Dictionary Entry
small
small is a 5-letter English word with 24 senses as adverb, noun, transitive verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 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 7 · Words With Friends 10 · 24 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river.
- 2superlative
Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business.
- 3superlative
Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; -- sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean.
- 4superlative
Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short; as, after a small space.
- 5superlative
Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud.
- 6adverb
In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly.
- 7adverb
Not loudly; faintly; timidly.
- 8noun
The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back.
- 9noun
Smallclothes.
- 10noun
Same as Little go. See under Little.
- 11transitive verb
To make little or less.
- 12noun
a garment size for a small person
- 13noun
the slender part of the back
- 14adjective
made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
"her comments made me feel small"
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- 15adjective
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
"a little dining room"
"a little house"
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- 16adjective
limited in size or scope
"a small business"
"a newspaper with a modest circulation"
- 17adjective
(of a voice) faint
"a little voice"
"a still small voice"
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- 18adjective
lowercase
"little a"
"small a"
- 19adjective
not large but sufficient in size or amount
"a modest salary"
"modest inflation"
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- 20adjective
slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope
"a series of death struggles with small time in between"
- 21adjective
(of children and animals) young, immature
"what a big little boy you are"
"small children"
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- 22adjective
have fine or very small constituent particles
"a small misty rain"
- 23adjective
low or inferior in station or quality
"a humble cottage"
"a lowly parish priest"
- 24adverb
on a small scale
"think small"
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