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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slightest, smallest |
| Synonyms: | atomic, bottom, entry-level, feeblest, fewest, finical, first, gutter, infinitesimal, last, lowest, meanest, microcosmic, microscopic, minimal, minimum, minute, minutest, molecular, most trivial, nadir, next to nothing, niggling, piddling, poorest, second, short-end, third, tiniest, trivial, unimportant |
| Notes: | leased means to use or allow someone else to use something for an agreed period of time in exchange for a payment; least is lowest in importance, rank, magnitude, or degree |
| Antonyms: | most |
| Main Entry: | little |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not important |
| Synonyms: | casual, inconsiderable, insignificant, light, minor, minute, negligible, paltry, petty, shoestring, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant |
| Antonyms: | great, important, magnificent |
| Main Entry: | little |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | narrow-minded |
| Synonyms: | base, bigoted, cheap, contemptible, hidebound, illiberal, ineffectual, limited, mean, narrow, paltry, petty, provincial, self-centered, selfish, set, small, small-minded, vulgar, wicked |
| Antonyms: | magnanimous, open, open-minded |
| Main Entry: | little |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | infrequently, not much |
| Synonyms: | a little, barely, hardly, hardly ever, not many, not often, not quite, only just, rarely, scarcely, seldom, somewhat |
| Antonyms: | frequently, more, much |
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| Main Entry: | little |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb, noun |
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Adjectives: |
atomic, corpuscular, cramp, cramped, dapper, diminutive, dumpy, duodecimo, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, embryonic, evanescent, exiguous, granular, homeopathic, impalpable, imperceptible, inappreciable, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, intangible, invisible, liliputian, limited, little, microscopic, miniature, minikin, minute, molecular, petty, pigmy, pocket, pollard, portable, portative, puny, rudimental, rudimentary, scant, scraggy, scrubby, short, shrunk, small, squat, stunted, thin, tiny, undersized, weazened, wee
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| Main Entry: | first |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | earliest in order |
| Synonyms: | aboriginal, ahead, antecedent, anterior, basic, beginning, cardinal, early, elementary, first off, front, fundamental, head, headmost, in the beginning, inaugural, inceptive, incipient, initial, introductory, key, lead off, leading, least, number one, numero uno, opening, original, pioneer, premier, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primogenial, primordial, pristine, right up front, rudimentary, slightest, smallest |
| Antonyms: | final, last |
| Main Entry: | last |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | final; newest |
| Synonyms: | aftermost, antipodal, at the end, bitter end, climactic, closing, concluding, conclusive, crowning, curtains, definitive, determinate, determinative, end, ending, endwise, eventual, extreme, far, far-off, farthest, finishing, furthest, hindmost, lag, latest, least, lowest, meanest, most recent, once and for all, outermost, rearmost, remotest, supreme, swan song, terminal, ulterior, ultimate, utmost, uttermost |
| Notes: | last is the lowest in an ordering or series while latter means referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned |
| Antonyms: | beginning, first, front, initial, introductory, oldest, primary, starting |
| Main Entry: | minimal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | littlest, slightest |
| Synonyms: | basal, basic, essential, fundamental, least, least possible, lowest, minimum, nominal, smallest, token |
| Notes: | nominal means insignificantly small; minimal means the least possible or smallest in amount and degree |
| Antonyms: | maximum, most |
| Main Entry: | minimum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lowest amount |
| Synonyms: | atom, bottom, dab, depth, dot, gleam, grain, hair, iota, jot, least, lowest, margin, modicum, molecule, nadir, narrowest, particle, pittance, point, scintilla, scruple, shadow, slightest, smallest, smidgen, soupçon, spark, speck, trifle, whit |
| Antonyms: | largest, maximum, most |
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