Small

//smɔl//

Synonyms for "small" (376 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (76)

Strong matches (112)

flagrant flat flimsy footling foul frail frugal fulsome gauzy girlish gossamer gracile grave gross grudging half pint half-pint heinous hidebound homely

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Adjective(11 words)

fun size fun-sized ickle insignificant lit'l low lowercase microscopic mini minute modest

Adjective(7 words)

humble little low lowly minor minuscule modest

Related words (188)

Show 150 more words

odious off one horse one-horse out of it out of the running outside overcritical paltry papery parochial parsimonious peanut peewee petit petite petty picayune picayunish piddling pindling pint sized pint-sized pitiful plain pocket size pocket-sized poky poor portable potty provincial puny purblind rank rare rarefied reduced remote reptilian scabby scant scanty scrawny scrimp scrimpy scrubby scruffy scummy scurvy secondary selfish set shabby shallow shoddy short shortsighted simple skimp skimpy skin deep skin-deep slender slenderish slight slight-made slightly slim slimmish slinky small fry small minded small time small-minded small-scale smallish smally spare sparing spartan squalid starvation stingy stinted stinting straitened straitlaced stuffy stunted subsistence subtle superficial svelte sylphlike teachable technical teeny tenuous thin thin-bodied thin-set thin-spun thinnish threadlike tight tight-fisted tiny trifling trivial triviality two-by-four two-dimensional uncatholic uncharitable unchivalrous unconsidered undersized undistinguished unessential ungenerous unimaginative unimportant unimpressive uninspired unliberal unmentionable unnoteworthy unnourishing unnutritious unoriginal unpretentious unprofound unsatisfactory unskillful vague vile wasp waisted wasp-waisted watered watered down watered-down watery weak wee willowy wiredrawn wispy wretched young

Adjective(13 words)

petty pint-sized pocket-size remote slight slim small-scale tiny under-endowed undersized wurlie wurly young

Adjective(3 words)

pocket-size pocket-sized small-scale

Noun(2 words)

river s

How these synonyms differ

miniature - 'Miniature' implies a scaled-down replica of something normally larger, it's specific rather than general.
modest - 'Modest' reframes smallness as humility or restraint, a modest home is small but presented without apology.
petite - 'Petite' is mostly used for people, carrying a graceful or delicate connotation that 'small' lacks.
slight - 'Slight' suggests barely noticeable smallness, a slight difference, a slight figure, a slight tremor.
tiny - 'Tiny' is the diminutive extreme, noticeably and often endearingly small.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

16 relation types

More general

2 entries

body part size

More specific

36 entries

Tom Thumb bitty diddy diminutive dinky eensy-weensy eeny-weeny incy wincy infinitesimal itsy-bitsy itty-bitty lilliputian micro microscopic miniature minnow

Showing 16 of 36 words.

Antonyms

5 entries

adult big capital large

Synonyms

8 entries

diminished humble little lowercase microscopic minuscule modest pocket size

Related terms

10 entries

ee ette marginal micro mini minor moderate nano size y

defined as

1 entries

opposite of big

derived

234 entries

Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse Khitan small script Small Banisilan Small Flowery Miao Small Hythe Small Isles Small Kapataga Small Party of Good Boys Smallbone Smallman Smalltimore Smallville a small matter be thankful for small mercies besmall better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness

Showing 16 of 234 words.

distinct from

1 entries

big

etymologically related_to

1 entries

smail

has context

2 entries

incomparable writing

has property

1 entries

narrow

is a

2 entries

body part size

part of

1 entries

back

receives action

1 entries

covered with adhesive bandage

related to

22 entries

ability back become big child dwindle few insignificant large less letter little lowercase make mean minded

Showing 16 of 22 words.

similar

67 entries

atomic bantam bittie bitty decreased diminutive dinky dwarfish elfin elflike fine flyspeck gnomish half-size immature

Showing 16 of 67 words.

Translations

454 translations across 230 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

klein adj (not large)

Ainu

1 entries

ノカン adj (not large)

Albanian

1 entries

i vogël adj (not large)

Amharic

1 entries

ትንሽ adj (not large)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

μικρός adj (not large)
τυτθός adj (not large)

Arabic

4 entries

زغير adj (not large)
زغير adj (young)
صغير adj (not large)
صغير adj (not large)

Aragonese

1 entries

chiquet adj (not large)

Aramaic

2 entries

זעורא adj (not large)
ܙܥܘܪܐ adj (not large)

Armenian

4 entries

մանր adj (not large)
պուճուր adj (not large)
պստիկ adj (young)
փոքր adj (not large)

Aromanian

1 entries

njic adj (not large)

Assamese

1 entries

সৰু adj (not large)

Asturian

2 entries

pequeñu adj (not large)
pequeñu adj (young)

Aymara

1 entries

jisk'a adj (not large)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

balaca adj (not large)
balaca adj (young)
kiçik adj (not large)
kiçik adj (young)

Bangi

1 entries

ke adj (not large)

Bashkir

4 entries

бәләкәй adj (not large)
бәләкәй adj (young)
бәләкәс adj (not large)
кесе adj (not large)

Basque

1 entries

txiki adj (not large)

Belarusian

4 entries

малады́ adj (young)
мале́нькі adj (not large)
мале́нькі adj (young)
малы́ adj (not large)

Bengali

1 entries

ছোট adj (not large)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

छोट adj (not large)

Breton

1 entries

bihan adj (not large)

Brunei Malay

1 entries

damit adj (not large)

Bulgarian

3 entries

ма́лък adj (not large)
ма́лък adj (young)
ма́лък adj (minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters)

Burmese

2 entries

နုပ် adj (not large)
သေး adj (not large)

Buryat

1 entries

бишыхан adj (not large)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries

малый adj (not large)

Catalan

2 entries

petit adj (not large)
petit adj (young)

Cebuano

1 entries

gamay adj (not large)

Central Atlas Tamazight

1 entries

ⴰⵎⵥⵢⴰⵏ adj (not large)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

بچووک adj (not large)

Chamicuro

1 entries

na'yejchoma adj (not large)

Chavacano

1 entries

chico adj (not large)

Chechen

2 entries

жима adj (not large)
кегий adj (not large)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎤᏍᏗ adj (not large)

Chichewa

1 entries

ng'ono adj (not large)

Chickasaw

1 entries

ishkanno'si' adj (not large)

Chinese

2 entries

щё adj (not large)
細 /细 adj (not large)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

細 /细 adj (not large)
細 /细 adj (young)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

小 adj (not large)
小 adj (young)
年輕 /年轻 adj (young)

Church Slavic

1 entries

малъ adj (not large)

Chuvash

1 entries

пӗчӗк adj (not large)

Cornish

1 entries

bian adj (not large)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries

kiçik adj (not large)
kiçkene adj (not large)

Czech

3 entries

malý adj (not large)
malý adj (young)
mladý adj (young)

Dalmatian

1 entries

pedlo adj (not large)

Danish

2 entries

liden adj (not large)
lille adj (not large)

Dutch

4 entries

jong adj (young)
klein adj (not large)
klein adj (young)
klein adj (minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters)

Eastern Arrernte

1 entries

akweke adj (not large)

Eastern Mari

2 entries

изи adj (not large)
изи adj (young)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

細 /细 adj (not large)

Egyptian

1 entries

n:D-s-nDs adj (not large)

Erzya

2 entries

вишка adj (not large)
вишкине adj (not large)

Eshtehardi

2 entries

جوون adj (young)
خوردیک adj (not large)

Esperanto

2 entries

juna adj (young)
malgranda adj (not large)

Estonian

1 entries

väike adj (not large)

Ewe

1 entries

sue adj (not large)

Faroese

1 entries

lítil adj (not large)

Finnish

4 entries

nuori adj (young)
pieni adj (not large)
pieni adj (young)
pieni adj (minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters)

French

4 entries

jeune adj (young)
minuscule adj (not large)
petit adj (not large)
petit adj (young)

Gagauz

1 entries

küçük adj (not large)

Galician

4 entries

cativo adj (young)
minúsculas adj (minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters)
pequeno adj (not large)
pequeno adj (young)

Georgian

2 entries

მცირე adj (not large)
პატარა adj (not large)

German

4 entries

chlii adj (not large)
gering adj (not large)
jung adj (young)
klein adj (not large)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 adj (not large)

Greek

3 entries

μικκός adj (not large)
μικρός adj (not large)
νέος adj (young)

Gujarati

1 entries

નાનું adj (not large)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

細 /细 adj (not large)

Hausa

1 entries

ƙure adj (not large)

Hawaiian

3 entries

iki adj (not large)
liʻiliʻi adj (not large)
liʻiliʻi adj (young)

Hebrew

4 entries

קָטָן adj (not large)
קטנה adj (not large)
קטנות adj (not large)
קטנים adj (not large)

Hindi

4 entries

क्षुद्र adj (not large)
छोट adj (not large)
छोटा adj (not large)
जवान adj (young)

Hungarian

4 entries

kicsi adj (not large)
kicsi adj (young)
kis adj (not large)
kis adj (minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters)

Icelandic

2 entries

lítill adj (not large)
smár adj (not large)

Ido

1 entries

mikra adj (not large)

Igbo

2 entries

ńta adj (not large)
ọbele adj (young)

Ilocano

1 entries

bassit adj (not large)

Indonesian

3 entries

kecil adj (not large)
kecil adj (young)
kecil adj (minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters)

Ingush

1 entries

зӏамига adj (not large)

Interlingua

1 entries

parve adj (not large)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

بُرْنا adj (young)
جَوان adj (young)
خُرْد adj (not large)
ریز adj (not large)

Irish

1 entries

beag adj (not large)

Istriot

1 entries

peîcio adj (not large)

Italian

4 entries

giovane adj (young)
minuscolo adj (minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters)
piccolo adj (not large)
piccolo adj (young)

Japanese

4 entries

小さい adj (not large)
小さい adj (young)
小さな adj (not large)
狭い adj (not large)

Javanese

4 entries

alit adj (not large)
alit adj (young)
cilik adj (not large)
cilik adj (young)

Kaitag

1 entries

никӏва adj (not large)

Kalmyk

1 entries

бичкн adj (not large)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries

гитче adj (not large)

Kashubian

1 entries

môłi adj (not large)

Kazakh

3 entries

кішкене adj (not large)
кіші adj (not large)
ұсақ adj (not large)

Khakas

2 entries

кічиӌек adj (not large)
кічіг adj (not large)

Khiamniungan Naga

3 entries

hà adj (not large)
hà adj (young)
hà adj (minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters)

Khmer

1 entries

តូច adj (not large)

Korean

3 entries

어린 adj (young)
작다 adj (not large)
작은 adj (not large)

Koryak

2 entries

ныппулюӄин adj (not large)
тэгʼыйчыгʼын adj (not large)

Kumyk

1 entries

гиччи adj (not large)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

кичине adj (not large)
кичинекей adj (not large)

Laboya

1 entries

maraha adj (not large)

Ladin

1 entries

pitl adj (not large)

Lao

2 entries

ນ້ອຍ adj (not large)
ນ້ອຽ adj (not large)

Latgalian

1 entries

mozs adj (not large)

Latin

3 entries

iuvenis adj (young)
parvus adj (not large)
paulus adj (not large)

Latvian

1 entries

mazs adj (not large)

Lingala

1 entries

ke adj (not large)

Lithuanian

1 entries

mažas adj (not large)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

mały adj (not large)

Luganda

1 entries

tono adj (not large)

Lutuv

1 entries

taa adj (not large)

Luxembourgish

3 entries

jonk adj (young)
kleng adj (not large)
kleng adj (young)

Lü

1 entries

ᦓᦾᧉ adj (not large)

Macedonian

4 entries

мал adj (not large)
мал adj (young)
мала adj (minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters)
мали adj (minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters)

Malay

1 entries

kecil adj (not large)

Malayalam

4 entries

കുഞ്ഞ് adj (young)
ചെറിയ adj (not large)
ചെറിയ adj (young)
ചെറിയ adj (minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters)

Maltese

1 entries

żgħir adj (not large)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠠᠵᡳᡤᡝ adj (not large)

Manx

1 entries

beg adj (not large)

Mapudungun

3 entries

pichi adj (not large)
pichi adj (young)
pici adj (not large)

Marathi

4 entries

छोटा adj (not large)
छोटी adj (not large)
छोटे adj (not large)
लहान adj (not large)

Marshallese

1 entries

dik adj (not large)

Minangkabau

4 entries

kaciak adj (not large)
kenek adj (not large)
kenek adj (young)
ketek adj (not large)

Mingrelian

1 entries

ჭიჭე adj (not large)

Mirandese

1 entries

pequeinho adj (not large)

Miskito

1 entries

sirpi adj (not large)

Moksha

1 entries

ёмла adj (not large)

Mongolian

1 entries

жижиг adj (not large)

Mòcheno

1 entries

khloa'n adj (not large)

Māori

1 entries

iti adj (not large)

Nanai

1 entries

нучи adj (not large)

Neapolitan

1 entries

piccere adj (not large)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

fupvi adj (not large)

Norman

2 entries

p'tit adj (not large)
p'tit adj (young)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries

piçûk adj (not large)
qicik adj (not large)
çûk adj (not large)
çûçik adj (not large)

Northern Mansi

1 entries

ма̄нь adj (not large)

Northern Ohlone

1 entries

kutsú̆̄wis adj (not large)

Northern Sami

4 entries

uhcci adj (not large)
uhcci adj (young)
unni adj (not large)
unni adj (young)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

liten adj (not large)
liten adj (young)
liten adj (minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters)
ung adj (young)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

liten adj (not large)
liten adj (minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters)

Occitan

3 entries

petit adj (not large)
pichon adj (not large)
pichòt adj (not large)

Odia

2 entries

କ୍ଷୁଦ୍ର adj (not large)
ଛୋଟ adj (not large)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

малъ adj (not large)

Old English

1 entries

lȳtel adj (not large)

Old Irish

1 entries

bec adj (not large)

Oromo

1 entries

yartuu adj (not large)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

اوفاق adj (not large)
كوچوك adj (not large)

Pangasinan

1 entries

muelag adj (not large)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries

мали adj (not large)

Pashto

4 entries

وړوکی adj (not large)
وړوکی adj (young)
کوچنی adj (not large)
کوچنی adj (young)

Polish

3 entries

mały adj (not large)
mały adj (young)
młody adj (young)

Portuguese

4 entries

jovem adj (young)
minúsculo adj (minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters)
pequeno adj (not large)
pequeno adj (young)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਛੋੱਟਾ adj (not large)

Quechua

1 entries

juch'uy adj (not large)

Rapa Nui

1 entries

iti adj (not large)

Romagnol

1 entries

znén adj (not large)

Romani

1 entries

tikno adj (not large)

Romanian

4 entries

mic adj (not large)
mic adj (young)
mici (litere) adj (minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters)
tânăr adj (young)

Romansch

2 entries

giuven adj (young)
pitschen adj (not large)

Russian

4 entries

ма́ленький adj (not large)
ма́ленький adj (young)
ма́лый adj (not large)
молодо́й adj (young)

Rwanda-Rundi

2 entries

toya adj (not large)
toya adj (young)

Samoan

1 entries

sogi adj (not large)

Sanskrit

3 entries

अर्भ adj (not large)
अल्प adj (not large)
स्वल्प adj (not large)

Santali

1 entries

ᱯᱤᱞᱪᱩ adj (not large)

Scots

3 entries

peedie adj (not large)
peerie adj (not large)
wee adj (not large)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

beag adj (not large)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

mȃl adj (not large)
ма̑л adj (not large)

Shor

1 entries

кичиг adj (not large)

Sicilian

4 entries

jùvini adj (young)
minùsculu adj (minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters)
nicu adj (not large)
nicu adj (young)

Sidamo

1 entries

shiima adj (not large)

Sindhi

1 entries

نَنڍو adj (not large)

Sinhalese

1 entries

කුඩා adj (not large)

Slovak

1 entries

malý adj (not large)

Slovene

3 entries

majhen adj (not large)
majhen adj (young)
mali adj (minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters)

Somali

2 entries

kis adj (not large)
yar adj (not large)

Southern Altai

1 entries

кичинек adj (not large)

Spanish

4 entries

chico adj (not large)
esmol adj (Translations)
joven adj (young)
minúsculas adj (minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters)

Sundanese

2 entries

alit adj (not large)
alit adj (young)

Svan

2 entries

კოტო̄ლ adj (not large)
მო̄ლე adj (not large)

Swahili

2 entries

changa adj (young)
dogo adj (not large)

Swedish

3 entries

liten adj (not large)
liten adj (young)
ung adj (young)

Sylheti

1 entries

ꠢꠥꠞꠥ adj (not large)

Tabasaran

1 entries

бицӏи adj (not large)

Tagalog

1 entries

maliit adj (not large)

Tahitian

1 entries

iti adj (not large)

Tajik

2 entries

кӯчак adj (not large)
хурд adj (not large)

Tamil

4 entries

இளைய adj (young)
சின்ன adj (not large)
சிறிய adj (not large)
சிறிய adj (not large)

Tarantino

1 entries

piccele adj (not large)

Tarifit

2 entries

ameẓẓyan adj (not large)
ameẓẓyan adj (young)

Tashelhit

1 entries

ⴰⵎⵥⵉ adj (not large)

Tatar

4 entries

бәләкәй adj (not large)
кече adj (not large)
кечек adj (not large)
яшь adj (young)

Telugu

2 entries

చిన్న adj (not large)
చిన్న adj (young)

Ternate

1 entries

ici adj (not large)

Tetum

1 entries

ki'ik adj (not large)

Thai

1 entries

เล็ก adj (not large)

Tibetan

1 entries

ཆུང་ཆུང adj (not large)

Tocharian B

2 entries

totka adj (not large)
yekte adj (not large)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

liklik adj (not large)

Tongan

1 entries

si'i adj (not large)

Tooro

2 entries

ke adj (not large)
taito adj (not large)

Turkish

3 entries

küçük adj (not large)
küçük adj (young)
ufak adj (not large)

Turkmen

1 entries

kiçi adj (not large)

Tuvan

1 entries

биче adj (not large)

Udi

1 entries

пӏатӏар adj (not large)

Udmurt

1 entries

пичи adj (not large)

Ugaritic

2 entries

𐎕𐎙𐎗 adj (not large)
𐎕𐎙𐎗 adj (young)

Ukrainian

4 entries

мале́нький adj (not large)
мале́нький adj (young)
мали́й adj (not large)
молоди́й adj (young)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

mały adj (not large)

Urdu

1 entries

چھوٹا adj (not large)

Uyghur

1 entries

كىچىك adj (not large)

Uzbek

1 entries

kichik adj (not large)

Venda

1 entries

ṱuku adj (not large)

Venetan

1 entries

picenìn adj (not large)

Vietnamese

2 entries

bé adj (not large)
nhỏ adj (not large)

Volapük

3 entries

minudik adj (minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters)
smalik adj (not large)
yunik adj (young)

Walloon

1 entries

pitit adj (not large)

Waray-Waray

2 entries

di-to adj (not large)
gu-ti-ay adj (not large)

Welsh

4 entries

bach adj (not large)
bach adj (young)
bychan adj (not large)
ieuanc adj (young)

West-Frisian

3 entries

jong adj (young)
lyts adj (not large)
lyts adj (young)

White Hmong

1 entries

me adj (not large)

Wolof

1 entries

tooty adj (not large)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

小 adj (not large)

Wutunhua

1 entries

ga adj (not large)

Xhosa

1 entries

nci adj (not large)

Yakut

2 entries

аччыгый adj (not large)
кыра adj (not large)

Yiddish

1 entries

קליין adj (not large)

Yup'ik

1 entries

cuar adj (not large)

Yámana

1 entries

yaxa adj (not large)

Zealandic

3 entries

klein adj (not large)
kleên adj (not large)
smal adj (not large)

Zhuang

1 entries

iq adj (not large)

Zulu

1 entries

ncane adj (not large)

Zuni

1 entries

ts'ana adj (not large)

ǃKung

1 entries

tse-ma adj (not large)

Sample sentences

34 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

My shoes are too small. I need new ones.

Source: tatoeba (1721)

Spenser's mother often scrutinizes him for every small mistake he makes.

Source: tatoeba (1986)

A small forest fire can easily spread and quickly become a great conflagration.

Source: tatoeba (2013)

When we are small, everything seems so big.

Source: tatoeba (2033)

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