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Grep of noun small small small-arm small-for-gestational-age infant small-leaved lime small-leaved linden small beer small boat small businessman small calorie small cane small cap small capital small cell carcinoma small change small civet small computer system interface small cranberry small farmer small fortune small fry small hours small indefinite amount small indefinite quantity small intestine small letter small loan company small magellanic cloud small person small print small ship small slam small stores small stuff small talk small town small voice small white small white aster smaller pectoral muscle smalleye hammerhead smallholder smallholding smallmouth smallmouth bass smallmouth black bass smallmouthed bass smallmouthed black bass smallness smallpox smallpox virus smalltooth sawfish wee small voice Overview of noun small The noun small has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) small -- (the slender part of the back) 2. small -- (a garment size for a small person) 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") Overview of adv small The adv small has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. small -- (on a small scale; "think small") 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 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 small 1 of 11 senses of small Sense 1 small (vs. large), little (vs. big) => size Familiarity of adj small small used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 11) 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 noun small The noun small has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) small -- (the slender part of the back) 2. small -- (a garment size for a small person) 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") Overview of adv small The adv small has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. small -- (on a small scale; "think small")
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