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The Meaning of lilliputian

  • (n.) One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's \"Voyage to Lilliput.\"
  • (n.) A person or thing of very small size.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.
  • (a.) Of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed.

Synonyms

fiddling , midget , tiny , trivial , picayune , piffling , diminutive , petty , footling , petite , bantam , flyspeck , little , piddling , niggling , subaltern , junior-grade , superficial , lowly , petty(a) , slight , lower-ranking , small-minded , minuscule , short , little(a) , secondary , small

Antonyms

big , large , important , of import

Rhymes

absolution , aleutian , andalusian , attribution , confucian , constitution , contribution , convolution , counterrevolution , crucian , destitution , devolution , dilution , diminution , dissolution , distribution , electrocution , elocution , evolution , execution , institution , lucian , persecution , pollution , prosecution , prostitution , redistribution , resolution , restitution , retribution , revolution , shooshan , solution , substitution