Qualities
Synonyms for small
Synonyms for small: little, diminished and modest. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for small
Interchangeable with small, one per sense
Audited under small's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one small carries in that sense.
- littleadjective, in the sense "limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent"
- diminishedadjective, in the sense "made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name small as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- modestmodest is an adjective in the sense "relatively moderate, limited, or small"
The first group is filed under small's own senses. The second reaches small from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
They rented a small cottage near the lake.
The true synonym
little
Same sentence, swapped: They rented a little cottage near the lake.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- humble
- modest
- large
made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
Her comments made me feel small.
The true synonym
diminished
Same sentence, swapped: Her comments made me feel diminished.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for small in the sentence quoted.
- low
- minor
- poor
Where small turns up in the game
small is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where small is the trap
- squalidadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is sordid, in the sense "foul and run-down and repulsive", and small is one of the three tiles that lose.
- dirtyadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is contaminating, in the sense "spreading pollution or contamination", with small sitting one tile away.
Play small
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so small reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company small keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. small carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.