Small /smoːl/

The meaning and definition of Small, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun

Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.

verb

To make little or less.
To become small; to dwindle.

adjective

Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
“A small group.”
Young, as a child.
“Remember when the children were small?”

Synonyms little microscopic minuscule minute tiny lowercase

Antonyms big capital generous large majuscule uppercase

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