small

About 293.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.

   A small serving of ice cream.

2. adjective Humiliated or insignificant.

   The bullies had succeeded in making him feel small.

3. adjective Having a small penis, muscles, or other important body parts, regardless of overall body size.

   Though over six feet tall, the man was very small and ashamed to undress.

4. adjective Young, as a child.

   Remember when the children were small?

5. adjective Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written or printed letters.
6. adjective Evincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
7. adjective Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.

   a small space of time

8. adjective Synonym of little (“of an industry or institution(s) therein: operating on a small scale, unlike larger counterparts”).

   small science

Similar words

undersize small-scale undersized lowercase puny lesser petty diminutive inferior minuscule

Often followed by

and number amount group business groups part amounts town

Word family

smaller smallest smallish smallness smallnesses smalls