English > small person: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A person of below average size. |
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| Narrower | Pygmy, Pigmy | Any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet |
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| Tom Thumb | A very small person |
| dwarf, midget, nanus | A person who is markedly small |
| lilliputian | A very small person (resembling a Lilliputian) |
| manikin, mannikin, homunculus | A person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal |
| pygmy, pigmy | An unusually small individual |
| runt, shrimp, peewee, half-pint | disparaging terms for small people |
| wisp | A small person |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
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