" dwarfish "

1: of a size that is less than average;

  * e.g., " ... a dwarfish people living deep in the rain forest "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bantam,

•  diminutive,

•  dinky,

•  fine,

•  half-pint,

•  Lilliputian,

•  little,

•  pint-size,

•  pocket,

•  pocket-size,

•  puny,

•  pygmy,

•  shrimpy,

•  slight,

•  small,

•  smallish,

•  subnormal,

•  toylike,

•  undersized

•  Antonyms : 

•  big,

•  biggish,

•  considerable,

•  goodly,

•  grand,

•  great,

•  handsome,

•  husky,

•  king-size,

•  large,

•  largish,

•  outsize,

•  overscale,

•  oversize,

•  sizable,

•  substantial,

•  tidy,

•  whacking,

•  whopping

1: an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers;

  * e.g., " ... Snow White and the seven dwarfs "

•  Synonyms : 

•  brownie,

•  elf,

•  faerie,

•  fairy,

•  fay,

•  gnome,

•  goblin,

•  gremlin,

•  hobgoblin,

•  kobold,

•  leprechaun,

•  pixie,

•  puck,

•  sprite,

•  troll

•  Antonyms : 

•  behemoth,

•  colossus,

•  giant,

•  jumbo,

•  leviathan,

•  mammoth,

•  monster,

•  titan

2: something (such as an animal) much smaller than others of its kind;

  * e.g., " ... Shetland ponies are the dwarfs of the horse world "

•  Synonyms : 

•  diminutive,

•  midget,

•  mite,

•  peewee,

•  pygmy,

•  runt,

•  scrub

•  Antonyms : 

•  big shot,

•  big wheel,

•  bigwig,

•  eminence,

•  figure,

•  kahuna,

•  kingpin,

•  magnate,

•  nabob,

•  personage,

•  somebody,

•  VIP

3: a person of no importance or influence;

  * e.g., " ... it would be ridiculous to compare the two sculptors—one's a giant of the art world and the other's a dwarf "

•  Synonyms : 

•  cipher,

•  half-pint,

•  insect,

•  insignificancy,

•  lightweight,

•  morsel,

•  nobody,

•  nonentity,

•  nothing,

•  nullity,

•  number,

•  pip-squeak,

•  pygmy,

•  snippersnapper,

•  twerp,

•  whippersnapper,

•  zero,

•  zilch

•  Antonyms : 

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