Small - Definition

adv 1: on a small scale; "think small" [ant: big]
adj 1: limited or below average in number or quantity or
magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little
house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group" [syn:
small, little] [ant: big, large]
2: limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper
with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-
size country" [syn: minor, modest, small, small-
scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized]
3: (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little
boy you are"; "small children" [syn: little, small]
4: slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or
scope; "a series of death struggles with small time in
between"
5: low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a
lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small
beginnings" [syn: humble, low, lowly, modest,
small]
6: lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is
written all in minuscule letters" [syn: little,
minuscule, small]
7: (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"
[syn: little, small]
8: have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty
rain"
9: not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest
salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"
[syn: modest, small]
10: made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her
comments made me feel small" [syn: belittled,
diminished, small]
n 1: the slender part of the back
2: a garment size for a small person