Diminutive: alternatives and connections

Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

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Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

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Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

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The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice…

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The quality of being diminutive; smallness; littleness; minuteness.

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The quality of being diminutive; smallness; littleness; minuteness.

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A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs, probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java.

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A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot.

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One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's "Voyage to Lilliput."

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A minute bloodsucking fly.

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Very small; little; puny.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.