small

1. Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent (synset 301394303)
   "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"
   tells us about: size - the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
   similar to:

   • atomic - immeasurably small
   • subatomic - of smaller than atomic dimensions
   • bantam, diminutive, flyspeck, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny - very small
   • bittie, bitty, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, teensy, teensy-weensy, teentsy, teeny, teeny-weeny, wee, weensy, weeny - (used informally) very small
   • dinky, insignificant - small and unimpressive
   • dwarfish - atypically small
   • elfin, elflike - small and delicate
   • gnomish - used of small deformed creatures
   • half-size - half the usual or regular size
   • infinitesimal, minute - infinitely or immeasurably small
   • lesser - smaller in size or amount or value
   • microscopic, microscopical - so small as to be invisible without a microscope
   • micro - extremely small in scale or scope or capability
   • miniature - being on a very small scale
   • miniscule, minuscule - extremely small
   • olive-sized - about the size of an olive
   • pocket-size, pocket-sized, pocketable - small enough to be carried in a garment pocket
   • puny, runty, shrimpy - (used especially of persons) of inferior size
   • slender, slim - small in quantity
   • littler, smaller - small or little relative to something else
   • smallish - rather small
   • small-scale - created or drawn on a small scale
   • undersize, undersized - smaller than normal for its kind
   same as: little
2. Relatively moderate, limited, or small (synset 301418056)
   "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"
   similar to: limited - small in range or scope
   same as: minor, modest, pocket-size, pocket-sized, small-scale
3. (of children and animals) young, immature (synset 301653473)
   "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"
   similar to: immature, young - (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
   same as: little
4. Slight or limited;
   Especially in degree or intensity or scope (synset 301559333)
   "a series of death struggles with small time in between"
   domain usage: archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression
   similar to: little, slight - (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some
5. Low or inferior in station or quality (synset 302348528)
   "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
   similar to: inferior - of or characteristic of low rank or importance
   same as: humble, low, lowly, modest
6. Lowercase (synset 301470449)
   "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
   similar to: lowercase - relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case
   same as: little, minuscule
7. (of a voice) faint (synset 301458511)
   "a little voice"; "a still small voice"
   similar to: soft - (of sound) relatively low in volume
   same as: little
8. Have fine or very small constituent particles (synset 302241425)
   "a small misty rain"
   similar to: fine - of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles
9. Not large but sufficient in size or amount (synset 301537031)
   "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"
   similar to: moderate - being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme
   same as: modest
10. Made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth) (synset 300885822)
    "her comments made me feel small"
    similar to: decreased, reduced - made less in size or amount or degree
    same as: belittled, diminished

1. The slender part of the back (synset 105566656)
   is a type of: body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
   is a part of: back, dorsum - the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
2. A garment size for a small person (synset 105104343)
   is a type of: size - the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)

1. On a small scale (synset 400227588)
   "think small"

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