| ADJECTIVE | all | small, little | limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent |
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| all | small, minor, modest, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized | limited in size or scope | |
| all | small, little | (of children and animals) young, immature | |
| all | small | slight or limited | |
| all | small, humble, low, lowly, modest | low or inferior in station or quality | |
| all | small, little, minuscule | lowercase | |
| all | small, little | (of a voice) faint | |
| all | small | have fine or very small constituent particles | |
| all | small, modest | not large but sufficient in size or amount | |
| all | small, belittled, diminished | made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth) | |
| ADVERB | all | small | on a small scale |
| NOUN | body | small | the slender part of the back |
| attribute | small | a garment size for a small person |
| Sounds | smao'l | |
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| Rhymes | albuterol ... windfall: 100 rhymes with aol... | |
| Meaning | Limited in size or scope. | |
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| Synonyms | minor, modest, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized | |
| Broader | limited | small in range or scope |
| Spanish | menor, modesto, pequeño, reducido | |
| Catalan | petit, reduït | |
| Nouns | smallness | the property of having a relatively small size |
| Meaning | (of children and animals) young, immature. | |
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| Example | "small children" | |
| Synonym | little | |
| Broader | young, immature | (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth |
| Spanish | pequeño | |
| Catalan | petit | |
| Meaning | Slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope. | |
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| Example | "a series of death struggles with small time in between" | |
| Broader | little, slight | (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree |
| Usage of | archaism, archaicism | The use of an archaic expression |
| Spanish | poco | |
| Catalan | poc | |
| Meaning | Low or inferior in station or quality. | |
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| Example | "small beginnings" | |
| Synonyms | humble, low, lowly, modest | |
| Broader | inferior | Of or characteristic of low rank or importance |
| Spanish | humilde, modesto, pequeño, sencillo | |
| Catalan | humil, modest, petit, senzill | |
| Meaning | lowercase. | |
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| Example | "small a" | |
| Synonyms | little, minuscule | |
| Broader | lowercase | relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case |
| Spanish | minúscula | |
| Catalan | minúscula | |
| Meaning | (of a voice) faint. | |
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| Example | "a still small voice" | |
| Synonym | little | |
| Broader | soft | (of sound) relatively low in volume |
| Spanish | débil, flojo | |
| Catalan | dèbil, feble, fluix | |
| Nouns | smallness | the property of having relatively little strength or vigor |
| Meaning | Have fine or very small constituent particles. | |
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| Example | "a small misty rain" | |
| Broader | fine | Of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles |
| Spanish | diminuto, minúsculo | |
| Catalan | diminut, minúscul | |
| Meaning | not large but sufficient in size or amount. | |
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| Example | "helped in my own small way" | |
| Synonym | modest | |
| Broader | moderate | Within reasonable or average limits |
| Spanish | modesto, pequeño | |
| Catalan | modest, petit | |
| Nouns | smallness | the property of being a relatively small amount |
| Meaning | made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth). | |
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| Example | "her comments made me feel small" | |
| Synonyms | belittled, diminished | |
| Broader | decreased, reduced | made less in size or amount or degree |
| Spanish | empequeñecido, pequeño | |
| Catalan | empetitit, petit | |
| Meaning | The slender part of the back. | |
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| Part of | back, dorsum | The posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine |
| Broader | body part | Any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity |
| Meaning | A garment size for a small person. | |
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| Broader | size | The property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing) |
| Meaning | On a small scale. | |
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| Example | "think small" | |
| Opposite | big | On a grand scale |
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