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- [smawl]
- /smɔl/
- /smɔːl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [smawl]
- /smɔl/
Definitions of small word
- adjective small of limited size; of comparatively restricted dimensions; not big; little: a small box. 1
- adjective small slender, thin, or narrow: a small waist. 1
- adjective small not large as compared with others of the same kind: a small elephant. 1
- adjective small (of letters) lowercase (def 1). 1
- adjective small not great in amount, degree, extent, duration, value, etc.: a small salary. 1
- adjective small not great numerically: a small army. 1
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Origin of small
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English smale (adj., noun, and adv.), Old English smæl; cognate with Dutch smal, German schmal
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Parts of speech for Small
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
small popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
small usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for small
adj small
- beanstalk — the stem of a bean plant
- bitsy — very small
- bitty — If you say that something is bitty, you mean that it seems to be formed from a lot of different parts which you think do not fit together or go together well.
- bottommost — lowest or most fundamental
- busher — a low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground.
noun small
- fay — a female given name, form of Faith.
- chophouse — a restaurant specializing in steaks, grills, chops, etc
- elf — A supernatural creature of folk tales, typically represented as a small, elusive figure in human form with pointed ears, magical powers, and a capricious nature.
- lunchroom — a room, as in a school, where light meals or snacks can be bought or where food brought from home may be eaten.
- noshery — (informal) A restaurant.
adjective small
- baby — A baby is a very young child, especially one that cannot yet walk or talk.
- bantam — A bantam is a breed of small chicken.
- beady — Beady eyes are small, round, and bright.
- compact — Compact things are small or take up very little space. You use this word when you think this is a good quality.
- confined — If something is confined to a particular place, it exists only in that place. If it is confined to a particular group, only members of that group have it.
Antonyms for small
adj small
- a-1 — noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- a1 — in good health; physically fit
- across the board — If a policy or a situation applies across the board, it affects everything or everyone in a particular group.
- ad rem — to the point; without digression
noun small
- capital — Capital is a large sum of money which you use to start a business, or which you invest in order to make more money.
- cd — CDs are small plastic discs on which sound, especially music, is recorded. CDs can also be used to store information which can be read by a computer. CD is an abbreviation for 'compact disc'.
- cds — credit default swap
- humongous — extraordinarily large.
- initials — of, relating to, or occurring at the beginning; first: the initial step in a process.
adjective small
- acroamatic — relating to oral communication
- asperous — Rough, rugged, uneven.
- ballbuster — Ball-breaker.
- centrefold — A centrefold is a picture that covers the two central pages of a magazine, especially a photograph of a naked or partly naked woman.
- dilatable — That can be dilated.
Top questions with small
- how to start a small business?
- how long is the small intestine?
- how to get a small waist?
- why are cells so small?
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