dwarf

Nouns

  • (n) a person who is markedly small midget, nanus,
  • (n) a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure gnome,
  • (n) a plant or animal that is atypically small

Verbs

  • (v) make appear small by comparison
    • This year's debt dwarfs that of last year
    overshadow, shadow,
  • (v) check the growth of
    • the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines

Synonyms

midget nanus overshadow shadow gnome

Words of close approximity

dwarf astilbe dwarf banana dwarf bilberry dwarf blueberry dwarf buckeye dwarf buffalo dwarf cape gooseberry dwarf chestnut dwarf chinkapin oak dwarf chinquapin oak dwarf cornel dwarf daisy dwarf dandelion dwarf elder dwarf elm dwarf flowering almond dwarf golden chinkapin dwarf gray willow dwarf grey willow dwarf hulsea dwarf iris dwarfish dwarfishness dwarfism dwarf juniper dwarf lycopod dwarf maple dwarf mountain pine dwarf mulberry dwarf nipplewort dwarf oak dwarf phlox dwarf pipefish dwarf pocket rat dwarf Russian almond dwarf sperm whale dwarf spurge dwarf sumac dwarf tulip dwarf-white trillium dwarf willow