English words for 'A relatively small metropolis.'
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noun
noun
- a settlement smaller than a town
- a community of people smaller than a town
- (British) A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
- A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
- (Australia) A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.
- (Philippines) An exclusive gated community; a subdivision.
noun
- an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
- the people living in a municipality smaller than a city
- an administrative division of a county
- The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
- A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
- A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand (as of the early 21st century)
- (UK, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
- (law) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
- (informal, real estate) A townhouse.
- (colloquial, used without an article) Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
- Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference.
noun
noun
noun
- an area outside of cities and towns
- the territory occupied by a nation
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
- a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- the people who live in a nation or country
- The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
- (especially British, uncountable, countable) An area of land of undefined extent; a region, a district.
- (uncountable, usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.
- (informal) The spirit of the country (rural places): the spirit of country folkways; those folkways.
- The inhabitants or people of a district, region, or nation; the populace, the public.
- (mining) The rock through which a vein of ore or coal runs.
- (Australia, usually capitalised) Traditional lands of Indigenous people with embedded cultural, spiritual, cosmological, ecological, and physical attributes and values.
- Ellipsis of country music.
- (uncountable, countable) An area of land of indefinite extent or of more or less definite extent in relation to human occupation, especially characterized by its particular physical features, or its suitability for a particular activity or connected with its population (by race, dialect, culture, etc.) or a person, especially a writer, or their works.
adj
prep_phrase
noun
- a community of people smaller than a town
- termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
- a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
- the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
- a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
- an area where a group of families live together
- something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
- (law) A resolution of a dispute.
- The state of being settled.
- (law) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
- (law) A mutual agreement to end a dispute without resorting to legal proceedings, also known as an out-of-court settlement or settling out of court.
- The act of settling.
- (law) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
- (archaeology) A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village.
- (architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
- A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
- (finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
- A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
- (India, historical) An estate or district in Anglo-Indian Bengal where, instead of taking a quota of the year's produce, the government took a fixed sum several times a year from the local cultivators.
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adj
adv
name
- (figurative) A typical, unremarkable United States city; Anytown.
- A township in Knox County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community in Liberty Township, Union County, Ohio.
- A census-designated place in Arapahoe County, Colorado.
- An unincorporated community in Butler Township, Miami County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Springfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Franklin County, Kansas.
- A city, the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Richland Township, Mahaska County, Iowa.
- A city in Maricopa County and Yavapai County, Arizona, named after Peoria, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri.
- A town in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, named for the Peoria people.
noun
adj
- Small in size.
- Short in duration; brief.
- (derogatory) To imply that the inhabitants of the place have an insular attitude and are hostile to those they perceive as foreign.
- (offensive) Used to belittle a person.
- Very young, of childhood age.
- Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow, shallow, contracted; mean, illiberal, ungenerous.
- (often capitalized) Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.
- (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein, often capitalized) Operating on a small scale.
- Small and underdeveloped, particularly (of a male) in the genitals.
- Having few members.
- (of a sibling) Younger.
- Insignificant, trivial.
- (of a voice) faint
- limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- (of children and animals) young, immature
- lowercase
- (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with ‘a’) at least some
- small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
- (informal) small and of little importance
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
adv
det
noun
- (countable, age regression) One who has mentally age regressed to a childlike state.
- Ellipsis of little go (“type of examination”).
- (countable, university slang) A newly initiated member of a sorority or fraternity, who is mentored by a big.
- (countable, ageplay) The participant who acts out the younger role.
- (chiefly uncountable or in the singular) A small amount.
- (countable, informal) A child, particularly an infant.
- a small amount or duration
pron
noun
- a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
- A residential area located on the outskirts of a city or large town that usually includes businesses that cater to its residents; such as schools, grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants, convenience stores, etc.
- (by extension) The outer part; the environment.
- (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) Any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.
noun
- a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
- suburbanites considered as a cultural class or subculture
- (originally British) The suburbs as a whole and all that characterizes or pertains to them; (sometimes derogatory) the suburbs as encapsulated or represented by the typical characteristics or qualities of the people living there, especially complacency, conformity, conservativeness, dullness, etc.
noun
noun
- An outlying settlement.
- (chess) A square protected by a pawn that is in or near the enemy's stronghold.
- The body of troops manning such a post.
- A military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops.
- a station in a remote or sparsely populated location
- a settlement on the frontier of civilization
- a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops
noun
- The periphery of an area, especially a town or city.
- (botany) The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.
- (by extension) A border or edging.
- A decorative border.
- (UK) Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle where it is cut straight across.
- (golf) The area around the green
- Non-mainstream theatre.
- (also attributive) Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding extremist or unorthodox views.
- A group of people situated on the periphery of a larger community.
- (television, radio) A daypart that precedes or follows prime time.
- (Australia) Used attributively with reference to Aboriginal people living on the edge of towns etc.
- (also figurative) A marginal or peripheral part.
- (physics) A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
- a social group holding marginal or extreme views
- one of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light
- a part of the city far removed from the center
- the outside boundary or surface of something
- a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
- an ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels
adj
verb
name
- A tiny city in Screven County, Georgia.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- A number of townships, including in Michigan (2), Missouri, Ohio, and Pennsylvania (3), included under Oliver Township.
- A town in British Columbia.
- A ghost town in Yuba County, California.
- An urban neighborhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- An unincorporated community in Edgar County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Kimball County, Nebraska.
- Alternative form of oliver.
- A community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.
- An unincorporated community in Posey County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Whiteside County, Illinois.
- A neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
- A census-designated place in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
- A village in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
- An unincorporated community in Scott County, Arkansas.
- A community in Essex County, Ontario.
adj
name
- A tiny city in Neosho County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Butts County, Georgia.
- A small town in Herkimer County, New York, named after John Stark.
- A small town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Pike County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Stark County, Illinois.
- A small town in Coos County, New Hampshire.
noun
name
- A tiny city in Nobles County, Minnesota.
- A surname originating as an occupation. An English and Scottish occupational surname for a brewer of ale.
- A ghost town in Polk County, Florida.
- A town and census-designated place in Barnstable County, Massachusetts; named after Mayflower passenger William Brewster.
- A tiny city in Thomas County, Kansas.
- A locality in the Shire of Pyrenees, central western Victoria, Australia.
- A small village, the county seat of Blaine County, Nebraska.
- A small city in Okanogan County, Washington.
- A village in Stark County, Ohio.
- A village in Putnam County, New York.
noun
- a small distance
- a symbol of inquisitiveness
- a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft)
- the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
- the sense of smell (especially in animals)
- a natural skill
- a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
- the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon
- (idiomatic) Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
- The tip of an object.
- (idiomatic, also followed by around or about) The action of nosing, in the sense to snoop
- (architecture) A downward projection from a cornice.
- (horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.
- The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
- (perfumery) A perfumer.
- A snout, the nose of an animal.
- A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
- (by extension) Skill at finding information.
- The skill in recognising bouquet.
- (slang) An informer.
- The sense of smell.
verb
- defeat by a narrow margin
- push or move with the nose
- catch the scent of; get wind of
- rub noses
- advance the forward part of with caution
- search or inquire in a meddlesome way
- (transitive) To furnish with a nose.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, also followed by around or about, in which case, ambitransitive) To snoop.
- (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
- (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical) To travel with the nose of the plane/ship aimed in a particular direction.
- (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
- (intransitive, aviation) To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive
- (transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
- (transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
- (transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
name
- A tiny town in Berkeley County, South Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
- A small village in County Laois, Ireland.
- A town in Guilford County, North Carolina.
- A ghost town in Southland, New Zealand.
- A townland in Churchtown civil parish, County Westmeath, Ireland.
- A rural settlement in Cape Winelands district, Western Cape, South Africa.
- A town in Newport County, Rhode Island; named after King James II of England.
- An unincorporated community in Rogers County, Oklahoma.
- A census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California.
- A hamlet south of Inverkeithing, Fife council area (OS grid ref NT1281).
- A town in Joe Gqabi district municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
- A ghost town in Chattahoochee County, Georgia.
- A borough in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
- A district of the city of Accra, Ghana.
- A small home rule city, the county seat of Russell County, Kentucky.
- A village in Greene County, Ohio.
- A village in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
- A statutory town in Boulder County, Colorado.
- A city in Chautauqua County, New York; the largest city in the United States with this name; named after early settler James Prendergast.
- A small community in Ware County, Georgia.
- A hamlet south of Strathpeffer, Highland council area (OS grid ref NH4756).
- A townland in Conry civil parish, County Westmeath, Ireland.
- A small city, the county seat of Fentress County, Tennessee.
- A community in the city of Dayton, Kentucky.
- A ghost town in Morrow County, Ohio.
- A village in the Vale of Leven, West Dunbartonshire council area (OS grid ref NS3981).
- The capital city of Saint Helena.
- An unincorporated community in Jamestown Township, Steuben County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Baugo Township, Elkhart County, Indiana.
- A village in Moniteau County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Smith County, Texas.
- A tiny city in Cloud County, Kansas.
- A former settlement in the Colony of Virginia, established in 1607 and named after King James I of England.
- A town in the Mid North region, South Australia.
- A town in Grant County, Wisconsin.
- A village in County Leitrim, Ireland.
- The original name of New Lisbon, Henry County, Indiana.
- A small town in Jackson Township, Boone County and Eel River Township, Hendricks County, Indiana; named after its founder, James Mattock.
- A city, the county seat of Stutsman County, North Dakota; the second-largest city in the United States with this name.
noun
- (figuratively, colloquial) A very small area.
- (soccer, slang) The upper left- or right-hand corner of the goal.
- A small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid.
- a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that postal fees have been paid
name
- A tiny city in Lyon County, Minnesota.
- A neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska.
- A metropolitan city of Tuscany, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Florence.
- An unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California.
- An unincorporated community in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
- An unincorporated census-designated place, the county seat of Florence County, Wisconsin.
- (historical) A former province of Tuscany.
- A city in Williamson County, Texas.
- A female given name from Latin.
- An unincorporated community in Snohomish County, Washington.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont.
- A town in Codington County, South Dakota.
- A city, the county seat of Florence County, South Carolina.
- A city, the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama.
- A town, the county seat of Pinal County, Arizona.
- An unincorporated community in Hanover Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
- A village in the city of Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
- A coastal city in Lane County, Oregon.
- A town in Rankin County, Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois.
- A statutory city in Fremont County, Colorado.
- An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Missouri.
- A suburb of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
- A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Florence Township.
- A census-designated place in York Township, Switzerland County, Indiana.
- A town in Florence County, Wisconsin, surrounding the census-designated place of the same name.
- A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Florence and the region of Tuscany, Italy.
- A village in Pike County, Illinois.
- A minor city in Marion County, Kansas, named after daughter of Samuel J. Crawford.
- A township in New Jersey.
- A town in Oneida County, New York.
- A community in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A home rule city in Boone County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Paint Township, Madison County, Ohio.
- (historical) A medieval and early modern republic centered on the city of Florence in Italy that existed from 1115 to 1185 and from 1197 to 1569 when the Grand Duchy of Tuscany was formed.
- A census-designated place in Ravalli County, Montana.
- An unincorporated community in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.
noun
noun
noun
- a settlement smaller than a town
- a community of people smaller than a town
- (British) A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
- A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
- (Australia) A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.
- (Philippines) An exclusive gated community; a subdivision.
noun
- an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
- the people living in a municipality smaller than a city
- an administrative division of a county
- The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
- A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
- A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand (as of the early 21st century)
- (UK, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
- (law) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
- (informal, real estate) A townhouse.
- (colloquial, used without an article) Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
- Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference.
noun
noun
noun
- an area outside of cities and towns
- the territory occupied by a nation
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
- a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- the people who live in a nation or country
- The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
- (especially British, uncountable, countable) An area of land of undefined extent; a region, a district.
- (uncountable, usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.
- (informal) The spirit of the country (rural places): the spirit of country folkways; those folkways.
- The inhabitants or people of a district, region, or nation; the populace, the public.
- (mining) The rock through which a vein of ore or coal runs.
- (Australia, usually capitalised) Traditional lands of Indigenous people with embedded cultural, spiritual, cosmological, ecological, and physical attributes and values.
- Ellipsis of country music.
- (uncountable, countable) An area of land of indefinite extent or of more or less definite extent in relation to human occupation, especially characterized by its particular physical features, or its suitability for a particular activity or connected with its population (by race, dialect, culture, etc.) or a person, especially a writer, or their works.
adj
noun
- a community of people smaller than a town
- termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
- a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
- the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
- a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
- an area where a group of families live together
- something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
- (law) A resolution of a dispute.
- The state of being settled.
- (law) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
- (law) A mutual agreement to end a dispute without resorting to legal proceedings, also known as an out-of-court settlement or settling out of court.
- The act of settling.
- (law) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
- (archaeology) A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village.
- (architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
- A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
- (finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
- A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
- (India, historical) An estate or district in Anglo-Indian Bengal where, instead of taking a quota of the year's produce, the government took a fixed sum several times a year from the local cultivators.
noun
adj
adv
noun
- a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
- A residential area located on the outskirts of a city or large town that usually includes businesses that cater to its residents; such as schools, grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants, convenience stores, etc.
- (by extension) The outer part; the environment.
- (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) Any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.
noun
- a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
- suburbanites considered as a cultural class or subculture
- (originally British) The suburbs as a whole and all that characterizes or pertains to them; (sometimes derogatory) the suburbs as encapsulated or represented by the typical characteristics or qualities of the people living there, especially complacency, conformity, conservativeness, dullness, etc.
noun
noun
- An outlying settlement.
- (chess) A square protected by a pawn that is in or near the enemy's stronghold.
- The body of troops manning such a post.
- A military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops.
- a station in a remote or sparsely populated location
- a settlement on the frontier of civilization
- a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops
noun
- The periphery of an area, especially a town or city.
- (botany) The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.
- (by extension) A border or edging.
- A decorative border.
- (UK) Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle where it is cut straight across.
- (golf) The area around the green
- Non-mainstream theatre.
- (also attributive) Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding extremist or unorthodox views.
- A group of people situated on the periphery of a larger community.
- (television, radio) A daypart that precedes or follows prime time.
- (Australia) Used attributively with reference to Aboriginal people living on the edge of towns etc.
- (also figurative) A marginal or peripheral part.
- (physics) A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
- a social group holding marginal or extreme views
- one of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light
- a part of the city far removed from the center
- the outside boundary or surface of something
- a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
- an ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels
adj
verb
noun
- a small distance
- a symbol of inquisitiveness
- a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft)
- the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
- the sense of smell (especially in animals)
- a natural skill
- a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
- the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon
- (idiomatic) Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
- The tip of an object.
- (idiomatic, also followed by around or about) The action of nosing, in the sense to snoop
- (architecture) A downward projection from a cornice.
- (horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.
- The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
- (perfumery) A perfumer.
- A snout, the nose of an animal.
- A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
- (by extension) Skill at finding information.
- The skill in recognising bouquet.
- (slang) An informer.
- The sense of smell.
verb
- defeat by a narrow margin
- push or move with the nose
- catch the scent of; get wind of
- rub noses
- advance the forward part of with caution
- search or inquire in a meddlesome way
- (transitive) To furnish with a nose.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, also followed by around or about, in which case, ambitransitive) To snoop.
- (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
- (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical) To travel with the nose of the plane/ship aimed in a particular direction.
- (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
- (intransitive, aviation) To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive
- (transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
- (transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
- (transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
noun
- (figuratively, colloquial) A very small area.
- (soccer, slang) The upper left- or right-hand corner of the goal.
- A small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid.
- a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that postal fees have been paid
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adj
- Small in size.
- Short in duration; brief.
- (derogatory) To imply that the inhabitants of the place have an insular attitude and are hostile to those they perceive as foreign.
- (offensive) Used to belittle a person.
- Very young, of childhood age.
- Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow, shallow, contracted; mean, illiberal, ungenerous.
- (often capitalized) Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.
- (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein, often capitalized) Operating on a small scale.
- Small and underdeveloped, particularly (of a male) in the genitals.
- Having few members.
- (of a sibling) Younger.
- Insignificant, trivial.
- (of a voice) faint
- limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- (of children and animals) young, immature
- lowercase
- (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with ‘a’) at least some
- small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
- (informal) small and of little importance
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
adv
det
noun
- (countable, age regression) One who has mentally age regressed to a childlike state.
- Ellipsis of little go (“type of examination”).
- (countable, university slang) A newly initiated member of a sorority or fraternity, who is mentored by a big.
- (countable, ageplay) The participant who acts out the younger role.
- (chiefly uncountable or in the singular) A small amount.
- (countable, informal) A child, particularly an infant.
- a small amount or duration