Diminutive

[dɪ'mɪnjʊtɪv] or [dɪ'mɪnjətɪv]

Definition

(noun.) a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness.

Inputed by Hodge--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Below the average size; very small; little.

(a.) Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.

(a.) Tending to diminish.

(n.) Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.

(n.) A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin.

Checker: Peggy

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Little, small, dwarfish, tiny, puny, pygmean, contracted, minute, of small size.

Inputed by Carter

Synonyms and Antonyms

[See DIMINISH_and_SMALL]

Edited by Bessie