less
less is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A smaller portion or quantity. The children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. Ex. xvi.
- 2.2. The inferior, younger, or smaller. The less is blessed of the better. Heb. vii.
- 3.To make less; to lessen. [Obs.] Gower.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abate
- abatement
- about
- abridge
- abridgment
- accord
- all
- aloof
- amity
- anaphrodisia
- anaphrodisiac
- and
- anorexia
- anorexy
- antaphrodisiac
- anticlimax
- anything
- apathy
- attenuate
- aught
- away
- back
- balance
- bate
- become
- below
- blink
- bloodless
- blown
- bottom
- breath
- call
- calm
- calumet
- candle
- care
- careless
- coarctation
- cold
- coldness
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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