Lesser

Adjective
lesser


 * 1) of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc.
 * 1) of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc.

Derived terms

 * lesser anteater
 * Lesser Antilles
 * lesser celandine


 * lesser extent
 * lesser evil, lesser of two evils
 * lesser flamingo


 * lesser included offense
 * lesser nothura
 * lesser spotted woodpecker

Noun

 * 1) a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc.
 * the lesser of two evils
 * The greater sand hills increasingly do not migrate, but almost all lessers do.

Thesaurus
abated, ablated, attenuated, bated, belittled, common, consumed, contracted, curtailed, decreased, deflated, demeaning, diminished, dinky, disadvantaged, dissipated, dropped, eroded, fallen, humble, in the shade, inferior, infra dig, insignificant, junior, less, low, lower, lowered, lowly, miniaturized, minor, modest, nether, ordinary, reduced, retrenched, scaled-down, second rank, second string, secondary, servile, shorn, shorter, shrunk, shrunken, small, small-fry, small-time, smaller, sub, subaltern, subjacent, subject, subordinate, subservient, third rank, third string, under, underprivileged, vulgar, watered-down, weakened, worn

Pronunciation




Adjective

 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Persian: کوچکتر
 * Portuguese: menor


 * Finnish: pienempi, vähäisempi


 * Persian: کوچکتر

Noun

 * Finnish: pienempi, vähäisempi

Related terms

 * less
 * the lesser of two evils
 * fewer

Anagrams

 * resels