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Definitions

small

[smawl] / smɔl /
ADJECTIVE
tiny in size, quantity
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cramped limited meager microscopic miniature minuscule modest narrow paltry poor short slight small-scale young
STRONG
baby bantam diminutive little mini minute petite petty scanty shrimp toy trifling wee
WEAK
bitty humble immature inadequate inconsequential inconsiderable insufficient picayune piddling pint-sized pitiful pocket-sized puny runty scrubby stunted teensy teeny trivial undersized unpretentious
Antonyms
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adequate big fat great huge important large liberal rich significant substantial sufficient tall thick unlimited unrestricted wealthy wide
STRONG
consequential giant useful
WEAK
benevolent broad-minded considerate distinguished enormous excellent famous fine generous giving immense kind untrivial
ADJECTIVE
unimportant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
insignificant light limited minor narrow negligible paltry
STRONG
inferior lower mean minute petty secondary set trifling
WEAK
bush-league inadequate inconsiderable ineffectual lesser minor-league small-fry small-time trivial unessential
Antonyms
STRONGEST
important major significant substantial unrestricted
STRONG
consequential first-class first-rate superior useful
WEAK
benevolent big broad-minded considerate distinguished enormous excellent famous fine generous giving huge immense kind large untrivial
ADJECTIVE
narrow-minded, nasty
Synonyms
STRONGEST
limited narrow
STRONG
base little mean petty set
WEAK
grudging ignoble illiberal selfish vulgar
Antonyms
STRONGEST
unrestricted
STRONG
important noble
WEAK
benevolent big broad-minded considerate distinguished enormous excellent famous fine generous giving huge immense kind large untrivial

Example Sentences

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Shares in small biopharmaceutical firm Apellis Pharmaceuticals more than doubled in Tuesday trading after Biogen said it would acquire the company for $5.6 billion.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

We were running this airlift, like small propeller planes with eight seats, trying to get more than 100 people back to the mainland before twilight hits because they don’t have lighting on the runway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

He said words were "too small to express how massively grateful" he was to Page and the others who saved his life.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

You earned it, with a lifetime of planning and, probably, not a small amount of sacrifice.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

But a small stroke after the last one made further surgery impossible, and many days, making up a tray for Tante Bep, I carried one upstairs to Mama also.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.