lilliputian

  • (a) tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput
    • the Lilliputian population
  • (s) very small
    • diminutive in stature
    • a lilliputian chest of drawers
    • her petite figure
    • tiny feet
    • the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy
    bantam, diminutive, flyspeck, midget, petite, tiny,
  • (s) (informal) small and of little importance
    • 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
    fiddling, footling, niggling, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial, petty, little,

Nouns

  • (n) a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
  • (n) a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift

Synonyms

bantam diminutive flyspeck midget petite tiny fiddling footling niggling picayune piddling piffling trivial petty little

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