10 Words for … SMALL

dinky – sweetly small and neat in British English, small and insignificant in American English
We ate at that dinky café on the corner.
He lives in a dinky apartment on the other side of town.
diminutive – extremely or unusually small
She saw a diminutive figure in the distance.
little – small in size (used both affectionately and condescendingly)
They live in an adorable little cottage in the country.
Their cottage is so little.
mini, miniature – a small version of something
I’m wearing a mini skirt tonight.
Do you like my miniature doll’s house?
miniscule – extremely small, tiny
It’s unacceptable how miniscule our salaries are.
He suffered a miniscule fracture.
minute – infinitely or immeasurably small
The minute dust particles caught the sunlight.
pocket-sized – a smaller version of something, small enough to be carried in a pocket
I looked up the word in my pocket-sized dictionary.
tiny – very small
The ring was covered with tiny twinkling diamonds.
wee – very small, little (Scottish)
Their wee lassie is just learning to walk.
weeny – very small, from wee and tiny
Adding a new zip to my dress was a weeny bit fiddly.

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