Definition for Diminutive:

• ( Gram.) ( word) describing small specimen of the thing denoted by corresponding primitive word; remarkably small, tiny. Hence diminutival a. ( gram.), diminutively adv., diminutiveness n. [ Latin]

Synonyms for Diminutive:

• adj.

  •atomic (adjective)
  • fragmentary.
  •baby (adjective)
  • most mini,
  • more mini.
  •dwarf (adjective)
  • under sized.
  •exiguous (adjective)
  • meager,
  • limited.
  •picayune (adjective)
  • in consequential,
  • in-consequential,
  • of no account,
  • non essential,
  • un-important.
  •pintsized (adjective)
  • pint sized.
  •pocket (adjective)
  • more epitomized,
  • more abridged,
  • most epitomized,
  • most abridged.
  •poor (adjective)
  • poorer,
  • subnormal,
  • SUBPAR.,
  • niggardly.
  •puny (adjective)
  • in-firmest,
  • most nothing,
  • in-firmer,
  • more halfpint,
  • more half-pint,
  • un sounder,
  • most smallfry,
  • more nothing,
  • un sound,
  • most half-pint,
  • un consequential,
  • un-sounder,
  • more smallfry,
  • most small fry,
  • smallfry,
  • zilcher,
  • halfpint,
  • half pint,
  • two bit,
  • un-consequential,
  • most halfpint,
  • in firmer,
  • more zero,
  • more unconsequential,
  • most unconsequential,
  • runtest,
  • shrimpest,
  • twobit,
  • most half pint,
  • un-soundest,
  • more half pint,
  • zilchest,
  • more small-fry,
  • un-substantial,
  • un-sound,
  • more small fry,
  • in firmest,
  • runter,
  • most zero,
  • un substantial,
  • most small-fry.
  •short (adjective)
  • close to the ground,
  • sawed-off,
  • shortest,
  • runty,
  • squatty,
  • short,
  • not long.
  •small (adjective)
  • dwarfish,
  • deficient,
  • teeny,
  • modest,
  • wee,
  • scanty,
  • toy,
  • nugatory,
  • piddling,
  • stingy,
  • bitty,
  • scrawny,
  • slim,
  • minor,
  • slight,
  • study at small,
  • beggarly,
  • trifling,
  • ungenerous,
  • scant,
  • delicate,
  • spare,
  • miserly,
  • compact,
  • negligible,
  • smallish,
  • sparing,
  • teeny-weeny,
  • minimal,
  • paltry.
  •stunted (adjective)
  • yea high,
  • yea big,
  • small fry,
  • runtish,
  • Undergrown,
  • scrubber,
  • runted.
  •teensy-weensy (adjective)
  • teensyweensy,
  • teensy weensy.
  •teeny (adjective)
  • teentiest,
  • teentier.
  •teeny-weeny (adjective)
  • teenyweeny,
  • teeny weeny.
  •tiny (adjective)
  • more minuscular,
  • most pee-wee,
  • more pocket-size,
  • more pocket size,
  • bitsiest,
  • pee wee,
  • more pee wee,
  • more pee-wee,
  • more pocketsize,
  • bitsier,
  • most minuscular,
  • most pocket-size,
  • most pocketsize,
  • pocket size,
  • most pee wee,
  • most pocket size.
  •tiny, petite (adjective)
  • undersize,
  • button.
  •trivial (adjective)
  • trivial,
  • skin deep,
  • skindeep.

• n.

  •
  • anaphora,
  • apposition,
  • derivative,
  • compound,
  • appropriacy,
  • blend,
  • affix,
  • canonical form,
  • componential analysis,
  • derivation.
  •bantam (noun)
  • bantam.
  •communication (noun)
  • diminutive.
  •diminutive (noun)
  • petite,
  • lilliputian.
  •pet name (noun)
  • pretty name,
  • Hypocoristic.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • toytown,
  • pocket-sized,
  • pint-size,
  • miniaturized,
  • handheld,
  • little bitty,
  • confined,
  • infinitesimal,
  • bite-sized,
  • shrunken,
  • cramped.
  •
  • fractional,
  • insubstantial,
  • discreet,
  • pert,
  • pygmy.
  •
  • cunning.
  •
  • marginal.
  •
  • neat.
  •dwarf
  • scrub.
  •tall
  • high.

Paraphrases for Diminutive:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    tiny, little, small, short, petite.

Antonyms for Diminutive:

• adj.

  • tiny, petite
    enormous, big, giant, tall, important, immense, large, huge.
  • Other antonyms:
    bountiful, boundless, infinite, enough, Bunyanesque, fat, liberal, thick, copious, appreciable, staggering, husky, stupendous, monolithic, plentiful, himalayan, gross, plenteous, immeasurable, heroic, sufficient, cavernous, incalculable, generous, adequate, herculean.

Diminutive Sentence Examples:

• Hadn't that faded memory of a mother once told him that thunder was a diamond falling from some goddess when struggling in the heavens against a diminutive monster?

• The diminutive butler made a pitiful attempt at his usual grin.

Homophones for Diminutive:

• dandify, denotative, dimetapp, Denotive, detonative, dehumidify.

Hyponym for Diminutive:

• n.

  • communication
    word.