383 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ lˈɛs], [ lˈɛs], [ l_ˈɛ_s]

Similar words for less:

• all (adjective)
• diminished (adjective)
• few (adjective)
• inferior (adjective)
• less (adjective)
• minus (adjective)
• other relevant words (adjective)
• shorter (adjective)
• wanting (adjective)
• all (adverb)
• little (adverb)
• fewer (noun)
• less (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• smaller (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words
• other relevant words (noun)

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Homophones for less

Synonyms for Less:

• adj.

  • all (adjective)
  • less.
  • diminished (adjective)
  • minus.
  • few (adjective)
  • some,
  • meager,
  • piddling,
  • semioccasional,
  • insufficient,
  • not too many,
  • scarcely any,
  • not many,
  • Unfrequent,
  • few and far between,
  • occasional,
  • inconsiderable,
  • trifling,
  • widely spaced,
  • middling.
  • inferior (adjective)
  • most inferior,
  • second-banana,
  • bottom-rung,
  • second-fiddle,
  • entry level,
  • menial,
  • second-string,
  • back seat,
  • entry-level,
  • junior.
  • less (adjective)
  • beneath,
  • below,
  • lower than,
  • under.
  • minus (adjective)
  • short of.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • smaller,
  • not up to par,
  • not good enough,
  • too little too late,
  • in default,
  • out of gas.
  • shorter (adjective)
  • more lessened,
  • more curtailed,
  • more diminished,
  • most lessened,
  • most curtailed.
  • wanting (adjective)
  • in complete,
  • sub-standard,
  • co-oked,
  • unfulfilled,
  • in-complete,
  • de void,
  • be-reft,
  • most unfulfilled,
  • most away,
  • more cooked,
  • more unfulfilled,
  • dis appointing,
  • un-sounder,
  • out gas,
  • not to par,
  • un-fulfilled,
  • co oked,
  • un-soundest,
  • most cooked,
  • un sound,
  • be reft,
  • sub standard,
  • not par,
  • un-sound,
  • de-void,
  • dis-appointing,
  • un sounder,
  • un fulfilled,
  • not up par,
  • more away.

• adv.

  • all (adverb)
  • to a lesser extent.
  • little (adverb)
  • meagerly,
  • barely,
  • to a smaller extent,
  • in a lower degree.

• n.

  •
  • let,
  • power,
  • plus,
  • divide/multiply by,
  • peak,
  • And.
  •
  • not so... (as),
  • least,
  • the next best/largest/smallest etc.,
  • nowhere/not anywhere near.
  • fewer (noun)
  • fewer.
  • less (noun)
  • lower.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • reduction,
  • position,
  • inferior.
  • smaller (noun)
  • in decline,
  • circumscribed,
  • not so significant,
  • not so much as.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • IFF,
  • few.
  •
  • not.
  • Other relevant words:
  • mediocrity,
  • degree,
  • shoddiness,
  • analogy,
  • deficiency,
  • slightness,
  • grouping,
  • narrowness,
  • meanness,
  • measurement,
  • littleness,
  • association,
  • inadequacy,
  • extent,
  • quantity,
  • lessening,
  • petiteness,
  • comparison,
  • tininess,
  • gradation,
  • measure,
  • shortness,
  • decrease,
  • smallness,
  • inferiority,
  • number,
  • inability,
  • scantiness,
  • amount,
  • insignificance,
  • size,
  • scale.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • eroded,
  • smallest,
  • small,
  • miniaturized,
  • worn,
  • virtually,
  • to a degree,
  • also,
  • actually,
  • underneath,
  • belittled,
  • flaw,
  • ablated,
  • scarcely,
  • not as great,
  • fewest,
  • minor,
  • shortcoming,
  • employment,
  • Curtailed,
  • in effect,
  • besides,
  • Subtracting,
  • same as,
  • fault,
  • effectively,
  • furthermore,
  • relent,
  • truly,
  • come,
  • devolve,
  • vulgar,
  • work,
  • dearth,
  • watered-down,
  • derivative,
  • save,
  • subservient,
  • trade,
  • off,
  • magnitude,
  • lowly,
  • occasionally,
  • modest,
  • low,
  • use,
  • not equal to,
  • close upon,
  • lessen,
  • secondrate,
  • hardly,
  • Retrenched,
  • relatively,
  • unsubstantial,
  • just about,
  • proportion,
  • minus sign,
  • so to speak,
  • deny,
  • kind of,
  • slightly,
  • nonetheless,
  • roughly,
  • subaltern,
  • Discounting,
  • fail,
  • nakedly,
  • decreased,
  • fallen,
  • wellnigh,
  • neighbourhood,
  • as,
  • common,
  • nether,
  • passably,
  • at a disadvantage,
  • except,
  • shorter,
  • check,
  • partly,
  • devoid,
  • quit,
  • settle,
  • substantially,
  • Nearing,
  • too,
  • all but,
  • diminuendo,
  • underprivileged,
  • depressed,
  • leaving out,
  • temperately,
  • very,
  • below the mark,
  • nullify,
  • pretty,
  • seldom,
  • servile,
  • break,
  • simply,
  • to some extent,
  • dissipated,
  • dependent,
  • dropped,
  • baser,
  • sort of,
  • less than,
  • scaled-down,
  • imperfect,
  • exclusive of,
  • merely,
  • nearly,
  • comparatively,
  • in way of,
  • demerit,
  • least of all,
  • minimised,
  • relative quantity,
  • ordinary,
  • at the nadir,
  • weakened,
  • defect,
  • subject,
  • intent,
  • close to,
  • omit,
  • around,
  • in truth,
  • less and less,
  • in the shade,
  • barring,
  • essentially,
  • bated,
  • deviate,
  • blemish,
  • bit,
  • within reason,
  • chthonian,
  • Decreasingly,
  • really,
  • again,
  • curtail,
  • wanting,
  • deprive,
  • subscript,
  • withdraw,
  • as it were,
  • out,
  • deduction,
  • rather,
  • consumed,
  • Abated,
  • little bit,
  • occupation,
  • lour,
  • consequence,
  • seemingly,
  • sine,
  • in essence,
  • not much,
  • Excepting,
  • From,
  • basically,
  • humble,
  • something like,
  • incidental,
  • within limits,
  • shrunk,
  • quasi-,
  • at bottom,
  • way,
  • somewhat,
  • poor,
  • quasi,
  • bulk,
  • shortened,
  • incomplete,
  • slight,
  • inadequate,
  • just,
  • fairly,
  • practically,
  • application,
  • relieve,
  • Diminishingly,
  • shorn,
  • as good as,
  • approaching,
  • almost,
  • about,
  • little,
  • Without,
  • chthonic,
  • in moderation,
  • baldly,
  • considerably,
  • approximately,
  • scantily,
  • not counting,
  • lowered,
  • secondary,
  • moderately,
  • apparently,
  • but for,
  • infra dig,
  • to some degree,
  • diminished,
  • Declined,
  • reduced,
  • Slighter,
  • intermit,
  • deficient,
  • enough,
  • in the gutter,
  • disadvantaged,
  • uncommonly,
  • decrescendo,
  • bad,
  • sub,
  • not quite,
  • deflated,
  • Sans,
  • business,
  • not as much,
  • attenuated,
  • limited,
  • hold back,
  • negative,
  • in fact,
  • leave behind,
  • effect,
  • lacking,
  • equivalent to,
  • disappear,
  • Circumcised,
  • in some measure,
  • for practical purposes,
  • subordinate,
  • contracted,
  • drop,
  • lesser,
  • yet,
  • minimized,
  • ancillary,
  • Excluding,
  • quite,
  • demeaning,
  • shrunken,
  • leashes,
  • as if,
  • moreover.

How to use "Less" in context?

Paraphrases for Less:

• Independent

  • Coordinating conjunction
    both, lf, min, minimize, neither, or, so, variance, yet, From, Non, Nor, T, Whether, Without, Wo, &.
  • Cardinal number
    zero, 593.
  • Adjective, comparative
    bigger, cleaner, lighter, quicker, slower, worse, younger, Narrower, Simpler, SAFER, weaker, wider, happier, poorer, shallower, cheaper, rarer, broader, shorter, briefer, stronger, harder, deeper, scarcer.
  • Adjective, superlative
    shortest, slightest, smallest, worst.
  • Adjective
    alone, few, highest, juvenile, limited, little, minimum, minor, much, short, small, smallest, under, shorter.
  • Proper noun, singular
    abatement, add, addition, address, again, age, alleviation, appendix, appropriation, available, below, best, between, beyond, bit, body, bottom, bridge, child, costs, credit, cutting, declining, decreased, decreasing, deduction, disaster, due, education, english, enhanced, eradicate, exceeding, excess, expenditure, few, finland, floor, furthermore, gdp, grain, highest, highly, ignorance, improve, improved, increasing, inferior, juvenile, kick, kind, largest, light, limit, limited, little, lowering, lowest, main, minder, minimal, minimise, minimize, minimum, minor, mitigation, narrow, nutrition, or, piece, puppet, reduced, relief, rule, short, shortly, sir, small, smallest, somewhat, spending, stretch, subordinate, uncommon, under, university, unlikely, vote, zion, Addressing, Alleviating, Among, Children, Excluding, Grains, M, Mitigating, Ya, expenses, U.S., Siu, Expenditures, cuts, decreases, reduces, reductions, juveniles, instructors, LDC, shorter, stronger, god, -lsb-, low-, iittle.
  • Noun, plural
    circumstances, hours, minutes, or, viewers, ways, Children, Persons, Vehicles, levels, reductions, relationships, periods, witnesses, ages, months, amounts, degrees, minuses, weekends, analysts, moins.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    age, child, contravention, courtesy, cutting, decreased, derogation, diminution, disaster, excess, fraction, juvenile, lighter, lowering, lowest, minimize, minimum, minor, misdemeanour, narrowing, offset, particle, reliance, robot, shred, youngster, Bridging, HUH, milder, colder, Non-resident, skank.
  • Adverb, comparative
    slower, worse, cheaper, harder, deeper.
  • Adverb
    alone, approximately, barely, else, equally, little, much, nevertheless, nonetheless, otherwise, poorly, rarely, rather, relatively, scarcely, seldom, short, slightly, so, somewhat, under.
  • Verb, past tense
    decreased, reduced, spent, Declined.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    barring, becoming, continuing, cutting, declining, decreasing, diminishing, exceeding, falling, lacking, looking, losing, lowering, missing, moving, reduced, running, saving, shrinking, weakening, Excluding, Having, Subtracting.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    reduced, remains, cuts, decreases, diminishes, reduces, declines, suggests, happens, is, moins.
  • Verb, base form
    reduced.

• Other Related

  • Adjective, comparative
    lesser.
  • Adjective, superlative
    lowest.
  • Adjective
    below, decreased, diminished, inferior, lesser, lowest, minimal, reduced.
  • Proper noun, singular
    alleviate, lesser.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    lessening.
  • Adverb
    below, lesser.

Homophones for Less:

• lilac, logos, Louis Ix, leo xiii, losses, lxxxii, Louis Xii, lease, look away, lochia, lichee, lucky, leech, lewis, lug, laws, lxiii, leak, league, Leo Esaki, leaky, lewisia, Lugh, leash, lxx, locus, loloish, lexis, lick, leek, legacy, lichi, lxxii, liza, lassa, liliales, laius, laos, laze, Louis X, luge, loggia, look, lazio, logic, lawless, lux, lucy, legs, loose, lakh, log z's, lose, louis, loge, lugosi, lock, lassie, lyssa, loasaceae, Lego, lock away, loasa, lag, log, luxe, logy, Louis Xiii, Louis Ii, luscious, loquacious, Les, lxxxi, loach, leggy, Louis XI, leakey, lace, lie awake, lollygag, low-key, laugh away, lees, lockage, luce, lachesis, laugh, loos, lxxx, leacock, lockjaw, Lusaka, lysis, Leo X, Lech, louse, llullaillaco, lucas, lycia, lx, lisu, lousy, laic, lass, Louis I, lycee, lxxi, leechee, lush, lycosa, lxii, lacy, liege, laicize, lake, lao-zi, luck, luke, lasso, lxxiii, lychee, lake keuka, lallygag, leach, loxia, lagos, lack, lough, leg, lac wax, lxxxiii, leakage, lek, leo ix, Lake Cayuga, lackey, laicise, loki, lechwe, lazy, lash, loess, loss, Louis Agassiz, logo, locke, lygus, lax, leuciscus, louche, lasix, loch, lhasa, lascaux, luggage, lessee, loco, liaise, lac, lxi, likewise, lossy, like, loligo, lox, lilylike, lachaise, Louis Iii, Liliaceae, leigh, luik, liliaceous.