What is "small" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does small mean in English? Meaning of small definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "small" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "small": the slender part of the back

Noun

  • Meaning: the slender part of the back
  • Synonyms: small
  • Hypernyms: body part
  • Pronunciation in US: /smɔl/

    Pronunciation in UK: /smɔːl/

    Meaning of "small": limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

    Adjective

  • Meaning: limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
  • Example: a little dining room a little house a small car a little (or small) group
  • Synonyms: little small
  • Antonyms: big large
  • Similar: atomic bantam bittie bitty diminutive dinky dwarfish elfin elflike flyspeck gnomish half-size infinitesimal itsy-bitsy itty-bitty lesser lilliputian littler micro microscopic microscopical midget miniature miniscule minuscule minute olive-sized petite pocket-size pocket-sized pocketable puny runty shrimpy slender slim small-scale smaller smallish subatomic teensy teensy-weensy teentsy teeny teeny-weeny tiny undersize undersized wee weensy weeny
  • Pronunciation in US: /smɔl/

    Pronunciation in UK: /smɔːl/

    Meaning of "small": on a small scale

    Adverb

  • Meaning: on a small scale
  • Example: think small
  • Synonyms: small
  • Antonyms: big
  • Pronunciation in US: /smɔl/

    Pronunciation in UK: /smɔːl/

    Meaning of "small": a garment size for a small person

    Noun

  • Meaning: a garment size for a small person
  • Synonyms: small
  • Hypernyms: size
  • Pronunciation in US: /smɔl/

    Pronunciation in UK: /smɔːl/

    Meaning of "small": limited in size or scope

    Adjective

  • Meaning: limited in size or scope
  • Example: a small business a newspaper with a modest circulation small-scale plans a pocket-size country
  • Synonyms: minor modest pocket-size pocket-sized small small-scale
  • Similar: limited
  • Pronunciation in US: /smɔl/

    Pronunciation in UK: /smɔːl/

    Meaning of "small": (of children and animals) young, immature

    Adjective

  • Meaning: (of children and animals) young, immature
  • Example: what a big little boy you are small children
  • Synonyms: little small
  • Similar: immature young
  • Pronunciation in US: /smɔl/

    Pronunciation in UK: /smɔːl/

    Meaning of "small": slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope

    Adjective

  • Meaning: slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope
  • Example: a series of death struggles with small time in between
  • Synonyms: small
  • Similar: little slight
  • Pronunciation in US: /smɔl/

    Pronunciation in UK: /smɔːl/

    Meaning of "small": low or inferior in station or quality

    Adjective

  • Meaning: low or inferior in station or quality
  • Example: a humble cottage a lowly parish priest a modest man of the people small beginnings
  • Synonyms: humble low lowly modest small
  • Similar: inferior
  • Pronunciation in US: /smɔl/

    Pronunciation in UK: /smɔːl/

    Meaning of "small": lowercase

    Adjective

  • Meaning: lowercase
  • Example: little a small a e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters
  • Synonyms: little minuscule small
  • Similar: lowercase
  • Pronunciation in US: /smɔl/

    Pronunciation in UK: /smɔːl/

    Meaning of "small": (of a voice) faint

    Adjective

  • Meaning: (of a voice) faint
  • Example: a little voice a still small voice
  • Synonyms: little small
  • Similar: soft
  • Pronunciation in US: /smɔl/

    Pronunciation in UK: /smɔːl/

    Meaning of "small": have fine or very small constituent particles

    Adjective

  • Meaning: have fine or very small constituent particles
  • Example: a small misty rain
  • Synonyms: small
  • Similar: fine
  • Pronunciation in US: /smɔl/

    Pronunciation in UK: /smɔːl/

    Meaning of "small": not large but sufficient in size or amount

    Adjective

  • Meaning: not large but sufficient in size or amount
  • Example: a modest salary modest inflation helped in my own small way
  • Synonyms: modest small
  • Similar: moderate
  • Pronunciation in US: /smɔl/

    Pronunciation in UK: /smɔːl/

    Meaning of "small": made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)

    Adjective

  • Meaning: made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
  • Example: her comments made me feel small
  • Synonyms: belittled diminished small
  • Similar: decreased reduced
  • Pronunciation in US: /smɔl/

    Pronunciation in UK: /smɔːl/

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