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Adjective: small (smaller,smallest)  smol
  1. Relatively moderate, limited, or small
    "a small business"; "small-scale plans";
    - minor, modest, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized
     
  2. (of children and animals) young, immature
    "small children";
    - little
     
  3. Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
    "a small car";
    - little
     
  4. Low or inferior in station or quality
    "small beginnings";
    - humble, low, lowly, modest
     
  5. Lowercase
    "small a";
    - little, minuscule
     
  6. (of a voice) faint
    "a still small voice";
    - little
     
  7. Have fine or very small constituent particles
    "a small misty rain"
     
  8. Not large but sufficient in size or amount
    "helped in my own small way";
    - modest
     
  9. Made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
    "her comments made me feel small";
    - belittled, diminished
     
  10. [archaic] Slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope
    "a series of death struggles with small time in between"
Noun: small  smol
  1. The slender part of the back
     
  2. A garment size for a small person
Adverb: small  smol
  1. On a small scale
    "think small"

Derived forms: smallest, smalls, smaller

See also: atomic, bantam, bitsy [informal], bittie [informal], bitty [informal], decreased, diddy [Brit, informal], diminutive, dinky [informal], dwarfish, eensy [informal], eensy-weensy [informal], elfin, elflike, fine, flyspeck, gnomish, half-size, immature, inferior, infinitesimal, insignificant, itsy-bitsy [informal], itty-bitty [informal], lesser, lilliputian, limited, little, littler, lowercase, micro, microscopic, microscopical, midget, miniature, miniscule, minuscule, minute, mod [informal], moderate, olive-sized, petite, pocketable, pocket-size, pocket-sized, puny, reduced, runty, shrimpy, size, slender, slight, slim, smaller, smallish, small-scale, smol, soft, subatomic, teensy [informal], teensy-weensy [informal], teentsy [informal], teeny [informal], teeny-weeny [informal], tiddly [Brit, informal], tiny, titchy [Brit, informal], undersize, undersized, wee [informal], weensy [informal], weeny [informal], young

Type of: body part, size

Antonym: big, large

Part of: back, dorsum

Encyclopedia: Small, Michael