Synonyms for SMALL

SMALL

1.	in·sig·nif·i·cant /ˌɪn sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kənt/  adjective 1. unimportant, trifling, or petty: Omit the insignificant details. 2. too small to be important: an insignificant sum. 3. of no consequence, influence, or distinction: a minor, insignificant bureaucrat. 4. without weight of character; contemptible: an insignificant fellow. 5. without meaning; meaningless: insignificant sounds. noun 6. a word, thing, or person without significance.
2.	min·ute 1 /ˈmɪn ɪt/  noun, verb, min·ut·ed, min·ut·ing, adjective noun 1. the sixtieth part ( 1  / 60  ) of an hour; sixty seconds. 2. an indefinitely short space of time: Wait a minute! 3. an exact point in time; instant; moment: Come here this minute! 4. minutes, the official record of the proceedings at a meeting of a society, committee, or other group. 5. Chiefly British . a written summary, note, or memorandum. verb (used with object) 8. to time exactly, as movements or speed. 9. to make a draft of (a document or the like). 10. to record in a memorandum; note down. 11. to enter in the minutes of a meeting. adjective 12. prepared in a very short time: minute pudding. Idioms 13. up to the minute, modern; up-to-date: The building design is up to the minute. World Dictionary 1. extremely small, as in size, amount, extent, or degree: minute differences. 2. of minor importance; insignificant; trifling, petty 3. attentive to or concerned with even the smallest details: a minute examination. 4.  the distance that can be travelled in a minute: it's only two minutes away
	pe·tite /pəˈtit/  adjective 1. (of a woman) short and having a small, trim figure; diminutive. noun 2. a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures. 3. a garment in such a size: The petites are on that rack. 4. a woman or girl who wears clothing of such a size.
	elf·in /ˈɛl fɪn/  adjective 1. of or like an elf. 2. small and charmingly spritely, merry, or mischievous. noun 3. an elf.
	pint-size /ˈpaɪntˌsaɪz/  adjective Informal. comparatively small in size: a pint-size typewriter. Also, pint-sized.  informal  very small; tiny
	min·i·a·ture /ˈmɪn i ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, ˈmɪn ə tʃər/   noun 1. a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale. 2. a greatly reduced or abridged form or copy. 3. a very small painting, especially a portrait, on ivory, vellum, or the like. 4. the art of executing such a painting. 5. an illumination in an illuminated manuscript or book. adjective 6. being, on, or represented on a small scale; reduced. 7. in miniature, in a reduced size; on a small scale: The zoo exhibition offered a jungle in miniature.
	mi·cro·scop·ic /ˌmaɪ krəˈskɒp ɪk/  adjective 1. so small as to be invisible or indistinct without the use of the microscope: microscopic organisms.  Compare macroscopic. 2. very small; tiny. 3. of, pertaining to, or involving a microscope: microscopic investigation. 4. very detailed; meticulous: a microscopic view of society. 5. suggestive of the precise use of the microscope; minute: microscopic exactness
	Lil·li·pu·tian /ˌlɪl ɪˈpyu ʃən/  adjective 1. extremely small; tiny; diminutive. 2. petty; trivial: Our worries are Lilliputian when compared with those of people whose nations are at war. noun 3. an inhabitant of Lilliput. 4. a very small person. 5. a person who is narrow or petty in outlook.
	Pyg·my /ˈpɪg mi/  noun, plural Pyg·mies, adjective noun 1. Anthropology . a. a member of a small-statured people native to equatorial Africa. b. a Negrito of southeastern Asia, or of the Andaman or Philippine islands. 2. ( lowercase  ) a small or dwarfish person. 3. ( lowercase  ) anything very small of its kind. 4. ( lowercase  ) a person who is of small importance, or who has some quality, attribute, etc., in very small measure. 5. Classical Mythology . (in the Iliad  ) one of a race of dwarfs who fought battles with cranes, who preyed on them and destroyed their fields.
	mea·ger /ˈmi gər/  adjective 1. deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest. 2. having little flesh; lean; thin: a body meager with hunger. 3.  lacking in richness or strength
	min·is·cule /ˈmɪn əˌskyul/  adjective 1. very small. 2. (of letters or writing) small; not capital. 3. written in such letters ( opposed to majuscule ). noun 4. a minuscule letter. 5. a small cursive script developed in the 7th century a.d. from the uncial, which it afterward superseded.
	dwarf·ish /ˈdwɔr fɪʃ/  adjective like a dwarf, especially in being abnormally small; diminutive. — n  , pl  dwarfs , dwarves  1.  Compare midget an abnormally undersized person, esp one with a large head and short arms and legs  2.  a. an animal or plant much below the average height for the species   b. ( as modifier ): a dwarf tree   3.  (in folklore) a small ugly manlike creature, often possessing magical powers  4.  astronomy  short for dwarf star  — vb   5.  to become or cause to become comparatively small in size, importance, etc  6.  ( tr ) to stunt the growth of like a dwarf, especially in being abnormally small; diminutive. Synonyms: pygmy, tiny, stunted, runty.
	pu·ny /ˈpyu ni/  adjective, pu·ni·er, pu·ni·est. 1. of less than normal size and strength; weak. 2. unimportant; insignificant; petty or minor: a puny excuse. 3. Obsolete , puisne.
	di·min·u·tive /dɪˈmɪn yə tɪv/  adjective 1. small; little; tiny: a diminutive building for a model-train layout. 2. Grammar. pertaining to or productive of a form denoting smallness, familiarity, affection, or triviality, as the suffix -let,  in droplet  from drop. noun 3. a small thing or person. 4. Grammar. a diminutive element or formation. 5. Heraldry. a charge, as an ordinary, smaller in length or breadth than the usual.
	in·fin·i·tes·i·mal /ˌɪn fɪn ɪˈtɛs ə məl/  adjective 1. indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute: infinitesimal vessels in the circulatory system. 2. immeasurably small; less than an assignable quantity: to an infinitesimal degree. 3. of, pertaining to, or involving infinitesimals. noun 4. an infinitesimal quantity. 5. Mathematics . a variable having zero as a limit. (Adv) infini'tesimally