small (adj.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: little , little ]

    small (n.)

  1. the slender part of the back

  2. a garment size for a small person

    small (adv.)

  1. on a small scale; think small'

    small (adj.)

  1. made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); her comments made me feel small

    [ Syn: belittled , diminished ]

  2. limited in size or scope; 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 ]

  3. (of children and animals) young, immature; what a big little boy you are; small children

    [ Syn: little ]

  4. slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; a series of death struggles with small time in between'

  5. low or inferior in station or quality; a humble cottage; a lowly parish priest; a modest man of the people; small beginnings

    [ Syn: humble , low , lowly , modest ]

  6. lowercase; little a; small a; e.e.cummingss poetry is written all in minuscule letters

    [ Syn: little , minuscule ]

  7. (of a voice) faint; a little voice; a still small voice

    [ Syn: little ]

  8. have fine or very small constituent particles; a small misty rain'

  9. not large but sufficient in size or amount; a modest salary; modest inflation; helped in my own small way

    [ Syn: modest ]

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