lesser

Plural: lessers

Adjective

• Not as large, important, or significant.
• of less size or importance
  • "the lesser anteater"
  • "the lesser of two evils"
• (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree

Adjective Satellite

• smaller in size or amount or value
  • "the lesser powers of Europe"
  • "the lesser anteater"
• (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality
• (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer

Adj

• comparative form of little: more little
• Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc.

Noun

• a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc.

Examples

• He settled for a LESSER score, prioritizing opening up the board over a few extra points.
• lesser panda
• lesser yellowlegs
• The greater sand hills increasingly do not migrate, but almost all lessers do.

Synonyms

less

Antonyms

greater, more

Related Words

fewer, less, lesser of two evils

Anagrams of lesser