Small

/smɔl/

Synonyms for "small" (436 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (88)

abject abominable abstemious airy arrant ascetic atrocious attenuate attenuated austere authoritarian babyback burnerback-burner bantam base beggarly bigot bigoted borne

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Adjective(5 words)

belittledcompact suvcompact vehiclediminished dinkier

Noun(8 words)

bouchee chico chiquita demitasse dinkies dwarf epsilon fingerling

Adjective(1 words)

compact

Strong matches (130)

Adjective(9 words)

fun sizefun-sized ickle insignificantlit'llittle low mini modest

gauzy girlish gossamer gracile grave gross grudginghalf pinthalf-pint heinous hidebound homely humble humble-looking humble-visaged humblest illiberal immaterial immature imperfect

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impoverishedin a nutshellin miniaturein the smallinadequate inappreciable incompetent inconsequent inconsequential inconsiderable ineffectual inessential inferior inglorious innocuous insignificant insubstantial insufficient insular irrelevant jejuneknee highknee-high lacy lean least lenten lesser light lilliputian limited littlelittle mindedlittle-minded lowlow downlow-down lower lowest lowliest lowly lumpen maladroit mangy marginalmatter-of-factmeager mean mean-minded mean-spirited measly mediocre midget mingy mini miniature minor minuscule minute miserable miserly misty moderate modest monkey

Adjective(27 words)

german kleinhumbleinsignificant devianceinsignificant lawlimited quantitylittlelittle earthlinglow lowlymicroscopic organismmicroscopic structureminiature watering canminimal miniscule minorminor aspectminor disagreementminor driftminor objectiveminor point

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minor segmentminor shoveminusculeminuscule impactminute detailsmodestmodest amount

Noun(9 words)

insignificant lille littlemetal toy watering canminiature minorminor issueminute observationmodel village

Related words (218)

monstrous mundane narrownarrow gaugenarrow mindednarrow-hearted narrow-minded narrow-souled narrow-spirited nearsighted nefarious negligible nice niggardlyno great shakesnominal nonentity nonessentialnot comparablenot in it

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not vitalnugatory obnoxious odious offone horseone-horseout of itout of the runningoutside overcritical paltry papery parochial parsimonious peanut peewee petit petite petty picayune picayunish piddling pindlingpint sizedpint-sized pitiful plain 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 skimpyskin deepskin-deep slender slenderish slight slight-made slightly slim slimmish slinkysmall frysmall mindedsmall timesmall-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 trivialitytwo-by-fourtwo-dimensional uncatholic uncharitable unchivalrous unconsidered undersized undistinguished unessential ungenerous unimaginative unimportant unimpressive uninspired unliberal unmentionable unnoteworthy unnourishing unnutritious unoriginal unpretentious unprofound unsatisfactory unskillful vague vilewasp waistedwasp-waisted wateredwatered downwatered-down watery weak wee willowy wiredrawn wispy wretched young

Noun(16 words)

most tinynanus piccolo pigmy rivershort arc swingslightsmall sizethin slicethumb thumbnail tinytiny parttiny populationtoken undersize

Adjective(20 words)

nominal bosspocket-size pocket-sized puniest runtyshort explanationshrimpysingle digitslight amountslight influencesmall alterationsmall-scale smallest subcompact teensytiny humantiny organismtiny quantitytiny sizeultrasmall

Adjective(10 words)

petty pint-sized pocket-size slight slim small-scale undersized wee wurlie wurly

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.

7 relation types

More general

5 entries

body partdegree dimension magnitude size

More specific

7 entries

compactextra smallminor issueminusculemodest impactpetiteslight chance

Collocations

12 entries

small amountsmall businesssmall changesmall classsmall groupsmall itemsmall labelsmall numbersmall printsmall scalesmall shirtsmall size

Inflections

3 entries

smaller smallest smalls

Derivations

2 entries

smallish smallness

Antonyms

2 entries

big large

similar

65 entries

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

Showing 16 of 65 words.

Translations

327 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)
صغير adj (not large)
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

3 entries

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

Aromanian

1 entries

njic adj (not large)

Assamese

1 entries

সৰু adj (not large)

Asturian

1 entries

pequeñu adj (not large)

Aymara

1 entries

jisk'a adj (not large)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

balaca adj (not large)
kiçik adj (not large)
ufaq adj (not large)
xırda adj (not large)

Bangi

1 entries

-ke adj (not large)

Bashkir

4 entries

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

Basque

1 entries

txiki adj (not large)

Belarusian

2 entries

мале́нькі adj (not large)
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

1 entries

ма́лък adj (not large)

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

1 entries

petit adj (not large)

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

1 entries

細 /细 adj (not large)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

小 adj (not large)

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

1 entries

malý adj (not large)

Dalmatian

1 entries

pedlo adj (not large)

Danish

2 entries

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

Dutch

3 entries

klein adj (not large)
minuscuul adj (not large)
nietig adj (not large)

Eastern Arrernte

1 entries

akweke adj (not large)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

изи adj (not large)

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

1 entries

خوردیک adj (not large)

Esperanto

1 entries

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

1 entries

pieni adj (not large)

French

2 entries

minuscule adj (not large)
petit adj (not large)

Gagauz

1 entries

küçük adj (not large)

Galician

1 entries

pequeno adj (not large)

Georgian

2 entries

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

German

3 entries

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

Gothic

1 entries

𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 adj (not large)

Greek

2 entries

μικκός adj (not large)
μικρός adj (not large)

Gujarati

1 entries

નાનું adj (not large)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

細 /细 adj (not large)

Hausa

1 entries

ƙure adj (not large)

Hawaiian

2 entries

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

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)
नन्हा adj (not large)

Hungarian

2 entries

kicsi adj (not large)
kis adj (not large)

Icelandic

2 entries

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

Ido

1 entries

mikra adj (not large)

Igbo

1 entries

ńta adj (not large)

Ilocano

1 entries

bassit adj (not large)

Indonesian

1 entries

kecil adj (not large)

Ingush

1 entries

зӏамига adj (not large)

Interlingua

1 entries

parve adj (not large)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

خُرْد adj (not large)
ریز adj (not large)
سوتام adj (not large)
کوچَک adj (not large)

Irish

1 entries

beag adj (not large)

Istriot

1 entries

peîcio adj (not large)

Italian

2 entries

piccolo adj (not large)
ristretto adj (not large)

Japanese

3 entries

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

Javanese

2 entries

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

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

1 entries

hà adj (not large)

Khmer

1 entries

តូច adj (not large)

Korean

2 entries

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

2 entries

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

1 entries

kleng adj (not large)

Lü

1 entries

ᦓᦾᧉ adj (not large)

Macedonian

1 entries

мал adj (not large)

Malay

1 entries

kecil adj (not large)

Malayalam

1 entries

ചെറിയ adj (not large)

Maltese

1 entries

żgħir adj (not large)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠠᠵᡳᡤᡝ adj (not large)

Manx

1 entries

beg adj (not large)

Mapudungun

2 entries

pichi adj (not large)
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

3 entries

kaciak adj (not large)
kenek adj (not large)
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

1 entries

p'tit adj (not large)

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

2 entries

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

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

liten adj (not large)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

liten adj (not large)

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

2 entries

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

Polish

1 entries

mały adj (not large)

Portuguese

1 entries

pequeno adj (not large)

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

1 entries

mic adj (not large)

Romansch

1 entries

pitschen adj (not large)

Russian

2 entries

ма́ленький adj (not large)
ма́лый adj (not large)

Rwanda-Rundi

1 entries

-toya adj (not large)

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

1 entries

nicu adj (not large)

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

1 entries

majhen adj (not large)

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)
parvo adj (not large)
pequeño adj (not large)

Sundanese

1 entries

alit adj (not large)

Svan

2 entries

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

Swahili

1 entries

-dogo adj (not large)

Swedish

1 entries

liten adj (not large)

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

3 entries

சின்ன adj (not large)
சிறிய adj (not large)
சிறிய் adj (not large)

Tarantino

1 entries

piccele adj (not large)

Tarifit

1 entries

ameẓẓyan adj (not large)

Tashelhit

1 entries

ⴰⵎⵥⵉ adj (not large)

Tatar

3 entries

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

Telugu

1 entries

చిన్న adj (not large)

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

2 entries

küçük adj (not large)
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

1 entries

𐎕𐎙𐎗 adj (not large)

Ukrainian

2 entries

мале́нький adj (not large)
мали́й adj (not large)

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

1 entries

smalik adj (not large)

Walloon

1 entries

pitit adj (not large)

Waray-Waray

2 entries

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

Welsh

3 entries

bach adj (not large)
bychan adj (not large)
mân adj (not large)

West-Frisian

1 entries

lyts adj (not large)

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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