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pygmy
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of PYGMY
1
a living thing much smaller than others of its kind <hummingbirds may be the pygmies of the avian world, but what they lack in size they make up for in beauty>
Related Words nubbin; mini, miniature; bantam; homunculus, hop-o'-my-thumb, manikin (also mannikin); half-pint
2
a person of no importance or influence <regrettably, most of the candidates for the party's nomination that year were political pygmies>
Synonyms cipher, dwarf, half-pint, insect, insignificancy, lightweight, morsel, nonentity, nothing, nullity, number, pip-squeak, pygmy (also pigmy), shrimp, snippersnapper, twerp, whippersnapper, zero, zilch
Related Words no-name, noncelebrity; least; inferior, mediocrity, obscurity; figurehead, puppet; nonperson
Variants of PYGMY
pygmy also pigmy
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