Small synonyms

Modest, lilliputian, inappreciable, humble, and lowly are all synonyms for small. Major and substantial are antonyms of small. And here are 88 another word for small.

Another word for small

1. bijou

  • Lilliputian
  • A slip of a …
  • Baby
  • Bantam
  • Bijou
  • Boxy
  • Compact
  • Cramped
  • Diminutive
  • Dinky
  • Dwarf
  • Eensy-weensy
  • Eensy
  • Elfin
  • Half-pint
  • Homuncular
  • Ickle
  • Inadequate
  • Insufficient
  • Itsy-bitsy
  • Itty-bitty
  • Little-bitty
  • Little
  • Meagre
  • Measly
  • Microscale
  • Microscopic
  • Mingy
  • Mini
  • Miniature
  • Minuscule
  • Minute
  • Nanoscopic
  • Not enough
  • Petite
  • Pint-sized
  • Pocket-sized
  • Poky
  • Portable
  • Puny
  • Short
  • Slight
  • Slightly built
  • Small-boned
  • Small-scale
  • Squat
  • Stingy
  • Stubby
  • Stunted
  • Teensy-weensy
  • Teensy
  • Teeny-weeny
  • Teeny
  • Tiddly
  • Tiny
  • Titchy
  • Toy
  • Undersized
  • Ungenerous
  • Vest-pocket
  • Wee
  • Weeny
  • With no room to swing a cat
  • Pathetic

2. minor

  • Inappreciable
  • Inconsequential
  • Inconsiderable
  • Infinitesimal
  • Insignificant
  • Minor
  • Minuscule
  • Negligible
  • Nugatory
  • Paltry
  • Piffling
  • Slight
  • Trifling
  • Trivial
  • Unimportant
  • Piddling

3. modest

  • Humble
  • Lowly
  • Modest
  • Small-scale
  • Small-time
  • Unpretentious
  • Simple

Small synonyms statistics

The adjective "small" has a variety of synonyms that differ in length. 2 synonyms with 3 letters, 6 synonyms with 4 letters, 13 synonyms with 5 letters, 16 synonyms with 6 letters, 4 synonyms with 7 letters, 5 synonyms with 8 letters, 8 synonyms with 9 letters, 13 synonyms with 10 letters, 6 synonyms with 11 letters, 2 synonyms with 12 letters, 5 synonyms with 13 letters, 2 synonyms with 14 letters, 1 synonym with 15 letters, and 1 synonym with 21 letters, for a total of 84 synonyms for small.

Small sentences

She lives in a small town.

The box was surprisingly small and light.

They adopted a small dog yesterday.

The mistake was relatively small and fixable.


Similar to small

Word Opposites Synonyms
Shallow Profound, serious, in-depth Superficial, facile
Tall Short, small, low Big, high
Malicious Benevolent, kindhearted Spiteful, malevolent
Malignant Benevolent, benign Spiteful, hostile
Formal Informal, unofficial Ceremonial, ceremonious
All in all Partially, incompletely Overall, in general
Downfall Rise, salvation, survival Undoing, ruin
Gradually Suddenly, abruptly Slowly, moderately
Automatically Manually, intentionally Instantly, spontaneously
Parallel Different, dissimilar, divergent Side by side, aligned
Essentially Superficially, insignificantly Fundamentally, basically
After all In spite of, despite that Most importantly, above all
All No, none of the, little, none, nobody, nothing Each of, each one of the
Minimal Maximal, excessive Very little, minimum
Generally Sporadically, effectively Normally, in general
Fall Rise, get up Drop, drop down
Optimal Suboptimal, inefficient Best, ideal
Basically Complexly, complicatedly Fundamentally, primarily
Eventually Immediately, never In the end, in due course
Allow Prevent, forbid, deny Permit, let
Allowed Prohibited, forbidden Permitted, authorized
Actually Supposedly, theoretically Literally, to all intents and purposes
Usually Rarely, seldom Normally, generally
Finally Immediately, firstly, initially Eventually, ultimately
Normal Unusual, abnormal Usual, standard
Smart Scruffy, downmarket Well dressed, well turned out
Challenge Ease, simplicity Problem, difficult task
Challenging Easy, uninspiring Demanding, testing
Conference call Face-to-face meeting, one-on-one call Teleconference, virtual meeting
Especially Negligibly, nominally Mainly, mostly
Overall Individual, imited All-inclusive, general
Really Dubiously, questionably In fact, in actual fact