Dwarf

//dwɔɹf//

Synonyms for "dwarf" (170 found)

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Closest matches (34)

Noun(1 words)
midget
Verb(2 words)
overshadowshrink

Strong matches (51)

Related words (85)

Adjective(1 words)
vest-pocket

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More general

13 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

8 entries

capable of

1 entries

derived

98 entries

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has context

4 entries

is a

11 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

21 entries

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similar

1 entries

Translations

349 translations across 91 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • dwerg noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • dwerg noun (small person)
  • dwerg noun (something much smaller than the usual of its sort)
  • dwergster noun (astronomy: relatively small star)

Albanian

1 entries
  • xhuxh noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • νᾶνος noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • νᾶνος noun (small person)

Arabic

4 entries
  • قَزَمِيّ adj (miniature)
  • حَنْدَل noun (small person)
  • حِنْتَار noun (small person)
  • قَزَم noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • nana noun (astronomy: relatively small star)

Armenian

1 entries
  • թզուկ noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • ficiu noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Asturian

2 entries
  • nana noun (astronomy: relatively small star)
  • nanu noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • cırtdan noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • cırtdan noun (small person)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • гном noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • ка́рлік noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Breton

2 entries
  • korr noun (small person)
  • korrigan noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • дребен adj (miniature)
  • гном noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • джу́дже noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • джу́дже noun (small person)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ပုတို noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Catalan

4 entries
  • nan noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • nan noun (small person)
  • nan noun (something much smaller than the usual of its sort)
  • nana noun (astronomy: relatively small star)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • باڵابستە noun (small person)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 矮人 noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 侏儒 noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • 侏儒 noun (small person)
  • 矮人 noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • 矮人 noun (small person)

Classical Nahuatl

3 entries
  • tzapa noun (small person)
  • tzapatzin noun (small person)
  • tzapatōn noun (small person)

Czech

4 entries
  • trpaslík adj (miniature)
  • permoník noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • pidimužík noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • pidimužík noun (small person)

Danish

4 entries
  • dværg noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • dværg noun (small person)
  • dværg noun (something much smaller than the usual of its sort)
  • dværg noun (astronomy: relatively small star)

Dutch

4 entries
  • dwerg adj (miniature)
  • dwerg noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • dwerg noun (small person)
  • dwerg noun (something much smaller than the usual of its sort)

Egyptian

2 entries
  • d:n-g:F21- -A1 noun (small person)
  • n-mw noun (small person)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • nanino noun (small person)
  • nano noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • nano noun (small person)
  • nano noun (something much smaller than the usual of its sort)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kääbus noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Faroese

2 entries
  • dvørgur noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • dvørgur noun (small person)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kääpiö adj (miniature)
  • kääpiö noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • kääpiö noun (small person)
  • kääpiö noun (something much smaller than the usual of its sort)

French

4 entries
  • nain adj (miniature)
  • naine adj (miniature)
  • nain noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • nain noun (small person)

Galician

4 entries
  • anana noun (astronomy: relatively small star)
  • anano noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • anano noun (small person)
  • anano noun (something much smaller than the usual of its sort)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ქონდრისკაცი noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • ცეროდენა noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • ცეროდენა noun (small person)
  • ჯუჯა noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

German

4 entries
  • Zwerg adj (miniature)
  • zwergenhaft adj (miniature)
  • Zwerg noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • Zwerg noun (small person)

Greek

3 entries
  • νάνος noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • νάνος noun (small person)
  • νάνος noun (astronomy: relatively small star)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • גַמָּדִי adj (miniature)
  • נַנָּס adj (miniature)
  • גַּמָּד noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • גַמָּד noun (small person)

Hindi

1 entries
  • बौना noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • törpe noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • törpe noun (small person)
  • törpe noun (something much smaller than the usual of its sort)
  • törpe noun (astronomy: relatively small star)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • dvergur noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • dvergur noun (small person)

Ido

4 entries
  • kurtacho noun (something much smaller than the usual of its sort)
  • nanacho noun (something much smaller than the usual of its sort)
  • nano noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • nano noun (small person)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kurcaci noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • کوتولِه noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • کوتولِه noun (small person)
  • کوتولِگی noun (something much smaller than the usual of its sort)

Irish

2 entries
  • abhac noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • abhac noun (astronomy: relatively small star)

Italian

4 entries
  • nana noun (small person)
  • nana noun (astronomy: relatively small star)
  • nano noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • nano noun (small person)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 矮性 adj (miniature)
  • チビ noun (small person)
  • ドワーフ noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • 侏儒 noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • ергежейлі noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • тырбық noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • қортық noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Khmer

1 entries
  • មនុស្សតឿ noun (small person)

Korean

4 entries
  • 난쟁이 noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • 드베르그 noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • 왜성 noun (astronomy: relatively small star)
  • 왜인 noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Kyrgyz

3 entries
  • кидик noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • кыдыгый noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • эргежээл noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Lao

3 entries
  • ຄົນແຈ້ noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • ຄົນແຈ້ noun (small person)
  • ວາມົນ noun (small person)

Latin

4 entries
  • pūmilus adj (miniature)
  • nana noun (small person)
  • nanus noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • nānus noun (small person)

Latvian

4 entries
  • punduris noun (small person)
  • punduris noun (something much smaller than the usual of its sort)
  • punduris noun (astronomy: relatively small star)
  • pundurzvaigzne noun (astronomy: relatively small star)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • nykštukas noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Lombard

1 entries
  • nan noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Low German

2 entries
  • Dwarg noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • Dwarg noun (small person)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Zwak noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • џуџест adj (miniature)
  • кепец noun (small person)
  • џуџе noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • џуџе noun (small person)

Maltese

2 entries
  • nanu noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • nanu noun (small person)

Middle English

2 entries
  • dwergh noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • dwergh noun (small person)

Middle Irish

1 entries
  • abacc noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • одой хүн noun (small person)

Māori

3 entries
  • pūwhenua noun (small person)
  • roiroi noun (small person)
  • whena noun (small person)

North Frisian

1 entries
  • Önereersk noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • dverg adj (miniature)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • dverg noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • dverg noun (small person)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • dverg noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • dverg noun (small person)

Occitan

3 entries
  • nan noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • nana noun (astronomy: relatively small star)
  • naneta noun (astronomy: relatively small star)

Old English

1 entries
  • dweorg noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Old French

1 entries
  • nain noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • dvergr noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Persian

1 entries
  • کوتوله noun (astronomy: relatively small star)

Polish

4 entries
  • karłowaty adj (miniature)
  • karzeł noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • karzeł noun (small person)
  • karzeł noun (something much smaller than the usual of its sort)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • nanico adj (miniature)
  • anã noun (small person)
  • anã noun (astronomy: relatively small star)
  • anão noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Romanian

4 entries
  • minuscul adj (miniature)
  • pitic noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • pitic noun (small person)
  • pitică noun (astronomy: relatively small star)

Russian

4 entries
  • ка́рликовый adj (miniature)
  • гном noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • ка́рлик noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • ка́рлик noun (small person)

Scots

2 entries
  • droich noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • droich noun (small person)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • fo-phlanaid noun (astronomy: relatively small star)
  • luspardan noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • troich noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • troich noun (small person)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • patúljak noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • patúljak noun (astronomy: relatively small star)
  • пату́љак noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • пату́љак noun (astronomy: relatively small star)

Slovak

2 entries
  • trpaslík noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • trpaslík noun (small person)

Slovene

4 entries
  • pritlikav adj (miniature)
  • palček noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • palček noun (small person)
  • palčica noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Spanish

4 entries
  • enano adj (miniature)
  • enana noun (astronomy: relatively small star)
  • enano noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • enano noun (small person)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kijeba noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Swedish

4 entries
  • dvärg adj (miniature)
  • dvärg noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • dvärg noun (small person)
  • dvärg noun (something much smaller than the usual of its sort)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • himandak noun (small person)

Tajik

3 entries
  • пакана noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • пастак noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • қадпаст noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Telugu

2 entries
  • గిడ్డ noun (small person)
  • మరుగుజ్జు noun (small person)

Thai

3 entries
  • แคระ adj (miniature)
  • คนแคระ noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • คนแคระ noun (small person)

Turkish

4 entries
  • cüce noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • cüce noun (small person)
  • cüce noun (something much smaller than the usual of its sort)
  • cüce noun (astronomy: relatively small star)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • гном noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • ка́рлик noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • ка́рлик noun (small person)

Urdu

1 entries
  • بَونا noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • mitti noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • pakana noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • chú lùn noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • người lùn noun (small person)

Welsh

2 entries
  • cor noun (small person)
  • pegor noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • קאַרליק noun (a being from folklore, underground-dwelling nature spirit)
  • קאַרליק noun (small person)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • aràrá noun (small person)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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The populations of China and India dwarf those of every other nation.

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I was a dwarf compared with my hostesses.

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The penis of a dwarf elephant can reach the half meter in length.

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Dwarf tossing is not an Olympic sport.

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