small
somewhat
narrow
light
a little bit
more or less
slightly
low
a little
less
small-scale
pocket-sized
modest
minor
a trifle
a bit
pocket-size
mild
lightly
thinly
micro
noddingly
superficially
de-escalate
microvariation
down
paucal
flat
extreme
quasi-
utmost
uttermost
microselective
limited
quasitrivial
peanut
scanty
a tad
insignificant
incidentally
slighten
accidentally
flexistylous
minor-league
by inches
marginally
highness
blind
petitely
writ small
fuck
tasimetric
damn
remote
pocket-handkerchief
ultrasmall
shit
negligibly
miniature
kinda
little
faint
small-time
sort of
faintly
kind of
rather
ratherish
modestly
in miniature
jittering
weakly
minorly
smallscale
scoped
mildly
dimension
dinky
nuance
frivolous
proportion
scalelet
so
in small doses
microlaser
slightish
small
narrow
light
low
small-scale
pocket-sized
modest
minor
pocket-size
mild
micro
paucal
extreme
utmost
uttermost
microselective
limited
quasitrivial
peanut
scanty
insignificant
flexistylous
minor-league
blind
writ small
tasimetric
remote
pocket-handkerchief
ultrasmall
miniature
faint
small-time
jittering
smallscale
scoped
dinky
frivolous
microlaser
slightish
somewhat
a little bit
more or less
slightly
a little
less
a trifle
a bit
lightly
thinly
noddingly
superficially
down
flat
a tad
incidentally
accidentally
marginally
petitely
negligibly
kinda
sort of
faintly
kind of
rather
ratherish
modestly
weakly
minorly
mildly
so
small
microvariation
highness
fuck
damn
shit
little
dimension
nuance
proportion
scalelet
de-escalate
slighten
adj
- slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope
- relatively moderate, limited, or small
- (of children and animals) young, immature
- low or inferior in station or quality
- lowercase
- (of a voice) faint
- have fine or very small constituent particles
- not large but sufficient in size or amount
- made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
adv
noun
adj
adj
noun
adj
verb
adj
- Slight, not forceful or intense; small in amount or intensity.
- Easy to endure or perform.
- Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
- Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.
- Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
- Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.
- Without any piece of equipment attached or attached only to a caboose.
- Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
- With low viscosity.
- Easily interrupted by stimulation.
- Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
- Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
- Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard, or proper amount; clipped or diminished.
- Lightly built; typically designed for speed or small loads.
- Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
- Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
- Served with extra milk or cream.
- Having little or relatively little actual weight; not cumbrous or unwieldy.
- Gentle; having little force or momentum.
- Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
- Not heavy or soggy; spongy; well raised.
- Free from burden or impediment; unencumbered.
adv
noun
- A low-alcohol lager.
- A source of illumination.
- A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; opposed to shade.
- A window in architecture, carriage design, or motor car design: either the opening itself or the window pane of glass that fills it, if any.
- A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
- A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
- A cigarette lighter.
- The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
- Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
- Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
- The brightness of the eye or eyes.
- A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler who is receiving instructions.
- A flame or something used to create fire.
- A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
- See lights (“lungs”).
- A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
- Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation (light) in the wavelength range of about 400 to 750 nanometers. Nearby shorter and longer wavelength ranges, although not visible, are commonly called ultraviolet and infrared light.
- The power of perception by vision.
verb
- To start (a fire).
- To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
- To become ignited; to take fire.
- To set fire to; to set burning.
- To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.
- To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
- To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
- To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
- To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
- To find by chance.
adj
- less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
- being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
- used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
adv
noun
- an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
- a low level or position or degree
- the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
verb
adj
adj
- relatively moderate, limited, or small
- of the younger of two boys with the same family name
- warranting only temporal punishment
adj
- lesser in scope or effect
- of lesser importance or stature or rank
- inferior in number or size or amount
- (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees
- not of legal age
- of lesser seriousness or danger
- of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
verb
noun
adv
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- From less to greater detail.
- Forward, straight ahead.
- In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- As a down payment.
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- Get down.
- Into a state of non-operation.
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
verb
- To disparage; to put down.
- To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
- Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
- To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- To lower; to put (something) down.
- To defeat; to overpower.
- To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
adj
- Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- Sick or ill.
- Negative about; hostile to.
- Comfortable with, accepting of.
- Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
- Facing downwards.
- Fallen or felled.
- At a lower level than before.
- Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- Out.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
- Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
noun
- The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- Down payment.
- A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland
- A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
- A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
- A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
prep
adj
- Expressing a relatively small quantity or degree.
- Characterized by having a small number, greater than two, of (usually equivalent) components.
- Pertaining to a language form referring to a few of something (three to around ten), as a small group of people; contrast singular, dual, trial, and plural.
noun
adv
- Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
- Completely.
- Without allowance for accrued interest.
- Bluntly.
- In the mile race, Smith's time was 3:58.56, and Brown's was four minutes flat.
- Directly; flatly.
- Exactly, precisely.
- So as to be flat.
noun
- A flat tyre/flat tire.
- A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene. It's a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth orbackdrop.
- An area of level ground (sometimes covered with water).
- A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
- An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
- The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
- A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
- A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
- The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
- A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
- A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
- A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
- A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
- An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room.
- Level ground in general.
- A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
- A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
- Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
- A wide, shallow container or pallet.
- A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
- A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
- A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
- A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
- A flat sheet for use on a bed.
- the area in the centre of a racecourse.
- A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
adj
- Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
- Unable to emit power; dead.
- Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.
- Lacking acidity without being sweet.
- Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
- Absolute; downright; peremptory.
- Without variation in tone or hue (uniform), and dull (not glossy).
- Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
- Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.
- Lowered by one semitone.
- Without spin; spinless.
- Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
- At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.
- Flattening at the ends.
- With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
- Exact.
- In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.
- Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
- Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
- Without variations in pitch.
- Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
- Having no variations in height.
- Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
verb
adj
noun
- underground pod of the peanut vine
- widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground
- a young child who is small for his age
- pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
prep_phrase
adj
- Smallest or slightest.
- Using blinded study design, wherein information is purposely limited to prevent bias.
- Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.
- Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.
- Uncircumcised
- Unintelligible or illegible.
- Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.
- Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
- Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.
- Without any prior knowledge.
- Of a place, having little or no visibility.
- Unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
verb
- To make temporarily or permanently blind.
- To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
- To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
adv
- Without looking at the cards dealt.
- Absolutely, totally.
- Without seeing; unseeingly.
- As a pastry case only, without any filling.
noun
- A player who is forced to pay such a bet.
- Any device intended to conceal or hide.
- A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.
- Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.
- No score.
- The blindside.
- A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.
- A hiding place.
- A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
- A blindage.
noun
- The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
- A sexual partner, especially a casual one.
- A highly contemptible person.
- An act of sexual intercourse.
verb
- To insert one's penis, a dildo, or other object, into a person or a specified orifice or cleft sexually; to penetrate.
- To have sexual intercourse; to copulate.
- To defraud, deface, or otherwise treat badly.
- Used in a phrasal verb: fuck with (“to play with, to tinker”).
- To be very good, to rule, go hard.
- Used to express great displeasure with, or contemptuous dismissal of, someone or something.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- To put in an extremely difficult or impossible situation.
- To break, to destroy.
- To make a joke at one's expense; to make fun of in an embarrassing manner.
- To throw, to lob something. (angrily)
- To scold.
intj
- Expressing surprise.
- Expressing dismay or discontent.
- A semi-voluntary vocalization in place of a gasp.
particle
adv
noun
- The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
- The use of "damn" as a curse.
- A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.
intj
adv
verb
- To condemn to hell.
- To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
- To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
- To curse; put a curse upon.
- To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.
adj
noun
- The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
- Stuff, things.
- Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.
- The act of shitting.
- A problem or difficult situation.
- Rubbish; worthless matter.
- Anything exceptional or remarkable.
- (in negations) Anything.
- Nonsense; bullshit.
- A strong rebuke.
- Any recreational drug (e.g. cannabis, heroin, etc.).
- A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men.
- (the shit) The best of its kind.
verb
- To defecate.
- To excrete (something) through the anus.
- To fool or try to fool someone; to be deceitful.
- To annoy.
intj
- Used for mere emphasis; heck, hey.
- Used to show displeasure or surprise.
- Expression of worry, failure, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.
adj
adj
- Slight; minimal.
- Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
- Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy
- Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp
- Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected
verb
- To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
- To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).
- To lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
noun
prep_phrase
adj
- Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; trivial.
- Having no reasonable prospect of success because its claim is without merit, lacking a supporting legal or factual basis, while the filing party is, or should be, aware of this.
- Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner.
noun
- magnitude or extent
- the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
- balance among the parts of something
- the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree
- harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
verb
adv
- to a certain unspecified extent or degree
- to a very great extent or degree
- in a manner that facilitates
- in such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or implied
- in the same way; also
- in the way indicated
- (usually followed by `that') to an extent or degree as expressed
- subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
- (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
- in truth (often tends to intensify)
noun
adj
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