small

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Not large or big

   Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.

   • A small serving of ice cream.
   • A small group.
2. 2

   Young, as a child.

   • Remember when the children were small?
3. 3

   Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written or printed letters.

   • "I've got catholic tastes. Catholic with a small "c", of course."
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   1. 4

      Evincing little worth or ability

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

      • A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of interesting the greatest man.
   2. 5

      Not prolonged in duration

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

      • a small space of time
   3. 6

      Synonym of little (“of an industry or institution(s) therein

      Synonym of little (“of an industry or institution(s) therein: operating on a small scale, unlike larger counterparts”).

      • small science
   4. 7

      Slender, gracefully slim.

   5. 8

      That is small (the manufactured size).

      • I'll have a small coffee, thanks.
   6. 9

      In a small fashion

      • Don't write very small!
   7. 10

      In or into small pieces.

      • That's going to go in there. We've got some chives small chopped as well.
   8. 11

      To a small extent.

      • It small avails my mood.
   9. 12

      In a low tone

      In a low tone; softly.

      • That's all one: you shall play it in a mask, and / you may speak as small as you will.
   10. 13

       One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, smaller than a medium.

   11. 14

       An item labelled or denoted as being that size.

       • Two smalls and a large, please.
   12. 15

       One who fits an item of that size.

   13. 16

       Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with…

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

       • I got a splitting pain in the small of my back
   14. 17

       To make little or less.

   15. 18

       To become small

       To become small; to dwindle.

       • And smalled till she was nought at all.
   16. 19

       A surname.

       • “People have biases towards species that are glamorous,” said Dr. Ernie Small, author of the study and taxonomist for Agriculture Canada.

The neighborhood

• synonymcompact
• synonymfun size
• synonymfun-sized
• synonymickle
• synonyminsignificant
• synonymlit'l
• synonymlittle
• synonymlow
• synonymmodest
• synonymmini
• synonympetty
• synonympint-sized
• antonymlarge
• neighbornano-
• neighbormicro-
• neighbormini-
• neighbormarginal
• neighborminor
• neighbor-ette
• neighbor-ee
• neighbor-y
• neighborsize
• neighbormoderate
• neighborshort
• neighborbitty