smallest

Adjective

small (comparative smaller, superlative smallest)

1. Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
   • A small serving of ice cream.

   Synonyms:

   little, microscopic, minuscule, minute, tiny

   Antonyms:

   big, generous, large, ample, exceeding, cosmic, bodacious, broad, commodious, considerable

   1. Humiliated or insignificant.
      • The bullies had succeeded in making him feel small.
   2. Having a small penis, muscles, or other important body parts, regardless of overall body size.
      • (of genitals)
2. (figuratively, not comparable) Young, as a child.
   • Remember when the children were small?

   Synonyms:

   little, wee, young

   Antonyms:

   adult, grown-up, old

3. (not comparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written or printed letters.
   • "I've got catholic tastes. Catholic with a small "c", of course."1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 584

   Synonyms:

   lowercase, minuscule

   Antonyms:

   big, capital, majuscule, uppercase

4. Evincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
   • A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of interesting the greatest man.1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling

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