small-time

Examples

• All

• Unfortunately, buzzword compliance helps pay the bills when you are a freelance or small-time developer.

  Blog text (14)

• It's a story about a small-time studio and their two unsuccessful movies.

  Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001)

• Very practical and good information that helps me, a small-time business owner just getting started!

  Blog text (30)

• Will that be good for us small-time authors in the long run?

  Blog text (12)

• We're small-time, but we got satellites and cell phones like everyone else.

  Footloose (2011)

• I was a small-time vendor, selling my fish from house to house.

  Fiction book (2000)

• A cattlehand, a preacher, a small-time local businessman.

  Fiction book (1994)

• A small-time sports reporter looking to break into the big time? Nyquist shook his head.

  Fiction book (1998)

• His record showed a steady climb from juvenile offender to small-time thief.

  Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

• He's a small-time crook who's been in and out of prison.

Synonyms

L

little

vssmall-time

∞ 1.0

Not very important

is neutral and emphasizes smallness in importance, status, or scale

M

minor

vssmall-time

600 2.4

Not very important or serious

is about low importance and also small in overall scale

S

slight

vssmall-time

594 1.2

Small in amount or degree

focuses more on low importance, status, or overall scale

T

trivial

vssmall-time

121 3.9

Not important or serious

also highlights small status or modest scope beyond mere lack of value

P

petty

vssmall-time

120 3.7

Small and unimportant in position or power

is broader, covering general low importance or limited scale

I

insignificant

vssmall-time

104 4.1

Not important or too small to matter

adds that lack of importance often includes small status or scale

U

unimportant

vssmall-time

54 1.9

Not worth attention or notice

covers the same lack of note but also smallness in scale

M

minuscule

vssmall-time

37 4.4

Very small in size or amount

covers low importance or modest status, not only physical tininess

N

negligible

vssmall-time

31 5.6

Very small or unimportant and not worth worrying about

adds a sense of limited status or modest scale rather than only size

S

small-scale

vssmall-time

30 2.7

Used for projects or models that are not large

focuses more generally on low importance or modest status rather than size alone

L

lightweight

vssmall-time

• Offensive

15 3.5

Not very important or influential

is similar but stresses limited status and modest overall scale

N

nickel-and-dime

vssmall-time

• Informal

1 7.2

Small and not important, usually involving little money

is broader, indicating low importance or limited status beyond money

M

minute

vssmall-time

5.8

Extremely small and hard to see

is about low importance or status rather than just tiny size

L

lilliputian

vssmall-time

9.9

Very small or unimportant

is more neutral and commonly used for minor status or limited scale

Antonyms

M

major

∞ 1.0

Very serious or important

S

significant

∞ 2.5

Important and big enough to make a difference

How Important

minor

600 2.4

small-time

47 5.9

trivial

121 3.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology