n.

1. the slender part of the back
2. a garment size for a small person

adj.

1. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent;
   little
   
   • a little dining room
   • a little house
   • a small car
   • a little (or small) group
2. limited in size or scope;
   minor, modest, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized
   
   • a small business
   • a newspaper with a modest circulation
   • small-scale plans
   • a pocket-size country
3. low or inferior in station or quality;
   humble, low, lowly, modest
   
   • a humble cottage
   • a lowly parish priest
   • a modest man of the people
   • small beginnings
4. (of children and animals) young, immature;
   little
   
   • what a big little boy you are
   • small children
5. not large but sufficient in size or amount;
   modest
   
   • a modest salary
   • modest inflation
   • helped in my own small way
6. (of a voice) faint;
   little
   
   • a little voice
   • a still small voice
7. slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope;
   small(a)
   
   • a series of death struggles with small time in between
8. made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth);
   belittled, diminished
   
   • her comments made me feel small
9. lowercase;
   little, minuscule
   
   • little a
   • small a
   • e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters
10. have fine or very small constituent particles
    
    • a small misty rain

adv.

1. on a small scale
   
   • think small