small

1. 1

   Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.

   • A small serving of ice cream.
   • A small group.
2. 2

   Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.; Humiliated or insignificant.

   • The bullies had succeeded in making him feel small.
3. 3

   Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.; Having a small penis, muscles, or other important body parts, regardless of overall body size.

   • (of genitals)
   • Though over six feet tall, the man was very small and ashamed to undress.
4. 4

   Young, as a child.figurativelynot-comparable

   • Remember when the children were small?
5. 5

   Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written or printed letters.not-comparable

   • "I've got catholic tastes. Catholic with a small "c", of course."
6. 6

   Evincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.

   • A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of interesting the greatest man.
7. 7

   Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.

   • a small space of time
8. 8

   Synonym of little (“of an industry or institution(s) therein: operating on a small scale, unlike larger counterparts”).

   • small science
9. 9

   Slender, gracefully slim.archaic

10. 10

    That is small (the manufactured size).especially

    • I'll have a small coffee, thanks.

syn. compact · fun size · fun-sized · ickle · insignificant · lit'l · little · low · modest · mini · petty · pint-sized

ant. large

1. 1

   In a small fashion

   • Don't write very small!
2. 2

   In or into small pieces.

   • That's going to go in there. We've got some chives small chopped as well.
3. 3

   To a small extent.obsolete

   • It small avails my mood.
4. 4

   In a low tone; softly.obsolete

   • That's all one: you shall play it in a mask, and / you may speak as small as you will.

1. 1

   One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, smaller than a medium.especiallynoun-from-verbuncountable

2. 2

   An item labelled or denoted as being that size.countableespeciallynoun-from-verb

   • Two smalls and a large, please.
3. 3

   One who fits an item of that size.countableespeciallynoun-from-verb

4. 4

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

   • I got a splitting pain in the small of my back

1. 1

   To make little or less.noun-from-verbobsoletetransitive

2. 2

   To become small; to dwindle.intransitivenoun-from-verb

   • And smalled till she was nought at all.