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Synonyms for "less" in English

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less:
- less; fewer; more restricted; smaller; shorter
- less
- less; to a lesser extent

English

Detailed Synonyms for less in English

less:

less adj

less
less; fewer
- less adj
- fewer adj
less
more restricted; less; fewer
- more restricted adj
- less adj
- fewer adj
less
smaller; more restricted; shorter; less; fewer
- smaller adj
- more restricted adj
- shorter adj
- less adj
- fewer adj

less adj

less

– (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree ¹
less
– (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree ¹
- less adj
  - of less importance¹
  - less time to spend with the family¹
  - a shower uses less water¹
  - less than three years old¹
less

– (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer ¹
less
– (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer ¹
- less adj
  - less than three weeks¹
  - no less than 50 people attended¹
  - in 25 words or less¹
less

– (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality ¹
less
– (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality ¹
- less adj
  - no less than perfect¹

less adv

less

– used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs ¹
less; to a lesser extent
– used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs ¹
- less adv
  - less interesting¹
  - less expensive¹
  - less quickly¹
- to a lesser extent adv
less

– comparative of little ¹
less
– comparative of little ¹
- less adv
  - she walks less than she should¹
  - he works less these days¹

Related Words for "less":

lessen

Alternate Synonyms for "less":

Antonyms for "less":

more

Related Definitions for "less":

(comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree¹
- of less importance¹
- less time to spend with the family¹
- a shower uses less water¹
- less than three years old¹
(nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer¹
- less than three weeks¹
- no less than 50 people attended¹
- in 25 words or less¹
(usually preceded by `no') lower in quality¹
- no less than perfect¹
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs¹
- less interesting¹
- less expensive¹
- less quickly¹
comparative of little¹
- she walks less than she should¹
- he works less these days¹

Related Synonyms for less

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