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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very small person |
| Synonyms: | Lilliputian, half-pint, homunculus, midget, peewee, punk*, shrimp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inconsequential/inconsiderable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | of no significance |
| Synonyms: | casual, dinky, entry-level, exiguous, immaterial, inadequate, inappreciable, inconsequent, insignificant, insufficient, light, little, measly, minor, negligible, paltry, petty, picayune, puny, runt, scanty, shoestring, skimpy, small, small potatoes, small-time, trifling, trivial, two-bit, unconsidered, unimportant, wimpy, worthless |
| Antonyms: | consequential, considerable, important, significant |
| Main Entry: | lad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | young man |
| Synonyms: | boy, buddy, child, fellow, guy, half-pint, juvenile, kid*, runt, schoolboy, son, stripling, youngster, youth |
| Antonyms: | man |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | midget |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small person |
| Synonyms: | Lilliputian, bantam, gnome, homuncule, homunculus, little person, manikin, midge, pygmy, runt |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | pipsqueak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonentity |
| Synonyms: | nobody, runt, shrimp, squirt, twerp, whippersnapper |
| Main Entry: | puny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small, insignificant |
| Synonyms: | diminutive, feeble, fragile, frail, half-pint, inconsequential, inferior, infirm, little, measly, minor, niggling, nothing, paltry, peanut, peewee, petty, picayune, piddling, pint-sized, runt, shrimp, small time, small-fry, stunted, tiny, trifling, trivial, two-bit, unconsequential, underfed, undersized, undeveloped, unsound, unsubstantial, weak, weakly, wee, worthless, zero*, zilch |
| Antonyms: | big, giant, huge, large |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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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