small

Meaning

1. Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
2. Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
3. Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
4. Young, as a child.
5. Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written or printed letters.
6. Evincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
7. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
8. Synonym of little (“of an industry or institution(s) therein: operating on a small scale, unlike larger counterparts”)
9. Slender, gracefully slim.
10. That is small (the manufactured size).

little

tiny

very small

not large

become small

not great

belittle

feeble

be little

be small

few in number

not tall

become little

not big

make small

diminutive suffix

not heavy

one-horse

poisonous snake

small-clothes

small face

become smaller

half-size

in disorder

not much

petechiae

small quantity

small size

young plant

dear house

flat spot

purplish red spot

protruding eyes

be cramped

quite small

not numerous

live oak

male falcon

of little value

slender nail

thin piece of money

small-fruited

small of back

small-leaved

little ways

smeel

fish-eating

little bit

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/smɔːl/

From Middle English smal, from Old English smæl (“small, narrow, slender”), from Proto-Germanic *smalaz (“small”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mal-, *(s)mel- (“small, mean, malicious”). Cognate with Scots smal; sma (“small”); West Frisian smel (“narrow”); Dutch smal (“narrow”); German schmal (“narrow, small”); Danish, Norwegian, Swedish smal (“narrow; thin; slender”); Latin malus (“bad”); Russian ма́лый (mályj, “small”).