small

(noun) the slender part of the back.

(noun) a garment size for a small person.

(adj) limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent. Synonyms: small (vs. large), little (vs. big). Examples: "A little dining room." "A little house." "A small car." "A little (or small) group."

(adj) limited in size or scope. Synonyms: minor, modest, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized. Examples: "A small business." "A newspaper with a modest circulation." "Small-scale plans." "A pocket-size country."

(adj) (of children and animals) young, immature. Synonyms: little. Examples: "What a big little boy you are." "Small children."

(adj) slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope. Synonyms: small(prenominal). Examples: "A series of death struggles with small time in between."

(adj) low or inferior in station or quality. Synonyms: humble, low, lowly, modest. Examples: "A humble cottage." "A lowly parish priest." "A modest man of the people." "Small beginnings."

(adj) lowercase. Synonyms: little, minuscule. Examples: "Little a." "Small a." "E.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters."

(adj) (of a voice) faint. Synonyms: little. Examples: "A little voice." "A still small voice."

(adj) have fine or very small constituent particles. Examples: "A small misty rain."

(adj) not large but sufficient in size or amount. Synonyms: modest. Examples: "A modest salary." "Modest inflation." "Helped in my own small way."

(adj) made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth). Synonyms: belittled, diminished. Examples: "Her comments made me feel small."

(adv) on a small scale. Examples: "Think small."