diminutive

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.

Examples

• Booklet, the diminutive of book, means ‘small book’.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

augmentative, gigantic, huge

Related Words

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

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