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Grep of noun smaller smaller pectoral muscle Overview of adj smaller The adj smaller has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (37) smaller, littler -- (small or little relative to something else) Overview of adj small The adj small has 11 senses (first 10 from tagged texts) 1. (1181) small little -- (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") 2. (244) minor, modest, small small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized -- (limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country") 3. (155) humble, low lowly, modest, small -- (low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings") 4. (145) belittled, diminished, small -- (made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small") 5. (58) little, small -- (not fully grown; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children") 6. (28) microscopic, microscopical, small -- (too small to be seen except under a microscope) 7. (22) modest, small -- (not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way") 8. (7) little, small -- ((of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice") 9. (0) small -- ((archaic) slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; "a series of death struggles with small time in between") 10. (2) little, minuscule, small -- (lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters") 11. small -- (have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty rain") Antonyms of adj smaller 1 sense of smaller Sense 1 smaller, littler INDIRECT (VIA small little) -> large big INDIRECT (VIA small little) -> large big Antonyms of adj small 11 senses of small Sense 1 small (vs. large), little (vs. big) large (vs. small), big (vs. little) => ample, sizable, sizeable => astronomic, astronomical, galactic => banner => bigger, larger => biggest, greatest, largest => biggish, largish => blown-up, enlarged => bouffant, puffy => bulky => capacious => colossal, prodigious, stupendous => cosmic => deep => double => elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo => epic, heroic, larger-than-life => extensive, extended => great => hulking, hulky => humongous, thumping, whopping, walloping => king-size, king-sized => large-scale => life-size, life-sized, full-size => macro => man-sized => massive, monolithic, monumental => massive => monstrous => mountainous => outsize, outsized, oversize, oversized => plumping => colossal, prodigious, stupendous => queen-size, queen-sized => rangy => ample, sizable, sizeable => broad, spacious, wide => super => titanic => voluminous => enormous, tremendous => gigantic, mammoth => huge, immense, vast => large-scale => overlarge, too large => whacking => wide-ranging Sense 2 minor, modest, small small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized INDIRECT (VIA limited) -> unlimited, limitless Sense 3 humble, low lowly, modest, small INDIRECT (VIA inferior) -> superior Sense 4 belittled, diminished, small INDIRECT (VIA decreased) -> increased Sense 5 little, small INDIRECT (VIA young) -> old Sense 6 microscopic (vs. macroscopic), microscopical, small Sense 7 modest, small INDIRECT (VIA moderate) -> immoderate Sense 8 little, small INDIRECT (VIA soft) -> loud Sense 9 small(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA little) -> much Sense 10 little, minuscule, small INDIRECT (VIA lowercase) -> uppercase Sense 11 small INDIRECT (VIA fine) -> coarse Similarity of adj smaller 1 sense of smaller Sense 1 smaller, littler => small (vs. large), little (vs. big) Similarity of adj small 11 senses of small Sense 1 small (vs. large), little (vs. big) => bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny => bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy => dinky => dwarf, dwarfish => elfin, elflike => gnomish => half-size => infinitesimal, minute, microscopic => least, littlest, smallest => lesser => micro => miniature => minuscule, miniscule => pocket-size, pocket-sized => puny, runty, shrimpy => slender, slim => smaller, littler => smallish => small-scale => undersize, undersized Sense 2 minor, modest, small small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized => limited (vs. unlimited) Sense 3 humble, low lowly, modest, small => inferior (vs. superior) Sense 4 belittled, diminished, small => decreased (vs. increased), reduced Sense 5 little, small => young (vs. old), immature Sense 6 microscopic (vs. macroscopic), microscopical, small => atomic, atomlike, minute => subatomic => subgross Sense 7 modest, small => moderate (vs. immoderate) Sense 8 little, small => soft (vs. loud) Sense 9 small(postnominal) => little(postnominal) (vs. much) Sense 10 little, minuscule, small => lowercase (vs. uppercase) Sense 11 small => fine (vs. coarse) Attributes of adj smaller Attributes of adj small 1 of 11 senses of small Sense 1 small (vs. large), little (vs. big) => size Familiarity of adj smaller smaller used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Familiarity of adj small small used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 11) Grep of adj smaller smaller Grep of adj small in small stages small small-cap small-capitalization small-grained small-minded small-scale small-time smaller smallest smallish Overview of adj smaller The adj smaller has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (37) smaller, littler -- (small or little relative to something else) Overview of adj small The adj small has 11 senses (first 10 from tagged texts) 1. (1181) small little -- (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") 2. (244) minor, modest, small small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized -- (limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country") 3. (155) humble, low lowly, modest, small -- (low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings") 4. (145) belittled, diminished, small -- (made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small") 5. (58) little, small -- (not fully grown; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children") 6. (28) microscopic, microscopical, small -- (too small to be seen except under a microscope) 7. (22) modest, small -- (not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way") 8. (7) little, small -- ((of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice") 9. (0) small -- ((archaic) slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; "a series of death struggles with small time in between") 10. (2) little, minuscule, small -- (lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters") 11. small -- (have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty rain")
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