian
  • պստիկ, պուճուր, փոքրիկ, փոքր, փոքրատառ, մանրArmenian
  • kecilIndonesian
  • ńta, ọbeleIgbo
  • mikraIdo
  • lítill, smárIcelandic
  • giovane, piccoloItalian
  • קָטָןHebrew
  • 小さい, 若いJapanese
  • მცირე, პატარაGeorgian
  • кішкене, кішіKazakh
  • តូចKhmer
  • 작은Korean
  • بچووکKurdish
  • кичине, кичинекейKyrgyz
  • paulus, iuvenis, parvusLatin
  • ນ້ອຽLao
  • mažasLithuanian
  • mazsLatvian
  • мал, мали, малаMacedonian
  • жижигMongolian
  • छोटा, लहानMarathi
  • kecilMalay
  • żgħira, żgħir, żgħarMaltese
  • နုပ်, သေးBurmese
  • klein, nietig, minuscuul, jongDutch
  • liten, ungNorwegian
  • petit, pichon, pichòtOccitan
  • ਛੋੱਟਾPanjabi, Punjabi
  • mały, młodyPolish
  • وړوکی, کوچنیPashto, Pushto
  • pequeno, minúsculo, jovemPortuguese
  • pitschen, giuvenRomansh
  • mici, mic, tânărRomanian
  • мале́нький, молодо́й, ма́лый, ма́ленький, маленькийRussian
  • अल्पSanskrit
  • ма̑л, mȃlSerbo-Croatian
  • කුඩාSinhala, Sinhalese
  • malýSlovak
  • majhenSlovene
  • i vogëlAlbanian
  • ung, liten, småSwedish
  • mdogoSwahili
  • சிறிய, இளைய, சிறிய்Tamil
  • చిన్నTelugu
  • хурдTajik
  • เล็กThai
  • kiçiTurkmen
  • maliitTagalog
  • küçükTurkish
  • бәләкәй, кече, кечекTatar
  • молоди́й, мали́й, мале́нькийUkrainian
  • چھوٹاUrdu
  • kichikUzbek
  • nhỏ, nhỏ nhắn, tiểuVietnamese
  • minudik, smalik, yunikVolapük
  • קלייןYiddish
  • Chinese

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Are we missing a good synonym for small?

How is the word small distinct from other similar adjectives?

Some common synonyms of small are diminutive, little, miniature, minute, and tiny. While all these words mean «noticeably below average in size,» small and little are often interchangeable, but small applies more to relative size determined by capacity, value, number.

a relatively small backyard

In what contexts can diminutive take the place of small?

In some situations, the words diminutive and small are roughly equivalent. However, diminutive implies abnormal smallness.

When can little be used instead of small?

The meanings of little and small largely overlap; however, little is more absolute in implication often carrying the idea of petiteness, pettiness, insignificance, or immaturity.

your pathetic little smile

When could miniature be used to replace small?

The words miniature and small can be used in similar contexts, but miniature applies to an exactly proportioned reproduction on a very small scale.

a dollhouse with miniature furnishings

When is it sensible to use minute instead of small?

The words minute and small are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, minute implies extreme smallness.

a minute amount of caffeine in the soda

How are the words tiny and minute related as synonyms of small?

Tiny is an informal equivalent to minute.

tiny cracks formed in the painting

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