Roget's Thesaurus

#193. Littleness

Nouns

littleness etc. adj.; smallness etc. (of quantity) 32; exiguity, inextension; parvitude, parvity; duodecimo; Elzevir edition, epitome, microcosm; rudiment; vanishing point; thinness etc. 203. dwarf, pygmy, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon, urchin, elf; atomy, dandiprat; doll, puppet; Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb; manikin, mannikin; homunculus, dapperling, cock-sparrow. animalcule, monad, mite, insect, emmet, fly, midge, gnat, shrimp, minnow, worm, maggot, entozoon; bacteria; infusoria; microzoa [Micro.]; phytozoaria; microbe; grub; tit, tomtit, runt, mouse, small fry; millet seed, mustard seed; barleycorn; pebble, grain of sand; molehill, button, bubble. point; atom etc. (small quantity) 32; fragment etc. (small part) 51; powder etc. 330; point of a pin, mathematical point; minutiae etc. (unimportance) 643. micrometer; vernier; scale. microphotography, photomicrography, micrography; photomicrograph, microphotograph; microscopy; microscope (optical instruments) 445.

Verbs

be little etc. adj.; lie in a nutshell; become small etc. (decrease) 36, (contract) 195.

Adjectives

little; small etc. (in quantity) 32; minute, diminutive, microscopic; microzoal; inconsiderable etc. (unimportant) 643; exiguous, puny, tiny, wee, petty, minikin, miniature, pygmy, pigmy, elfin; undersized; dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish; spare, stunted, limited; cramp, cramped; pollard, Liliputian, dapper, pocket; portative, portable; duodecimo; dumpy, squat; short etc. 201. impalpable, intangible, evanescent, imperceptible, invisible, inappreciable, insignificant, inconsiderable, trivial; infinitesimal, homoeopathic; atomic, subatomic, corpuscular, molecular; rudimentary, rudimental; embryonic, vestigial. weazen, scant, scraggy, scrubby; thin etc. (narrow) 203; granular etc. (powdery) 330; shrunk etc. 195; brevipennate.

Adverbs

in a small compass, in a nutshell; on a small scale; minutely, microscopically.