Less

Quick meaning: Less is an adverb meaning comparative degree of little.

Meaning

comparative degree of little.

More Meanings

1. Used for constructing syntactic diminutive comparatives of adjectives and adverbs.
2. To a smaller extent or degree.
3. (Now chiefly of numbers or dimensions) comparative form of little: more little; of inferior size, degree or extent; smaller, lesser.
4. A smaller amount of; not as much.
5. (nonstandard, proscribed) Fewer; a smaller number of.
6. Minus; not including
7. (archaic) To make less; to lessen.

Example Sentences

I like him less each time I see him.

This gadget is less useful than I expected.

I'm not any less happy for being on my own.

All my cares grew less until completely gone.

Word Forms

• lesses
• lessing
• lessed

Synonyms for less

Depending on context, synonyms include inferior, lower, fewer.

Antonyms for less

Common opposites include more, plus, greater.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inferior, lower, fewer, diminished, reduced, decreasingly.

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