less
adverb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 adverb
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
less interesting
Related & opposite
- more antonym
Sense 2 adjective
(usually preceded by `no') lower in quality
no less than perfect
Related & opposite
- inferior similar to
Sense 3 adverb
comparative of little
she walks less than she should
Related & opposite
- more antonym
Sense 4 adjective
(nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer
less than three weeks
Related & opposite
- fewer similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | more |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | inferior |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | more |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | fewer |