lesser
Syllables: less·erUK/ˈlɛsə//ˈlɛsɚ/
lesser adjective: of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc.
Adjective (1)
lesser (not comparable)
Adjective (2)
lesser (not comparable)
- that which is of lesser size, quality, degree, or significance; of lower status, importance, or rank
- The larger Sand Hill Cranes increasingly do not migrate, but almost all lesser ones do.
- Between the two men, he was clearly the lesser one.
Proper noun capitalized: Lesser
Lesser (plural Lessers)
- A surname.
- Into them Lesser inserts three intentionally similar heroines, annoying American expats in Cambridge, England,[ ]whose Anglophilia leads to a quite unwarranted amount of sightseeing.2005 October 9, Lucy Ellmann, “'The Pagoda in the Garden': Are We Amused Yet?”, in The New York Times
lesser meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
lesser in Hindi
- the comparative of little
- लघुतर laghutar
lesser in Urdu
- lesser, inferior
- نیچا nīcā, بدتر badtar
lesser in Bengali
- ক্ষুদ্রতর, নিকৃষ্টতর
lesser in Malayalam
- പാട്ടം കൊടുത്തവൻ, ജന്മി, താണതരമായ
More languagesFewer languages
- lesser in Arabic
- أَصْغَر ʔaṣḡar
- lesser in Persian
- کوچکتر kôčaktar
Examples of lesser in a sentence
- In automotive design, safety should override lesser factors such as cosmetics and corner-cutting.
- Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought.
- They all had to either accept a bump down to a lesser role or get fired.
Antonyms of lesser
Forms of lesser
| plural | Lessers |
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Origin of lesser
From less + -er.
Words formed from lesser
- lesser adjutant
- lesser anteater
- Lesser Antilles
- lesser ape
- lesser arcana
- lesser auk
- lesser baby innocence
- lesser bandicoot rat
- lesser bilby
- lesser black-backed gull
- Lesser Britain
- lesser capybara
- lesser celandine
- lesser chinchilla
- lesser clubmoss
- lesser crested tern
- lesser cuckoo
- lesser evilism
- lesser-evilism
- lesser evilist
- lesser evil
- lesser of two evils
- lesser extent
- lesser flamingo
- lesser galangal
- lesser goldfinch
- lesser green leafbird
- lesser grey shrike
- lesser hedgehog tenrec
- lesser included offence
- lesser included offense
- lesser jacana
- lesser kestrel
- lesser-known
- lesser kudu
- lesser moa
- lesser mortal
- lesser multangular
- lesserness
- lesser nothura
- lesser occipital nerve
- lesser omentum
- lesser petrosal nerve
- lesser prairie chicken
- lesser redpoll
- lesser rhea
- lesser roadrunner
- lesser rorqual
- lesser sac
- lesser sandplover
- lesser saphenous vein
- lesser scaup
- lesser seal script
- lesser siren
- Lesser Slave Lake
- Lesser Slave River
- lesser spot-nosed monkey
- lesser-spotted
- lesser spotted
- lesser spotted eagle
Phrases with lesser
- Lesser Eid
- lesser yam
- lesser apes
- Lesser Asia
- lesser auks
- lesser moas
- lesser sacs
- Lesser Wain
- lesser wing
- lesser evils
- lesser known
- lesser kudus
66 more phrasesFewer phrases
- lesser panda
- lesser rheas
- lesser wings
- Lesser Litany
- lesser pandas
- Lesser Poland
- lesser scaups
- lesser sirens
- Lesser Sundas
- lesser weever
- Lesser Armenia
- lesser bilbies
- lesser jacanas
- lesser mortals
- Lesser Caucasus
- lesser evilists
- lesser kestrels
- lesser nothuras
- lesser redpolls
- lesser rorquals
- lesser wanderer
- lesser adjutants
- lesser anteaters
- Lesser Antillean
- lesser capybaras
- lesser flamingos
- lesser wanderers
- Lesser Antilleans
- lesser celandines
- lesser clubmosses
- lesser flamingoes
- lesser trochanter
- lesser yellowlegs
- lesser chinchillas
- lesser goldfinches
- lesser roadrunners
- lesser sandplovers
- lesser trochanters
- lesser whitethroat
- to a lesser extent
- lesser grey shrikes
- lesser multangulars
- lesser whitethroats
- lesser crested terns
- Lesser Sunda Islands
- lesser bandicoot rats
- lesser spotted eagles
- lesser whistling duck
- lesser whistling teal
- lesser green leafbirds
- Lesser Poland Province
- lesser saphenous veins
- lesser whistling ducks
- lesser whistling teals
- lesser hedgehog tenrecs
- lesser prairie chickens
- lesser included offences
- lesser included offenses
- lesser vestibular glands
- lesser black-backed gulls
- Lesser Poland Voivodeship
- lesser spot-nosed monkeys
- lesser spotted woodpecker
- lesser spotted woodpeckers
- lesser white-fronted geese
- lesser white-fronted goose
Words that rhyme with lesser
Questions about lesser
- What does lesser mean?
- Lesser means of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc.
- What is lesser in Hindi?
- Lesser in Hindi is लघुतर (laghutar). See Lesser meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lesser?
- Lesser can be an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce lesser?
- Lesser is pronounced /ˈlɛsɚ/ (US).
Words near lesser in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lesser (page history and authors); Lesser (page history and authors); بدتر (Urdu) (page history and authors); lesser (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lesser (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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