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puny, negligible, minor, trifling, unimportant, paltry,
nugatory: The opinions of other people were not of the smallest
importance to him. 3 unimaginative, shallow, unoriginal,
mundane, everyday, limited, unprofound, uninspired, commonplace,
matter-of-fact, flat, two-dimensional: With their small minds
they were incapable of fully appreciating the scope of the
project. 4 skimpy, niggardly, stingy, uncharitable, ungenerous,
scanty, meagre, cheap, petty, parsimonious, grudging, stinting,
selfish, miserly, tight, tight-fisted, close-fisted, close;
poor, insignificant, inadequate, insufficient, unsatisfactory,
negligible, trifling, humble, small-scale, modest,
unpretentious, Colloq piddling, measly: With all your money, it
was very small of you not to contribute more to the scholarship
fund. We all thought their cheque was too small. 5
insignificant, limited, negligible, trifling, tiny; little,
minor, diminished, reduced, slight: Only a small number of
people came to the opening night. It was small consolation to be
told that he had come a good second. 6 feel small. feel
embarrassed or ashamed or shamed or humiliated or foolish, feel
discomfited or disconcerted or uncomfortable, feel mortified or
chagrined, Colloq feel put down: Doreen always managed to make
some remark that made Andrew feel small.
small-minded
adj. small, petty, selfish, stingy, grudging, niggardly,
ungenerous, mean, narrow-minded, narrow, close-minded,
uncharitable, hidebound, rigid, intolerant, unimaginative,
short-sighted, near-sighted, myopic: Charging members of staff
for local telephone calls seems rather small-minded.
small-time
adj. small, small-scale, unimportant, petty, piddling, minor,
insignificant, trifling, trivial: In less than ten years he
succeeded in building a small-time used-car business into a
national chain.
smart adj. 1 intelligent, clever, bright, brilliant, quick-witted,
sharp, acute, astute, capable, adept, apt, quick, ingenious:
Emily is one of the smartest children in the class. 2 canny,
perspicacious, perceptive, percipient, discerning,
knowledgeable, au fait, well-educated, well-read, erudite,
learned, well-versed, aware, shrewd, streetwise, Slang hip,
tuned in, US savvy: Brendan is smart enough to avoid trouble.