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Meaning of small in English
Pronunciation
/smɔl/
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Classifying Adjective
small
Definitions
1.
limited in size or scope
Examples
« a small business »
« a newspaper with a modest circulation »
« small-scale plans »
« a pocket-size country »
Synonyms
limited
2.
low or inferior in station or quality
Examples
« a humble cottage »
« a lowly parish priest »
« a modest man of the people »
« small beginnings »
Synonyms
inferior
3.
not fully grown
Examples
« what a big little boy you are »
« small children »
Synonyms
young
immature
4.
not large but sufficient in size or amount
Examples
« a modest salary »
« modest inflation »
« helped in my own small way »
Synonyms
moderate
5.
(of a voice) faint
Examples
« a little voice »
« a still small voice »
Synonyms
soft
6.
made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
Examples
« her comments made me feel small »
Synonyms
decreased
reduced
7.
lowercase
Examples
« little a »
« small a »
« e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters »
Synonyms
lowercase
8.
have fine or very small constituent particles
Examples
« a small misty rain »
Synonyms
fine
Adverb
small
Definitions
1.
on a small scale
Examples
« think small »
Antonyms
big
Noun
small
Definitions
1.
the slender part of the back
2.
a garment size for a small person
Qualitative Adjective
small
Etymology
Old English smæl, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch smal and German schmal
Definitions
1.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Examples
« a little dining room »
« a little house »
« a small car »
« a little (or small) group »
« a small voice »
Synonyms
bantam
diminutive
lilliputian
midget
petite
tiny
flyspeck
bitty
bittie
teensy
teentsy
teeny
wee
weeny
weensy
teensy-weensy
teeny-weeny
itty-bitty
itsy-bitsy
dinky
dwarfish
elfin
elflike
gnomish
half-size
infinitesimal
minute
microscopic
least
littlest
smallest
lesser
micro
miniature
minuscule
miniscule
pocket-size
pocket-sized
pocketable
puny
runty
shrimpy
slender
slim
smaller
littler
smallish
small-scale
undersize
undersized
Antonyms
large
big
large
big
2.
too small to be seen except under a microscope
Synonyms
atomic
atomlike
minute
subatomic
subgross
Antonyms
macroscopic
macroscopical
large