small
1. the slender part of the back (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
body part
• Part Holonyms:
back, dorsum
2. a garment size for a small person
• Hypernyms:
size
1. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent (Freq. 213)
- a little dining room
- a little house
- a small car
- a little (or small) group
• Syn:
little
• Ant:
big (for: little), large
• Similar to:
atomic, subatomic, bantam, diminutive, lilliputian,
midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck, bitty, bittie,
teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy,
teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy, dinky, dwarfish,
elfin, elflike, gnomish, half-size, infinitesimal, minute,
lesser, microscopic, microscopical, micro, miniature, minuscule,
miniscule, olive-sized, pocket-size, pocket-sized, pocketable, puny,
runty, shrimpy, slender, slim, smaller, littler,
smallish, small-scale, undersize, undersized
• Derivationally related forms:
littleness (for: little), smallness
• Attrubites:
size
2. limited in size or scope (Freq. 13)
- a small business
- a newspaper with a modest circulation
- small-scale plans
- a pocket-size country
• Syn:
minor, modest, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized
• Similar to:
limited
• Derivationally related forms:
smallness
3. (of children and animals) young, immature (Freq. 8)
- what a big little boy you are
- small children
• Syn:
little
• Similar to:
young, immature
4. slight or limited;
especially in degree or intensity or scope (Freq. 2)
- a series of death struggles with small time in between
• Similar to:
little, slight
• Usage Domain:
archaism, archaicism
5. low or inferior in station or quality (Freq. 1)
- a humble cottage
- a lowly parish priest
- a modest man of the people
- small beginnings
• Syn:
humble, low, lowly, modest
• Similar to:
inferior
• Derivationally related forms:
lowness (for: low), humbleness (for: humble)
6. (of a voice) faint (Freq. 1)
- a little voice
- a still small voice
• Syn:
little
• Similar to:
soft
• Derivationally related forms:
smallness, littleness (for: little)
7. lowercase (Freq. 1)
- little a
- small a
- e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters
• Syn:
little, minuscule
• Similar to:
lowercase
8. have fine or very small constituent particles
- a small misty rain
• Similar to:
fine
9. not large but sufficient in size or amount
- a modest salary
- modest inflation
- helped in my own small way
• Syn:
modest
• Similar to:
moderate
• Derivationally related forms:
smallness, modestness (for: modest)
10. made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
- her comments made me feel small
• Syn:
belittled, diminished
• Similar to:
decreased, reduced
on a small scale
- think small
• Ant:
big
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