diminutive

Meanings

Plural: diminutives

Noun

• a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness
• A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

Adjective Satellite

• very small
  • "diminutive in stature"

Adj

• Very small.
• Serving to diminish.
• Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

Synonyms

bantam, flyspeck, lilliputian, midget, nomen deminutivum, petite, tiny

Antonyms

augmentative, gigantic, huge

Related Words

and suffixes, diminish, diminution, diminutization, diminutize, hypocorism, interjections, pet form, pet name, proper nouns

Anagrams of diminutive