dwarf

dwarf is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being.
2. transitive verb. To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
3. intransitive verb. To become small; to diminish in size.
4. noun. a plant or animal that is atypically small
5. noun. a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure

   Synonyms: gnome

6. noun. a person who is markedly small

   Synonyms: midget, nanus

7. verb. check the growth of

   "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines"

8. verb. make appear small by comparison

   "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"

   Synonyms: overshadow, shadow

Synonyms

gnome, midget, nanus, overshadow, shadow

Common word forms

dwarfs, dwarfed, dwarfer, dwarfest, dwarfing, dwarfness

Words from these letters

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