Definition for Stunted:

• Hindered in growth; dwarfed.

Synonyms for Stunted:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • stunted.
  •puny (adjective)
  • in-consequential,
  • un sound,
  • most small fry,
  • most smallfry,
  • zilcher,
  • smallfry,
  • runtest,
  • more unconsequential,
  • in consequential,
  • most halfpint,
  • in firmest,
  • more small-fry,
  • un-substantial,
  • two bit,
  • twobit,
  • un consequential,
  • most half-pint,
  • more zero,
  • un-soundest,
  • half pint,
  • more half-pint,
  • un sounder,
  • more half pint,
  • halfpint,
  • in-firmer,
  • most peewee,
  • most half pint,
  • un-sounder,
  • more peewee,
  • more nothing,
  • un substantial,
  • most zero,
  • shrimpest,
  • in firmer,
  • more small fry,
  • most small-fry,
  • more smallfry,
  • zilchest,
  • most nothing,
  • in-firmest,
  • un-consequential,
  • runter,
  • un-sound,
  • more halfpint,
  • most unconsequential.
  •short (adjective)
  • shortest,
  • short,
  • pocket-sized,
  • sawed-off,
  • not long,
  • close to the ground,
  • runty.
  •small (adjective)
  • bittiest,
  • bittier,
  • bitty,
  • un-pretentious.
  •undersized (adjective)
  • under sized,
  • under-sized.

• n.

  •
  • slowly,
  • slow,
  • stagnation,
  • underdeveloped,
  • backward.
  •
  • diminutive,
  • slight,
  • discreet,
  • minuscule,
  • minute,
  • tiny,
  • microscopic,
  • midget.
  •stunted (noun)
  • inferior.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • latent,
  • latency,
  • stagnant,
  • stop-go,
  • dormant.

Paraphrases for Stunted:

• Independent

  • Verb, past participle
    stopped, undermined, Prevented, sequestered, stranded, dented, diminished, frustrated, inhibited, stifled, restrained, Stalled, stuck, constrained, downgraded, discouraged, nullified, depressed, shortened, postponed, decreased, disrupted, obstructed, encumbered, stymied, Squeezed, Challenged, Curtailed, lessened, shut, downsized, deadlocked, impaired, Overtaken, impeded, handicapped, trapped, weakened, restricted, Dampened, mitigated, Hindered, thwarted, Precluded, Compromised, Declined, withheld, retarded, blockaded, reduced, degraded, prejudiced, shrunk, moderated, crippled, occluded, Dwindled, jammed, limited, curbed, frozen, braked, Slowed, Hampered, choked, slashed, halted, mired, Lagged, narrowed, lowered, scaled, eased, fallen, blocked, locked, dropped, Lodged, deferred, cut, Acted.

Antonyms for Stunted:

• adj.

  • kept from growing
    large, growing, developing.
  • Other antonyms:
    superior.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    superordinate, higher-up.

Stunted Sentence Examples:

• Can you forget all this, while you listen to the sea gulls' plaints on these bare rocks and cliffs, and the cold storms out of the north howl through the stunted birches?

• Here Katrine lived alone, though her father, the little stunted Pole who kept the " Pistol Shot," was one of the richest men in the city.