smaller

Examples

• All

• In those ten years, the world has become smaller and more connected.

• Breck had explained, "Smaller rooms are easier to defend."

  Fiction book (1992)

• The smaller the dream, the smaller your goal, the smaller your challenges.

• So I'm going to start with this smaller one first.

• Smaller exhibits were sometimes incorporated when it was discovered that they had a similar focus.

  Academic text (1998)

• Smaller groups of 5-20 animals were seen occasionally in June and commonly in July.

  Academic text (2000)

• Smaller dam projects tend to be less disruptive, but they produce modest amounts of electricity.

  Academic text (2008)

• Smaller and less commercially oriented farms would, arguably, be less complicated to manage.

  Academic text (2008)

• Smaller volume, in turn, affects thermal management, manufacturing, serviceability, and reliable operation of the components.

  Academic text (1998)

• It is nicer, but it is smaller, isn't it?

Synonyms

U

undersized

vssmaller

8 3.3

Smaller than the normal size for its kind

compares two things in size or amount rather than measuring against a standard

L

lesser

vssmaller

7 1.7

Smaller or not as important as another thing

focuses on size or amount rather than value or importance

L

littler

vssmaller

1 1.0

Smaller in size or amount when comparing two things

is the comparative form of small used to show reduced size or amount

U

undersize

vssmaller

3.2

Smaller than usual for its kind

compares relative size between items rather than failing a size requirement

Antonyms

L

larger

14 1.0

Bigger in size or amount than something else

Compounds

S

smaller pectoral muscle

• Specialized

7.2

A thin muscle under the larger chest muscle that moves the shoulder blade down and forward

How Big

huge

∞ 1.0

big

∞ 1.0

small

2 1.1

smaller

27 1.0

tiny

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology