small
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the slender part of the back
Types & categories
- body part hypernym
Parts & wholes
- back part holonym
Sense 2 adjective
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
a little dining room
Related & opposite
- large antonym
- size attribute
- littleness derivation
- smallness derivation
- atomic similar to
- subatomic similar to
- bantam similar to
- wee similar to
- dinky similar to
- dwarfish similar to
- elflike similar to
- gnomish similar to
- half-size similar to
- minute similar to
- lesser similar to
- microscopical similar to
- micro similar to
- miniature similar to
- miniscule similar to
- olive-sized similar to
- pocketable similar to
- shrimpy similar to
- slim similar to
- smaller similar to
- smallish similar to
- small-scale similar to
- undersize similar to
Sense 3 adverb
on a small scale
think small
Related & opposite
- big antonym
Sense 4 noun
a garment size for a small person
Types & categories
- size hypernym
Sense 5 adjective
limited in size or scope
a small business
Related & opposite
- littleness derivation
- limited similar to
Sense 6 adjective
(of children and animals) young, immature
what a big little boy you are
Related & opposite
- young similar to
Sense 7 adjective
low or inferior in station or quality
a humble cottage
Related & opposite
- lowness derivation
- obscureness derivation
- inferior similar to
Sense 8 adjective
lowercase
little a
Related & opposite
- lowercase similar to
Sense 9 adjective
(of a voice) faint
a little voice
Related & opposite
- littleness derivation
- soft similar to
Sense 10 adjective
have fine or very small constituent particles
a small misty rain
Related & opposite
- fine similar to
Sense 11 adjective
not large but sufficient in size or amount
a modest salary
Related & opposite
- smallness derivation
- modestness derivation
- moderate similar to
Sense 12 adjective
made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
her comments made me feel small
Related & opposite
- decreased similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | back |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | body part |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | large |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | size |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | littleness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | smallness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | atomic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | subatomic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | bantam |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | wee |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | dinky |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | dwarfish |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | elflike |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | gnomish |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | half-size |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | minute |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | lesser |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | microscopical |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | micro |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | miniature |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | miniscule |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | olive-sized |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | pocketable |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | shrimpy |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | slim |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | smaller |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | smallish |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | small-scale |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | undersize |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | big |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | size |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | littleness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | limited |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | young |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | lowness |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | obscureness |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | inferior |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | lowercase |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | littleness |
| 9 | similar to | Related & opposite | soft |
| 10 | similar to | Related & opposite | fine |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | smallness |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | modestness |
| 11 | similar to | Related & opposite | moderate |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | decreased |