Less

Adverb

 * 1) To smaller extent
 * 2) In lower degree
 * This is a less bad solution than I thought possible.

Antonyms

 * more

Adjective
( least)


 * 1)   Smaller.
 * 2) * 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 141:
 * Those Rattels are somewhat like the chape of a Rapier, but lesse [...].
 * 1) A smaller amount (of); not as much.
 * I have less than you have.
 * I have less tea than coffee.
 * 1)  A smaller number of; fewer.
 * 2) * 2003, Timandra Harkness, The Guardian, 16 Dec 2003:
 * Although my hosts, G S Aviation, can teach you to fly in Wiltshire, an intensive week at their French airfield means less problems with the weather, cheap but good living, and complete removal from any distractions.
 * 1) * 1952, Thomas M Pryor, The New York Times, 7 Sep 1952:
 * This is not a happy situation as far as the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes is concerned because it means less jobs for the union's members here at home.

Antonyms

 * more

Preposition

 * 1) minus; not including
 * It should then tax all of that as personal income, less the proportion of the car's annual mileage demonstrably clocked up on company business.

Antonyms

 * plus

Thesaurus
abated, ablated, at a disadvantage, at the nadir, attenuated, barring, bated, belittled, below, below the mark, common, consumed, contracted, curtailed, decreased, decreasingly, decrescendo, deflated, demeaning, diminished, diminishingly, diminuendo, disadvantaged, discounting, dissipated, dropped, eroded, ever less, except, excepting, exception taken of, excluding, exclusive of, fallen, fewer, from, humble, in the gutter, in the shade, inferior, infra dig, junior, least, least of all, leaving out, less and less, lesser, low, lower, lowered, lowly, miniaturized, minor, minus, modest, not counting, not so much, off, ordinary, reduced, retrenched, sans, save, scaled-down, second rank, second string, secondary, servile, shorn, short of, shorter, shrunk, shrunken, smaller, sub, subaltern, subject, subordinate, subservient, third rank, third string, under, under par, underprivileged, vulgar, watered-down, weakened, without, worn

Etymology
læs:

Adverb

 * Arabic: أقل
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 更少
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: malpli
 * Finnish: vähemmän
 * French:
 * German:


 * Haitian Creole:
 * Interlingua: minus
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: より少なく
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: کمتر
 * Polish: mniej
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 不太
 * Finnish: vähemmän, pienempi
 * French: moins
 * German: weniger


 * Hindi: कम
 * Japanese: それほど...ない
 * Russian: менее
 * Urdu: کم

Adjective

 * Finnish: pienempi


 * Russian: меньший


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: меньше
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: vähemmän


 * Russian: меньше


 * : 较少 (jiào shǎo)
 * : minder dan
 * : weniger als
 * : weniger als
 * : weniger als


 * : min
 * : より小さい (yori chiisai)
 * : 보다 적은 (boda jeogeun)
 * : mai puţin

Preposition

 * Finnish: paitsi, pois lukien, lukuun ottamatta

Derived terms

 * less is more


 * more or less


 * nevertheless

Noun

 * 1) boiled meat

Noun

 * 1) loess

Derived terms

 * lessowy