small not large in size, amount, or effect:
a small boat small businesses a small amount of money small changeslittle [usually before noun] small – used about objects, places, and living things. Used especially with other adjectives to show how you feel about someone or something:
It’s a very pretty little town. The poor little dog has hurt its leg. The cake was decorated with little flowers.low used about prices, rents, levels, or standards:
People on low incomes are finding it difficult to pay fuel bills. The crime rate in the area is relatively low.slight [usually before noun] small and not very important or not very noticeable:
a slight problem There’s been a slight improvement in his health. a slight increase in salesminor small and not important or not serious:
minor injuries We’ve made some minor changes to the program.compact small – used about places, buildings etc in which space is used effectively, or about phones, cameras, cars etc which are designed to be much smaller than usual:
The apartments are very compact. a compact camera It is a pleasant and compact city.poky especially British English used about a room, house etc that is too small:
a poky bedroom a poky flatcramped used about a space, room, or vehicle that is too small because people do not have enough room to move around:
They all lived together in a cramped apartment. The car feels cramped with four adults in it.tiny very small – used about objects, numbers, or amounts:
a tiny island Dairy foods provide your body with a tiny amount of vitamin D.teeny informal very small - used for emphasis:
I'll just have a teeny bit of cream. There's just one teeny little problem. a teeny little houseminute extremely small and extremely difficult to see or notice:
They found minute traces of poison in his body. The differences are minute. minute creaturesminiature a miniature camera, watch, railway etc is made in a very small size. A miniature horse, dog etc is bred to be a very small size:
The spy used a miniature camera. the fashion for miniature petsmicroscopic extremely small and impossible to see without special equipment:
microscopic organisms microscopic particles of dustminuscule /ˈmɪnəskjuːl, ˈmɪnɪskjuːl/ extremely small in a surprising way:
She was wearing a minuscule bikini. The threat from terrorism is minuscule compared to other risks in our lives.itty-bitty/itsy-bitsy [only before noun] American English informal very small:
An itty-bitty little bug crawled across his forehead. We stayed at some itty-bitty hotel in a back street. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲