lilliputian

Definition of lilliputian

Adjectives

very small
"a lilliputian chest of drawers"
Synonyms:
bantam, diminutive, flyspeck, midget, petite, tiny
little, small
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
(informal) small and of little importance
"our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"
Synonyms:
fiddling, footling, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial
unimportant
not important

Nouns

a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
Type of:
small person
a person of below average size

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Other Spellings

Lilliputian

Words that contain lilliputian

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