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diminutiveadjective of a size that is less than averagea single diminutive shrub on the edge of the lawn bantam, dinky, dwarfish, fine, half-pint, Lilliputian, little, pint-size(or pint-sized), pocket, pocket-size(also pocket-sized), puny, pygmy, shrimpy, slight, small, smallish, subnormal, toylike, undersized(also undersize) dwarf, toyruntish, runty, scrubby, stuntedbitty, inappreciable, infinitesimal, little bitty, micro, microscopic(also microscopical), mini, miniature, miniaturized, minikin, minim, minuscule, minute, pinpoint, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee, weeny(also weensy)meager(or meagre), niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stingydeficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, wantingbite-size(also bite-sized), capsule big, biggish, considerable, goodly, grand, great, handsome, husky, king-size(or king-sized), large, largish, outsize(also outsized), overscale(or overscaled), oversize(or oversized), sizable(or sizeable), substantial, tidy, whacking, whopping bulky, hefty, hulking, massive, voluminousboxcar, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, cavernous, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, gross, Himalayan, herculean, heroic(also heroical), huge, humongous(also humungous), immense, jumbo, leviathan, mammoth, monolithic, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, pharaonic, prodigious, staggering, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vastabundant, ample, appreciable, bountiful, copious, generous, healthy, liberal, plenteous, plentifulfat, thickbroad, wideboundless, cosmic(also cosmical), immeasurable, incalculable, infiniteadequate, enough, sufficient a living thing much smaller than others of its kinddik-diks, the diminutives of the antelope family dwarf, midget, mite, peewee, pygmy(also pigmy), runt, scrub, shrimp, Tom Thumb nubbinmini, miniaturebantamhomunculus, hop-o'-my-thumb, manikin(also mannikin)half-pint behemoth, colossus, giant, jumbo, leviathan, mammoth, monster, titan whale, whopper adj.small, little, diminutive, minute, tiny, miniature mean noticeably below average in size.small and little are often interchangeable, but small applies more to relative size determined by capacity, value, number.a relatively small backyard little is more absolute in implication often carrying the idea of petiteness, pettiness, insignificance, or immaturity.your pathetic little smile diminutive implies abnormal smallness.diminutive bonsai plants minute implies extreme smallness.a minute amount of caffeine in the soda tiny is an informal equivalent to minute.tiny cracks formed in the painting miniature applies to an exactly proportioned reproduction on a very small scale.a dollhouse with miniature furnishings in the 14th century |