lilliputian

Plural: lilliputians

Noun

• a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
• a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
• A very small person or being.
• A fruit fly gene that, when mutated, makes cells abnormally small. See AFF2.

Adjective

• tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput
  • "the Lilliputian population"

Adjective Satellite

• very small
  • "a lilliputian chest of drawers"
• (informal) small and of little importance
  • "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"

Adj

• Very small, diminutive
• Trivial, petty

Synonyms

bantam, diminutive, fiddling, flyspeck, footling, little, midget, niggling, petite, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, tiny, trivial

Antonyms

Brobdingnagian

Related Words

lilliput, munchkin, tiddler

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