small
adj 1: limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude
or extent; "a little dining room"; "a small house";
"read the small print"; "a little (or small) group"
[syn: {little}] [ant: {large}, {large}]
2: limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper
with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans" [syn: {minor},
{modest}, {small-scale}]
3: low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage";
"a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people";
"small beginnings" [syn: {humble}, {low}, {lowly}, {modest}]
4: of little importance or influence or power; of minor status;
"a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "the little man";
"peanut politicians"; "a crowd of small writers had vainly
attempted to rival Addison"- Macaulay [syn: {insignificant},
{little}, {peanut}]
5: very young; "a little child"; "small children" [syn: {little}]
6: too small to be seen except under a microscope [syn: {microscopic},
{microscopical}] [ant: {macroscopic}]
7: not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest
salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"
[syn: {modest}]
8: (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"
[syn: {little}]
9: made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her
comments made me feel small" [syn: {belittled}, {diminished}]
10: lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is
written all in minuscule letters" [syn: {little}, {minuscule}]
11: contemptibly narrow in outlook; "a little mind consumed with
trivia"; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with the
pettiness of small minds" [syn: {little}, {petty}, {small-minded}]
12: have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small
misty rain"
13: (archaic) slight or limited; especially in degree or
intensity or scope; "a series of death struggles with
small time in between" [syn: {small(a)}]
14: used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative
of lack of generosity; "a small miserly man" [syn: {mean},
{mingy}, {miserly}, {little}, {tight}]
n 1: the slender part of the back
2: a garment size for a small person
adv : on a small scale; "think small" [ant: {big}]