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Adjective
▲
A smaller amount of
fewer
declined
diminished
reduced
slighter
not as much
not as great
not so great
not so much
a lesser amount of
a smaller amount of
not as much of
a reduced amount of
rarer
scarcer
“I have less stress now compared to a year ago.”
Adjective
▲
Of lower rank or importance
inferior
lesser
lower
minor
smaller
secondary
subordinate
ancillary
reduced
junior
second-string
subsidiary
subservient
auxiliary
supplementary
marginal
lowly
lower-level
lower-ranking
second-rate
second-fiddle
diminished
peripheral
insignificant
accessory
slighter
lessened
low
supplemental
second
more ❯
“Let us disregard issues that are of less importance for now.”
Adjective
▲
Lacking, less, or minus something
shorn of
lacking
minus
deprived of
stripped of
wanting
starved of
without
short of
sans
destitute of
devoid of
devoid
bare
bereft
destitute
bankrupt
in need of
empty of
bereft of
free from
deficient in
void
barren
denuded of
bankrupt of
deprived
free of
depleted of
low on
empty
depleted
emptied of
exhausted
stripped
needing
completely lacking in
short on
bare of
barren of
void of
exhausted of
lacking in
wanting in
in need
divested
drained of
deficient
vacant of
unprovided with
denuded
spent
wanting for
drained
not having
naked
clean out of
cut off
fresh out of
cut off from
impoverished
robbed
beggared
fleeced
dispossessed
starved
parted from
robbed of
left without
shorn
Adjective
▲
Occurring or existing in small numbers
few
scant
scarce
rare
meagreUK
negligible
scattered
insufficient
sporadic
infrequent
limited
meagerUS
sparse
uncommon
inconsiderable
lacking
occasional
scanty
thin
deficient
exiguous
middling
paltry
short
skimpy
imperceptible
inconsequential
lean
minute
piddling
stingy
straggling
trifling
unusual
in short supply
unfrequent
few and far between
seldom found
thin on the ground
hard to come by
hard to find
in the minority
seldom seen
at a premium
low in numbers
widely spaced
out of the ordinary
more ❯
Preposition
▲
(less than) Fewer in number than
below
under
down from
shy of
not so much as
not as much as
a smaller amount than
a smaller amount compared to
a smaller number compared to
a smaller number than
“The number of people who turned up was certainly less than what we had expected.”
Preposition
▲
Lacking or not including (something)
minus
excluding
excepting
lacking
sans
without
absent
not including
wanting
deprived of
bereft of
in need of
destitute of
short of
devoid of
exclusive of
with the exception of
in the absence of
not having
needing
wanting for
shorn of
w/o
with no
starved of
in default of
requiring
notwithstanding
failing
if not
“It will cost you a bundle, less tax.”
Preposition
▲
(arithmetic) Made less or reduced by
minus
excluding
subtracting
take away
reduced by
with the subtraction of
with a reduction of
made less by
“Three less two is one.”
Adverb
▲
To a smaller extent or degree
barely
hardly
scarcely
rarely
meagerly
meagrely
little
not as much
even less
not much
not so much
to a lesser degree
to a smaller extent
in a lower degree
“His accent had become less noticeable over the years.”
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