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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiny, small |
| Synonyms: | Lilliputian, bush-league, dainty, insignificant, lesser, mini, miniature, minor, minor-league, neat, petite, second rate, secondary, small-fry, small-time, trim |
| Antonyms: | big, huge, large |
| Main Entry: | lesser |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior, secondary |
| Synonyms: | a notch under, bottom, bush, bush-league, dinky, insignificant, less important, low, lower, minor, minor-league, nether, second-fiddle, second-string, slighter, small, small-fry, small-time, subjacent, subordinate, third-string, undersized |
| Antonyms: | greater, higher, major, superior |
| Main Entry: | little |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small in size, amount |
| Synonyms: | Lilliputian, babyish, bantam, brief, cramped, diminutive, dinky, elfin, embryonic, fleeting, hardly any, hasty, immature, imperceptible, inappreciable, inconsiderable, infant, infinitesimal, insufficient, junior, light, limited, meager, microscopic, mini, miniature, minute, not big, not large, peanut, petite, scant, short, short-lived, shrimpy, shriveled, skimpy, slight, snub, sparse, stubby, stunted, teeny, tiny, toy, truncated, undersized, undeveloped, wee, wizened, young |
| Antonyms: | big, enormous, giant, great, huge, immense, large, massive |
| Main Entry: | minor |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant, small |
| Synonyms: | accessory, below the mark, bush-league, casual, dependent, dinky, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inferior, junior, lesser, light, low, minus, negligible, paltry, petty, piddling, second-string, secondary, slight, small-fry, small-time, smaller, subordinate, subsidiary, tacky, trifling, trivial, two-bit, unimportant, younger |
| Antonyms: | adult, greater, large, major, significant |
| Main Entry: | secondary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | subordinate; less important |
| Synonyms: | accessory, alternate, auxiliary, backup, bush-league, collateral, consequential, contingent, dependent, dinky, extra, inconsiderable, inferior, insignificant, lesser, lower, minor, minor-league, petty, relief, reserve, second, second-rate, small, small-fry, small-time, subject, subservient, subsidiary, substract, supporting, tributary, trivial, under, unimportant |
| Antonyms: | first-class, first-rate, important, primary, superior |
| Main Entry: | small-time |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | minor |
| Synonyms: | bush-league, dinky, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, low, petty, piddling, second-string, secondary, trivial, two-bit, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | trifling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant, worthless |
| Synonyms: | banal, dinky, empty, forget it, frivolous, hollow, idle, idling, inane, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insipid, jejune, loitering, measly, minuscule, negligible, niggling, no big deal, no big thing, nugatory, paltry, petty, picayune, piddling, puny, shallow, silly, slight, small, tiny, trivial, unimportant, vain, valueless, vapid |
| Antonyms: | important, significant, useful, worthwhile |
| Main Entry: | inconsequential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant |
| Synonyms: | big zero, casual, dinky, entry level, exiguous, immaterial, inadequate, inappreciable, inconsequent, inconsiderable, insignificant, insufficient, light, little, measly, minor, negligible, no biggie, paltry, petty, picayune, puny, runt, scanty, shoestring, shrimp, skimpy, small, small potatoes, small-time, trifling, trivial, two bit, unconsidered, unimportant, wimpy, worthless |
| Antonyms: | important, significant |
| Main Entry: | undersized |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | little |
| Synonyms: | diminutive, dinky, miniature, minute, petite, pint-sized, puny, small, tiny |
| Antonyms: | big, enormous, huge, large, outsized, sizable, sizeable, substantial |
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