Small Synonym! Learn the list of 35 important synonyms with example sentences and ESL pictures in the following lesson.
Small Meaning:
Little in size or amount when compared with what is typical or average.
For example:
- There is a small choice in rotten apples.
- The great fish ear up the small.
- A small leak will sink a great ship.
- She cut the meat into small pieces.
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Small Synonyms
Here is the list of 35 synonyms for small with example sentences in English:
List of Small Synonym
| Other Ways to Say SMALL | Examples |
| Miniature | It looks like a miniature version of James Bond’s car. |
| Small-scale | It was an intimate small-scale non-threatening environment. |
| Runty | She saved a runty pig and named him Wilbur. |
| Tiny | We noticed tiny bugs that were all over the walls. |
| Diminutive | She has diminutive hands for an adult. |
| Shrimp | Atanas ordered a shrimp cocktail and a salad. |
| Puny | My car only has a puny little engine. |
| Exiguous | I got a teaching job at an exiguous rate of pay. |
| Dinky | She’s got dinky little feet. |
| Little | A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. |
| Limited | This offer is available for a limited period only. |
| Itsy-bitsy | She has these itsy-bitsy little hands and feet. |
| Microscopic | It’ s impossible to read his microscopic handwriting. |
| Slight | I had a slight accident at home and broke some crockery. |
| Petite | Dress sizes range from petite to extra large. |
| Minor | It’s only a minor problem. |
| Short (small in length, distance, or height) | I’m fairly short but my brother’s very tall. |
| Wee (Scottish English) | I’ll have a wee drop of cream in my coffee. |
| Insignificant | His influence is insignificant. |
| Teeny (informal) | I was just a teeny bit disappointed. |
| Undersized | At school, I was fairly skinny and undersized. |
| Weeny (UK) | She is teenny-weeny. She is so cute. |
| Skimpy | They provided only skimpy details. |
| Minuscule | The chances of getting the disease are minuscule. |
| Narrow | They rode along narrow country lanes. |
| Scanty | There is only scanty evidence of his involvement. |
| Modest | Just a modest portion for me, please. |
| Midget (a very small person) | Their second son is a midget. |
| Meager | His meager wage is not enough to support their five children. |
| Slender (small in amount or degree) | She’s got a beautiful slender figure. |
| Pint-sized (of a person) | Don’t worry about him, he’s just a pint-sized nobody. |
| Subatomic | It investigates phenomena which range in size from subatomic particles to the universe itself. |
| Half-size | Try to find a shop that sells half-sizes and, even better, different widths to ensure a good fit. |
| Pocket-size | Their pocket-size farm had been plagued with insect infestations. |
| Infinitesimal | Newton says he has abandoned the infinitesimal or infinitely small quantity. |