PETITE Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the word petite. (close relations)
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| Word | Save | More Find | Usage | Type | ||
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| diminutive | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness adjective satellite • very small | ||||||
| tiny | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • very small | ||||||
| dainty | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • something considered choice to eat adjective satellite • delicately beautiful • especially pleasing to the taste • excessively fastidious and easily disgusted | ||||||
| delicate | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury adjective satellite • marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique • easily broken or damaged or destroyed • easily hurt • developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety • difficult to handle; requiring great tact • of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely | ||||||
| little | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||
adjective • limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent • (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some • low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal noun • a small amount or duration adverb • not much adjective satellite • (of children and animals) young, immature • (informal) small and of little importance • (of a voice) faint • lowercase • small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context) | ||||||
| miniature | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) • a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size adjective satellite • being on a very small scale | ||||||
| minuscule | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries noun • the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case • a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts adjective satellite • lowercase • extremely small | ||||||
| slender | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • being of delicate or slender build • very narrow • having little width in proportion to the length or height • small in quantity | ||||||
| slight | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some noun • a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) adjective satellite • lacking substance or significance • being of delicate or slender build verb • pay no attention to, disrespect | ||||||
| small | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent noun • the slender part of the back • a garment size for a small person adverb • on a small scale adjective satellite • relatively moderate, limited, or small • (of children and animals) young, immature • slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope • low or inferior in station or quality • lowercase • (of a voice) faint • have fine or very small constituent particles • not large but sufficient in size or amount • made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth) | ||||||
| wee | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • a short time adjective satellite • (used informally) little or tiny • very early verb • eliminate urine | ||||||
| bantam | nounn | |||||
noun • any of various small breeds of fowl adjective satellite • very small | ||||||
| flyspeck | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly adjective satellite • very small | ||||||
| lilliputian | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
adjective • tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput noun • a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift • a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian) adjective satellite • very small • (informal) small and of little importance | ||||||
