SMALL PERSON

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A person of below average size

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("small person" is a kind of...):

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "small person"):

dwarf; midget; nanus (a person who is markedly small)

lilliputian (a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian))

homunculus; manikin; mannikin (a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal)

Pigmy; Pygmy (any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet)

pigmy; pygmy (an unusually small individual)

half-pint; peewee; runt; shrimp (disparaging terms for small people)

Tom Thumb (a very small person)

wisp (a small person)