| Noun | 1. | small - the slender part of the backbody part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity back, dorsum - the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned" | |
| 2. | small - a garment size for a small personsize - the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); "he wears a size 13 shoe" | |
| Adj. | 1. | small - 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"; "a small voice"big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" | |
| 2. | small - limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"limited - small in range or scope; "limited war"; "a limited success"; "a limited circle of friends" | |
| 3. | small - low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"inferior - of or characteristic of low rank or importance | |
| 4. | small - not fully grown; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"young, immature - (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people" | |
| 5. | small - too small to be seen except under a microscope | |
| 6. | small - not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"moderate - being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart" | |
| 7. | small - (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"soft - of sound; relatively low in volume; "soft voices"; "soft music" | |
| 8. | small - slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; "a series of death struggles with small time in between"little - (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some; "little rain fell in May"; "gave it little thought"; "little hope remained"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"; "a little time is left" | |
| 9. | small - made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small" | |
| 10. | small - lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"lowercase - relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case; "lowercase letters; a and b and c etc" | |
| 11. | small - have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty rain"fine - of texture; being small-grained or smooth to the touch or having fine particles; "wood with a fine grain"; "fine powdery snow"; "fine rain"; "batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave"; "covered with a fine film of dust" | |
| Adv. | 1. | small - on a small scale; "think small"big - on a grand scale; "think big" | |