The guild leader relegated Vince to a lesser officer because he was abusing his power.
Source: tatoeba (1974)
Lesser
//ˈlɛsɚ//
Synonyms for "lesser" (73 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (36)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
69 entriesShowing 16 of 69 words.
derived from
1 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 12 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- أَصْغَر adj (of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc)
Belarusian
1 entries- ме́ншы adj (the comparative of little)
Finnish
4 entries- pienempi adj (the comparative of little)
- pienempi adj (of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc)
- vähäisempi adj (the comparative of little)
- vähäisempi adj (of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc)
French
1 entries- moindre adj (the comparative of little)
German
3 entries- geringere adj (the comparative of little)
- kleiner adj (the comparative of little)
- weniger adj (the comparative of little)
Hindi
1 entries- लघुतर adj (the comparative of little)
Italian
1 entries- minore adj (the comparative of little)
Persian
2 entries- کوچکتر adj (the comparative of little)
- کوچکتر adj (of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc)
Portuguese
1 entries- menor adj (the comparative of little)
Russian
1 entries- ме́ньший adj (the comparative of little)
Spanish
2 entries- menor adj (the comparative of little)
- menor adj (of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ме́нший adj (the comparative of little)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
We chose the lesser of the two evils.
Source: tatoeba (631008)
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Source: tatoeba (1490929)
Choose the lesser of two evils.
Source: tatoeba (2145467)
Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.
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