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Pygmy synonyms
pĭg'mē
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bantam
(Soccer) someone connected with Bradford City A.F.C, as a fan, player, coach etc.
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  1. (Soccer) someone connected with Bradford City A.F.C, as a fan, player, coach etc.
  2. Any of various small, domestic fowls
dwarf
Any human being, animal, or plant that is much smaller than the usual one of its species
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  1. Any human being, animal, or plant that is much smaller than the usual one of its species
  2. An atypically small animal or plant.
  3. A dwarf star or dwarf galaxy.
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
dwarf
A dwarf star or dwarf galaxy.
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  1. A dwarf star or dwarf galaxy.
  2. Much smaller than the usual one of its kind
  3. An abnormally small person, often having limbs and features atypically proportioned or formed.
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:
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 pygmy. In this page you can discover 23 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for pygmy, like: bantam, pixy, dwarf, midget, runt, diminutive, dwarf, lilliputian, midget, miniature and minuscule.

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  • Shall a man go and hang himself because he belongs to the race of pygmies, and not be the biggest pygmy that he can?

  • Crocodiles and two kinds of hippopotami, the ordinary and a pygmy variety, are found in the rivers.

  • Oberhasli, Pygmy, Nigerian Dwarf, Angora... that's the one everybody confuses with a sheep...

  • It features an African exhibit with giraffes, chimpanzees, pygmy hippos and dwarf crocodiles.

  • Some doubt exists whether the pygmy hog of the Nepal Terai, which is not much larger than a hare, is best regarded as a member of the typical genus, under the name of Sus salvanius or as representing a genus by itself, with the title Porcula salvania.

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