SMALL

belittled, diminished, small

(adjective) made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); “her comments made me feel small”

small, little

(adjective) 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”

minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized

(adjective) relatively moderate, limited, or small; “a small business”; “a newspaper with a modest circulation”; “small-scale plans”; “a pocket-size country”

little, small

(adjective) (of a voice) faint; “a little voice”; “a still small voice”

little, minuscule, small

(adjective) lowercase; “little a”; “small a”; “e.e.cummings’s poetry is written all in minuscule letters”

modest, small

(adjective) not large but sufficient in size or amount; “a modest salary”; “modest inflation”; “helped in my own small way”

small

(adjective) slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; “a series of death struggles with small time in between”

little, small

(adjective) (of children and animals) young, immature; “what a big little boy you are”; “small children”

small

(adjective) have fine or very small constituent particles; “a small misty rain”

humble, low, lowly, modest, small

(adjective) low or inferior in station or quality; “a humble cottage”; “a lowly parish priest”; “a modest man of the people”; “small beginnings”

small

(adverb) on a small scale; “think small”

small

(noun) a garment size for a small person

small

(noun) the slender part of the back

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

small (comparative smaller, superlative smallest)

Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.

(figuratively) Young, as a child.

(writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written or printed letters.

Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.

Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.

(archaic) Slender, gracefully slim.

Synonyms

• (not large or big): little, microscopic, minuscule, minute, tiny; see also tiny

• (young, as a child): little, wee (Scottish), young

• (of written letters): lowercase, minuscule

Antonyms

• See also large

• (not large or big): capital, big, generous (said of an amount of something given), large

• (young, as a child): adult, grown-up, old

• (of written letters): big, capital, majuscule, uppercase

Adverb

small (comparative smaller, superlative smallest)

In a small fashion.

In or into small pieces.

(obsolete) To a small extent.

(obsolete) In a low tone; softly.

Noun

small (plural smalls)

(rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.

Verb

small (third-person singular simple present smalls, present participle smalling, simple past and past participle smalled)

(obsolete, transitive) To make little or less.

(intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.

Anagrams

• malls

Etymology

Proper noun

Small (plural Smalls)

A surname.

Anagrams

• malls

Source: Wiktionary

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Small, a. [Compar. Smaller; superl. Smallest.] Etym: [OE. small, AS. sm$l; akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal, Goth. smals small, Icel. smali smal cattle, sheep, or goats; cf. Gr.

1. Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river. To compare Great things with small. Milton.

2. Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business.

3. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; -- sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean. A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of interesting the reatest man. Carlyle.

4. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short; as, after a small space. Shak.

5. Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud. "A still, small voice." 1 Kings xix. 12. Great and small,of all ranks or degrees; -- used especially of persons. "His quests, great and small." Chaucer.

– Small arms, muskets, rifles, pistols, etc., in distinction from cannon.

– Small beer. See under Beer.

– Small coal. (a) Little coals of wood formerly used to light fires. Gay. (b) Coal about the size of a hazelnut, separated from the coarser parts by screening.

– Small craft (Naut.), a vessel, or vessels in general, of a small size.

– Small fruits. See under Fruit.

– Small hand, a certain size of paper. See under Paper.

– Small hours. See under Hour.

– Small letter. (Print.), a lower-case letter. See Lower-case, and Capital letter, under Capital, a.

– Small piece, a Scotch coin worth about 2 -- Small register. See the Note under 1st Register, 7.

– Small stuff (Naut.), spun yarn, marline, and the smallest kinds of rope. R. H. Dana, Jr.

– Small talk, light or trifling conversation; chitchat.

– Small wares (Com.), various small textile articles, as tapes, braid, tringe, and the like. M`Culloch.

Small, adv.

1. In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly. [Obs.] "I wept but small." Chaucer. "It small avails my mood." Shak.

2. Not loudly; faintly; timidly. [Obs. or Humorous] You may speak as small as you will. Shak.

Small, n.

1. The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back.

2. pl.

Definition: Smallclothes. [Colloq.] Hood. Dickens.

3. pl.

Definition: Same as Little go. See under Little, a.

Small, v. t.

Definition: To make little or less. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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