diminutive

diminutive is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Below the average size; very small; little. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Below the average size; very small; little.
2. adjective. Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.
3. adjective. Tending to diminish.
4. noun. Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.
5. noun. A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin.
6. noun. a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness
7. adjective. very small

   "diminutive in stature"

   "a lilliputian chest of drawers"

   Synonyms: bantam, flyspeck, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny

Synonyms

bantam, flyspeck, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny

Common word forms

diminutives, diminutively, diminutiveness

Words from these letters

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