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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | miniature, tiny |
| Synonyms: | baby, diminutive, low, petite, pocket, small, undersized |
| Notes: | a dwarf is smaller and not proportioned like an average person; a midget is smaller but is proportioned like an average full-grown person; a pygmy is perfectly proportioned but smaller than a midget |
| Antonyms: | big, giant, huge, large |
| Main Entry: | dwarf |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | minimize |
| Synonyms: | belittle, check, detract from, dim, diminish, dominate, hinder, look down upon, lower, make small, micrify, minify, overshadow, predominate, retard, rise above, stunt, suppress, tower above, tower over |
| Notes: | a dwarf is smaller and not proportioned like an average person; a midget is smaller but is proportioned like an average full-grown person; a pygmy is perfectly proportioned but smaller than a midget |
| Antonyms: | maximize, oversize |
| Main Entry: | baby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | miniature |
| Synonyms: | babyish, diminutive, dwarf, little, midget, mini, minute, petite, small, tiny, wee, youthful |
| Antonyms: | big, giant, large |
| Main Entry: | minimize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make smaller; underrate |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, attenuate, belittle, cheapen, curtail, cut down to size, cut rate, decrease, decry, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, detract, diminish, discount, disparage, downplay*, dwarf*, knock down, knock*, lessen, make light of, make little of, miniaturize, pan, play down, pooh-pooh, poor-mouth, prune, put down, reduce, run down, shrink, underestimate, underplay |
| Notes: | reduce means to cut down on; minimize means to make small or insignificant or represent as less important |
| Antonyms: | enlarge, maximize, overestimate, overrate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | miniscule/minuscule |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiny, very small |
| Synonyms: | Lilliputian, diminutive, dwarf, infinitesimal, itsy-bitsy, little, meager, microscopic, mini, miniature, minute, pint-sized, puny, short, slight, small-scale, stunted, teensy, teeny, trivial, undersized, wee |
| Main Entry: | overshadow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make obscure, dim, vague |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, becloud, bedim, cloud, command, darken, dim, dominate, dwarf, eclipse, excel, govern, haze, leave in the shade, obfuscate, outshine, outweigh, overcast, overcloud, overweigh, preponderate, rise above, rule, shadow, steal spotlight, surpass, take precedence, tower above, veil |
| Main Entry: | stunted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kept from growing |
| Synonyms: | bantam, diminutive, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, half-pint, little, measly, mite, peanut, peewee, pint-sized, runted, runtish, runty, scrub, short, shot, shrimp, small, small fry, tiny, undergrown, undersized, wee, yea big, yea high |
| Antonyms: | developing, growing |
| Main Entry: | troll |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elf |
| Synonyms: | demon, dwarf, giant, gnome, goblin, hobgoblin, kobold, leprechaun, monster, mythical creature, ogre |
| Main Entry: | pygmy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small being |
| Synonyms: | chimpanzee, dwarf, elf, gnome, lilliputian, midget, pigmy, pixy, runt, shrimp |
| Notes: | a dwarf is smaller and not proportioned like an average person; a midget is smaller but is proportioned like an average full-grown person; a pygmy is perfectly proportioned but smaller than a midget |
| Antonyms: | giant |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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