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Dwarf synonyms

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Cut to show the wearer's neck and chest; décolleté:
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  1. Cut to show the wearer's neck and chest; décolleté:
  2. Below average in degree, intensity, or amount:
  3. Unrefined; coarse:
diminutive
(Grammar) Of or being a suffix that indicates smallness or, by semantic extension, qualities such as youth, familiarity, affection, or contempt, as -let in booklet, -kin in lambkin, or -et in nymphet.
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  1. (Grammar) Of or being a suffix that indicates smallness or, by semantic extension, qualities such as youth, familiarity, affection, or contempt, as -let in booklet, -kin in lambkin, or -et in nymphet.
  2. Extremely or extraordinarily small.
  3. Much smaller than ordinary or average; very small; tiny
midget
A class of small objects, as a class of very small sailboats or racing cars.
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  1. A class of small objects, as a class of very small sailboats or racing cars.
  2. A person who is much smaller than average, with head, limbs, and trunk proportionate to each other in size
  3. A small or miniature version of something.
pygmy
A member of any of various peoples, especially of equatorial Africa and parts of Southeast Asia, having an average height less than 5 feet (1.5 meters).
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  1. A member of any of various peoples, especially of equatorial Africa and parts of Southeast Asia, having an average height less than 5 feet (1.5 meters).
  2. A member of any of several groups of African or Asian peoples of small stature described in ancient history and legend
  3. Any person, animal, or plant abnormally undersized; dwarf
lilliputian
A narrow-minded person
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  1. A narrow-minded person
  2. A very small person or being.
  3. Alternative form of lilliputian.
gnome
A brief reflection or maxim; a pithy saying.
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  1. A brief reflection or maxim; a pithy saying.
  2. (Folklore) Any of a race of small, misshapen, dwarflike beings that dwell in the earth and guard its treasures
  3. One of a fabled race of dwarflike creatures who live underground and guard treasure hoards.
stunt
To check the growth or development of; dwarf
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  1. To check the growth or development of; dwarf
  2. To perform a stunt or stunts
  3. To hinder (growth or development)
retard
To be delayed.
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  1. To be delayed.
  2. To hinder, delay, or slow the advance or progress of
  3. To cause to move or proceed slowly; delay or impede.
hinder
To keep back; restrain; get in the way of; prevent; stop
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  1. To keep back; restrain; get in the way of; prevent; stop
  2. To interfere with action or progress.
  3. To obstruct or delay the progress of:
arrest
To seize or take into custody by authority of the law
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  1. To seize or take into custody by authority of the law
  2. To stop; check:
  3. To undergo cardiac arrest.
minimize
To represent as having the least degree of importance, value, or size:
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  1. To represent as having the least degree of importance, value, or size:
  2. To estimate or make appear to be of the least possible amount, value, or importance
  3. To reduce to a minimum; decrease to the least possible amount, degree, etc.
overshadow
To be, by comparison, more significant or important than
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  1. To be, by comparison, more significant or important than
  2. To darken; obscure
  3. To make insignificant by comparison; dominate.
dominate
To enjoy a commanding, controlling position in:
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  1. To enjoy a commanding, controlling position in:
  2. To be situated in or occupy a position that is more elevated or decidedly superior to others.
  3. To control, govern, or rule by superior authority or power:
tower-over
To be much taller or higher than something; to loom over
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  1. To be much taller or higher than something; to loom over
belittle
To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is.
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  1. To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is.
  2. To make seem little, less important, etc.; speak slightingly of; depreciate
  3. To cause to seem little or smaller than something else:
look-down-upon
Alternative form of look down on.
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  1. Alternative form of look down on.
diminutive
(Grammar) Of or being a suffix that indicates smallness or, by semantic extension, qualities such as youth, familiarity, affection, or contempt, as -let in booklet, -kin in lambkin, or -et in nymphet.
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  1. (Grammar) Of or being a suffix that indicates smallness or, by semantic extension, qualities such as youth, familiarity, affection, or contempt, as -let in booklet, -kin in lambkin, or -et in nymphet.
  2. Extremely or extraordinarily small.
  3. Much smaller than ordinary or average; very small; tiny
lilliputian
Of Lilliput or its people
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  1. Of Lilliput or its people
  2. Alternative form of lilliputian.
  3. Very small; tiny
midget
Miniature; diminutive.
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  1. Miniature; diminutive.
  2. Belonging to a type or class much smaller than what is considered standard:
  3. Very small of its kind; miniature
miniature
Greatly reduced in size or scale.
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  1. Greatly reduced in size or scale.
  2. On or done on a very small scale; diminutive; minute
minuscule
Written in minuscules, lower-case.
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  1. Written in minuscules, lower-case.
  2. Written in minuscule handwriting style.
  3. Very small; tiny; minute
minute
Characterized by careful scrutiny and close examination:
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  1. Characterized by careful scrutiny and close examination:
  2. 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.
  3. Not worthy of notice; insignificant:
pygmy
Insignificant
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  1. Insignificant
  2. Unimportant; trivial.
  3. Unusually or atypically small.
tiny
Very small; diminutive
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  1. Very small; diminutive
  2. Extremely small:
wee
Very small; tiny.
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  1. Very small; tiny.
peewee
Designating or of an organized sport or sports league for children
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  1. Designating or of an organized sport or sports league for children
pintsize
Of small dimensions; diminutive.
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  1. Of small dimensions; diminutive.
pintsized
Alternative form of pint-sized.
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  1. Alternative form of pint-sized.
teensy-weensy
(Colloquial, often childish or humorous) Alternative form of teeny-weeny.
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  1. (Colloquial, often childish or humorous) Alternative form of teeny-weeny.
teensy
(Childish, informal) tiny
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  1. (Childish, informal) tiny
teeny
(Informal) Very small; tiny.
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  1. (Informal) Very small; tiny.
  2. Tiny.
teeny-weeny
(Idiomatic, often childish or humorous) Alternative spelling of teeny-weeny.
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  1. (Idiomatic, often childish or humorous) Alternative spelling of teeny-weeny.
  2. (Informal) Very small; tiny: a facetious imitation of child's talk
  3. Tiny.
weeny
Minuscule.
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  1. Minuscule.
  2. (Informal) Small; tiny
  3. Tiny.
Find another word for dwarf. In this page you can discover 45 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for dwarf, like: dwarfed, low, diminutive, midget, pygmy, lilliputian, gnome, stunt, retard, hinder and arrest.

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  • The pugdog is a dwarf race, probably of mastiff origin, and kept solely as a pet.

  • apart, but standards in orchards should be allowed at least 30 ft., and dwarf bush trees half that distance.

  • only the dwarf pine (Pinus Pumilio).

  • Its flat-roofed Moorish houses are enclosed by gardens of cactus, dwarf palm, orange and other subtropical plants, interspersed with masses of rock.

  • repens and other dwarf kinds are useful for binding heathy or sandy soil.

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