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Definitions of small
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too small to be seen except under a microscope
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Not great; slender; of little moment, weight, or importance; little; soft; not loud; trifling.
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Little in size, quantity, amount, degree, quality, & c.; minute; slender; of little moment; of little genius; weak; gentle; mean.
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low or inferior in station or quality; " a humble cottage"; " a lowly parish priest"; " a modest man of the people"; " small beginnings"
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limited in size or scope; " a small business"; " a newspaper with a modest circulation"; " small- scale plans"; " a pocket- size country"
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slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; " a series of death struggles with small time in between"
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Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river.
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on a small scale; " think small"
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made to seem smaller or less ( especially in worth); " her comments made me feel small"
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the slender part of the back
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have fine or very small constituent particles; " a small misty rain"
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Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business.
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The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back.
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Diminutive; little; unimportant; mean.
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Smallclothes.
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In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly.
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( of a voice) faint; " a little voice"; " a still small voice"
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Arteriole.
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not large but sufficient in size or amount; " a modest salary"; " modest inflation"; " helped in my own small way"
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lowercase; " little a"; " small a"; " e. e. cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
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The slender part of a thing.
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Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short; as, after a small space.
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Envincing little worth or ability; not large- minded; - sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean.
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Not loudly; faintly; timidly.
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The small or narrow part of anything.
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Comparatively little in size, quantity, or degree: opposite to large; unimportant or insignificant; as, his opinion is of small value; not powerful; not long in duration; as, a small period of time; petty; not large- minded; narrow.
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a garment size for a small person
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Smallness.
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( archaic) slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; " a series of death struggles with small time in between"
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Little; slender; unimportant.
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Same as Little go. See under Little, a.
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Smallest.
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limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; " a little dining room"; " a little house"; " a small car"; " a little ( or small) group"; " a small voice"
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Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud.
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Smaller.
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To make little or less.
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not fully grown; " what a big little boy you are"; " small children"
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Little in quantity or degree: minute: not great: unimportant: of little worth or ability: short: having little strength: gentle.
Antonyms for small
munificent, receptive, healthy, bounteous, heavy, blown-up, elongate, coarse, charitable, extensive, epic, extended, titanic, worthwhile, massive, immense, staggering, unmeasured, fatal, weighty, limitless, tidy, king-size, walloping, sizable, outstanding, earthshaking, luxuriant, conspicuous, blatant, sufficient, handsome, unbounded, monster, biggish, free, herculean, hulking, significant, monstrous, exuberant, unsparing, hefty, increased, monolithic, astronomic, monumental, pronounced, flagrant, leviathan, liberal, basic, broad, cosmopolitan, distinguished, outsize, ample, superior, life-sized, Gigantesque, humongous, impressive, obvious, fat, fundamental, illimitable, wide-ranging, considerable, galactic, Bunyanesque, appreciable, meaningful, all-important, mammoth, galore, generous, unprejudiced, material, giant, fulsome, plenteous, freehearted, profuse, roomy, prominent, Vasty, overbearing, overflowing, overlarge, outsized, super, queen-sized, gross, Mega, key, open, uppercase, too large, distinct, incalculable, jumbo, objective, essential, prodigious, rich, measureless, large-scale, grand, bountiful, big, long, fateful, sizeable, infinite, queen-size, unbiased, tectonic, innumerable, wide, nonpartisan, lengthy, important, principal, freethinking, bulky, oversize, oceanic, supersize, muscular, stupendous, colossal, goodly, unconditioned, spacious, momentous, substantive, hulky, double, life-size, Brobdingnagian, worthy, teeming, bighearted, clumsy, respectable, prestigious, grave, boundless, strong, king-sized, countless, rank, catholic, stalwart, cavernous, deep, decisive, super-duper, astronomical, famous, planetary, macro, broad-minded, bigger, eventful, heroic, commodious, good, bumper, egregious, distinctive, volumed, himalayan, serious, brawny, man-sized, enough, unfathomable, sinewy, openhanded, enormous, tolerant, cosmic, adequate, freehanded, mountainous, numberless, mighty, larger-than-life, macroscopical, preeminent, unlimited, whopping, whacking, remarkable, huge, abounding, voluminous, valuable, full, notorious, cyclopean, cornucopian, vast, oversized, supersized, renowned, impartial, boxcar, rude, immeasurable, gargantuan, old, great, pharaonic, bouffant, comfortable, chief, enlarged, plentiful, dominant, striking, tremendous, immoderate, exceptional, harsh, glaring, eminent, overmastering, husky, abundant, rangy, open-minded, stout, much, blunt, gigantic, copious, macroscopic, lavish, large, patent, loud, affluent, full-size, illustrious, lifesize, aplenty, puffy, largish, larger, unstinting, thumping, plumping, capacious, overriding, major, earth-shattering, thick, consequential, plenty, unselfish, elephantine, substantial, replete.
Quotes of small
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Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
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Being constantly with children was like wearing a pair of shoes that were expensive and too small She couldn't bear to throw them out, but they gave her blisters.
– Beryl Bainbridge -
As a small country, both in size and population, our future hinges on the quality of our people.
– Hassanal Bolkiah -
Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
– H. Jackson Brown, Jr. -
Fame is only good for one thing- they will cash your check in a small town.
– Truman Capote -
There's a lot to be said for having a small manageable dream.
– Doug Coupland -
In this case, I realize that, unlike when I was 22 years old, I realize now that football will not go on forever, it is a small part of your life.
– Brett Favre -
I was resolved to sustain and preserve in my college the bite of the mind, the chance to stand face to face with truth, the good life lived in a small various, highly articulate and democratic society.
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The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held up the instrument before the eyes of the astonished household.
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I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.
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I think that often times Hollywood panders to the cliches of small town life, specifically Southern small town life, and I think that this movie does the opposite.
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When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.
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Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all.
– Merle Shain -
My favorite part of my appearance is my height. I'm five foot one and I feel feminine being small
– Alanna Ubach -
His impact would have been of transient memory and comparatively small importance, had not that impact occurred at a time and in a way to make it supply particulars from which momentous generalizations can properly be projected.
– Robert Welch
Usage examples for small
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“ But Major White was in the train, being a man of his word in small things as well as in great. ”
– Roden's Corner by Henry Seton Merriman -
“ Small family in country. ”
– Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby and Other Stories by Kathleen Norris -
“ We're too small and too close in for gun fire. ”
– On Land And Sea At The Dardanelles by Thomas Charles Bridges -
“ I am the son of a widow with very small means. ”
– The Time of Roses by L. T. Meade -
“ They're small but they're very good. ”
– The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton -
“ Then the work of making one small boy's Christmas merry was begun in earnest. ”
– Marjorie Dean High School Freshman by Pauline Lester -
“ The old captain looked hurriedly toward his small house. ”
– Madge Morton's Victory by Amy D.V. Chalmers -
“ A small field lay between that and the house. ”
– Hills of the Shatemuc by Susan Warner -
“ Your opinion of woman, said Minora in a very small voice, is not a high one. ”
– Elizabeth and her German Garden by "Elizabeth", AKA Marie Annette Beauchamp -
“ Certainly it is, small lady. ”
– Eastern Shame Girl The Wedding of Ya-Nei; A Strange Destiny; The Error of the Embroidered Slipper; The Counterfeit Old Woman; The Monastery of the Esteemed-Lotus; A Complicated Marriage by Charles Georges Souli -
“ I do not think that is such a small thing, after all. ”
– Rosmerholm by Henrik Ibsen -
“ " Knowing you, I should have known that you would have no small plan. ”
– We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run by James Arthur Kjelgaard -
“ I was thinking just now, not only that work looks easy, but that it looks small ”
– The Gold of Chickaree by Susan Warner -
“ The other will be a small bed- room. ”
– Real Ghost Stories by William T. Stead -
“ I did not look at him, but knew that he was a small man. ”
– Who Goes There? by Blackwood Ketcham Benson -
“ " We are very small she said. ”
– Seraphita by Honore de Balzac -
“ No, it is too small for you to see; you must take it on my word, who have seen it. ”
– Melbourne House by Elizabeth Wetherell -
“ She hardly knew, for she had seen so little of John since she was a small child. ”
– Mr. Isaacs by F. Marion Crawford -
“ George had met her once in the way of small talk at her father's house. ”
– The Roll-Call by Arnold Bennett -
“ Her own place is far too small ”
– Ruggles of Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson
Rhymes for small
- all, aul, awl, ball, bawl, brawl, call, crawl, dall, drawl, faul, gall, gaul, hall, haul, krol, lall, mall, maul, maule, mol, nall, paul, paule, pol, raul, rawl, sall, saul, scrawl, shaul, shawl, spall, sprawl, squall, stall, tall, thall, thrall, wal, wall;
- antol, appall, befall, enthral, forestall, install, mccall, metall, nepal, recall, withal;
- luminol, montreal, senegal;