Synonyms for Lilliputian

Synonyms for (noun) Lilliputian

Synonyms: Lilliputian

Definition: a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift

Similar words: fictional character, fictitious character, character

Definition: an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

Usage: she is the main character in the novel


Synonyms: lilliputian

Definition: a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)

Similar words: small person

Definition: a person of below average size


Synonyms for (adj) Lilliputian

Synonyms: trivial, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, lilliputian, little, footling, fiddling

Definition: (informal) small and of little importance

Usage: a fiddling sum of money; a footling gesture; our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war; a little (or small) matter; a dispute over niggling details; limited to petty enterprises; piffling efforts; giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction

Similar words: unimportant

Definition: not important

Usage: a relatively unimportant feature of the system; the question seems unimportant


Synonyms: tiny, bantam, lilliputian, midget, diminutive, petite, flyspeck

Definition: very small

Usage: diminutive in stature; a lilliputian chest of drawers; her petite figure; tiny feet; the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy

Similar words: little, small

Definition: limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

Usage: a little dining room; a little house; a small car; a little (or small) group


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