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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | close to the ground; short |
| Synonyms: | below, beneath, bottom, bottommost, crouched, decumbent, deep, depressed, flat, ground-level, inferior, junior, lesser, level, little, low-hanging, low-lying, low-set, lowering, minor, nether, not high, profound, prostrate, rock-bottom, shallow, small, squat, squatty, stunted, subjacent, subsided, sunken, under, unelevated |
| Antonyms: | above, high, tall |
| Main Entry: | marginal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | borderline; slight |
| Synonyms: | bordering, insignificant, low, minimal, minor, negligible, on the edge, peripheral, rimming, small, verging |
| Antonyms: | central, core, interior, internal |
| Main Entry: | mere |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nothing more; absolute |
| Synonyms: | bald, bare, blunt, common, complete, entire, insignificant, little, minor, plain, poor, pure, pure and simple, sheer, simple, small, stark, unadorned, unadulterated, unmitigated, unmixed, utter, very |
| Main Entry: | miniature |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiny |
| Synonyms: | Lilliputian, baby, diminutive, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, little, midget, mini, minikin, minuscule, minute, mite, model, petite, pint-sized, pocket, reduced, scaled-down, small, small-scale, teensy, teeny, toy, wee |
| Antonyms: | big, giant, huge, large |
| Main Entry: | minute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unimportant |
| Synonyms: | immaterial, inconsiderable, insignificant, light, little, minor, negligible, nonessential, paltry, petty, picayune, piddling, puny, slight, small, trifling, trivial |
| Antonyms: | consequential, considerable, important, substantial |
| Main Entry: | modest |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limited, ordinary |
| Synonyms: | average, cheap, discreet, dry, economical, fair, humble, inelaborate, inexpensive, middling, moderate, natural, plain, reasonable, simple, small, unadorned, unaffected, unembellished, unembroidered, unexceptional, unexcessive, unextravagant, unextreme, unobtrusive, unornamented, unostentatious, unpretentious, unradical, unstudied |
| Antonyms: | extraordinary, immodest, ostentatious, presumptuous, unlimited |
| Main Entry: | narrow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confined, restricted |
| Synonyms: | attenuated, circumscribed, close, compressed, confining, constricted, contracted, cramped, definite, determinate, exclusive, exiguous, fine, fixed, incapacious, limited, linear, meager, near, paltry, pent, pinched, precarious, precise, scant, scanty, select, set, shrunken, slender, slim, small, spare, strait, taper, tapered, tapering, thin, threadlike, tight |
| Antonyms: | broad, generous, liberal, unconfined, unrestricted, wide |
| Main Entry: | negligible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant |
| Synonyms: | imperceptible, inconsequential, minor, minute, off*, outside, petty, remote, slender, slight, slim, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant |
| Notes: | neglectful means not showing due care or attention, heedless; negligent means marked by insufficient care or attention; negligible means so small as to be meaningless or insignificant |
| Antonyms: | important, major, significant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nominal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant |
| Synonyms: | cheap, inconsiderable, inexpensive, low, low-priced, meaningless, minimal, small, symbolic, token, trifling, trivial, unnecessary |
| Notes: | nominal means insignificantly small; minimal means the least possible or smallest in amount and degree |
| Antonyms: | important, significant |
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