Diminutive synonyms

dĭ-mĭn'yə-tĭv

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tiny
Extremely small:
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mini
Very small; specif., much smaller or much more limited than the usual size, scope, extent, etc.
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little (related)
Small in size; not big, large, or great
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small
Narrow in outlook; petty:
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minute (related)
A unit of time equal to1 /60 of an hour or 60 seconds. &diamf3; A sidereal minute is1 /60 of a sidereal hour, and a mean solar minute is1 /60 of a mean solar hour.
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miniature
Miniature is defined as much smaller in scale or size.
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minuscule
Very small, tiny.
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pintsized
Alternative form of pint-sized.
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pocket-size
The definition of pocket size is something that is small enough to be carried on your person easily, often in your shirt or pants.
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slight
The definition of slight is a small amount or someone that is fragile or has little weight or substance.
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teeny
(UK, dialect) fretful; peevish; cross
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large (antonym)
Understanding and tolerant; liberal:
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big (antonym)
Loud and firm; resounding:
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huge (antonym)
Of exceedingly great size, extent, or quantity.
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tall (antonym)
Impressively great or difficult:
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dwarf
(Especially in botany) Miniature.
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lilliputian
Alternative form of lilliputian.
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midget
Miniature; diminutive.
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pygmy
Insignificant
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wee
Very small; tiny
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peewee
Designating or of an organized sport or sports league for children
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pintsize
Of small dimensions; diminutive.
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teensy-weensy
(Colloquial, often childish or humorous) Alternative form of teeny-weeny.
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teensy
(Childish, informal) tiny
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teeny-weeny
(Idiomatic, often childish or humorous) Alternative spelling of teeny-weeny.
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bantam
Like a bantam; small and aggressive
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petite
Small and trim in figure
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flyspeck
very small
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self-called
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self-christened
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micro
Something very small
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portly (related)
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lanky (related)
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statuesque (related)
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ungainly (related)
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bear-like (related)
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Find another word for diminutive. In this page you can discover 37 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for diminutive, like: tiny, mini, little, small, minute, miniature, minuscule, pintsized, pocket-size, slight and teeny.
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Diminutive Sentence Examples

  • musculus, diminutive of mus, mouse, applied to small sea fish and mussels), a term applied in England to two families of Lamellibranch Molluscs - the marine Mytilacea, of which the edible mussel, Mytilus edulis, is the representative; and the fresh-water Unionidae, of which the river mussel, Unio pictorum, and the swan mussel, Anodonta cygnea, are the common British examples.

  • ANOA, the native name of the small wild buffalo of Celebes, Bos (Bubalus) depressicornis, which stands but little over a yard at the shoulder, and is the most diminutive of all wild cattle.

  • The word is a diminutive from Eibos, and is supposed to mean " little poems."

  • In_ the very crisis of the Swedish War, the diminutive army of the victorious Chodkiewicz was left unpaid, with the result that the soldiers mutinied, and marched off en masse.

  • "Stripling," a youth, is apparently a diminutive of "strip," in the sense of a.

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