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small-time
| Main Entry: |
small-time
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| 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: | cheap |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior, low in quality |
| Synonyms: | bad, base, bogus, catchpenny, cheesy, common, commonplace, crappy*, cruddy, dud, flashy, garbage, garish, glitzy, junky, lousy, mangy, mean, mediocre, meretricious, no bargain, no good, ordinary, paltry, poor, ratty, raunchy, rinky-dink, rotten, rubbishy, scroungy, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, small-time, tatty, tawdry, terrible, trashy, trumpery, two-bit, valueless, white elephant, worthless |
| Notes: | cheap means relatively low in price or charging low prices, tastelessly showy, or of very poor quality while cheep is the short weak cry of a young bird, a chirp |
| Antonyms: | excellent, noble, precious, priceless, superior, valuable, worthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dinky |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | 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 |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unimportant |
| Synonyms: | bush-league, inadequate, inconsiderable, ineffectual, inferior, insignificant, lesser, light, limited, lower, mean, minor, minor-league, minute, narrow, negligible, paltry, petty, secondary, set, small-fry, small-time, trifling, trivial, unessential |
| Antonyms: | distinguished, excellent, famous, fine, important, untrivial |
| Main Entry: | two-bit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheap, worth very little |
| Synonyms: | base, catchpenny, cheesy, crappy*, cruddy, garbage, gaudy, inferior, junky, lousy, no good, piddling, poor, ratty, rinky-dink, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, small-time, tatty, trashy, valueless, worthless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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