" slighter "

1: as in littler;

•  Synonyms : 

•  littler,

•  deficient,

•  inadequate,

•  insufficient,

•  unacceptable,

•  jerkwater,

•  low-rent,

•  one-horse,

•  small-time,

•  two-bit,

•  amiss,

•  bad,

•  defective,

•  unsatisfactory,

•  wrong,

•  average,

•  common,

•  fair,

•  middling,

•  ordinary,

•  junior,

•  lesser,

•  lower,

•  low-level,

•  petty,

•  smaller,

•  subordinate,

•  under,

•  inferior,

•  mean,

•  minor,

•  secondary,

•  second-class,

•  second-rate

•  Antonyms : 

•  greater,

•  higher,

•  superior,

•  major,

•  more,

•  primary,

•  senior,

•  choice,

•  exceptional,

•  first-class,

•  first-rate,

•  high-grade,

•  premium,

•  prime,

•  select,

•  selected,

•  acceptable,

•  adequate,

•  sufficient

1: lacking bodily strength;

  * e.g., " ... a small lad with a slight build "

•  Synonyms : 

•  asthenic,

•  debilitated,

•  delicate,

•  down-and-out,

•  effete,

•  enervated,

•  enfeebled,

•  faint,

•  feeble,

•  frail,

•  infirm,

•  languid,

•  low,

•  prostrate,

•  prostrated,

•  sapped,

•  soft,

•  softened,

•  tender,

•  unsubstantial,

•  wasted,

•  weak,

•  weakened,

•  wimpish,

•  wimpy

•  Antonyms : 

•  mighty,

•  powerful,

•  rugged,

•  stalwart,

•  stout,

•  strong

2: lacking importance;

  * e.g., " ... a slight comedy that did nothing to further her career "

•  Synonyms : 

•  fiddling,

•  foolish,

•  frivolous,

•  incidental,

•  inconsequential,

•  inconsiderable,

•  insignificant,

•  little,

•  Mickey Mouse,

•  minor,

•  minute,

•  negligible,

•  nugatory,

•  small,

•  small-fry,

•  trifling,

•  trivial,

•  unimportant

•  Antonyms : 

•  big,

•  consequential,

•  eventful,

•  important,

•  major,

•  material,

•  meaningful,

•  momentous,

•  significant,

•  substantial,

•  unfrivolous,

•  weighty

3: of a size that is less than average;

  * e.g., " ... the slight youth packed a surprisingly solid punch "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bantam,

•  diminutive,

•  dinky,

•  dwarfish,

•  fine,

•  half-pint,

•  Lilliputian,

•  little,

•  pint-size,

•  pocket,

•  pocket-size,

•  puny,

•  pygmy,

•  shrimpy,

•  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