MIDGET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does midget mean? 

• MIDGET (noun)
  The noun MIDGET has 1 sense:

1. a person who is markedly small

  Familiarity information: MIDGET used as a noun is very rare.

• MIDGET (adjective)
  The adjective MIDGET has 1 sense:

1. very small

  Familiarity information: MIDGET used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIDGET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is markedly small

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

dwarf; midget; nanus

Hypernyms ("midget" is a kind of...):

small person (a person of below average size)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "midget"):

hypophysial dwarf; Levi-Lorrain dwarf; pituitary dwarf (a dwarf whose condition is caused by a deficiency of growth hormones, rather than by genetic factors (as in the case of the achondroplastic dwarf))

hypoplastic dwarf; normal dwarf; primordial dwarf; true dwarf (an achondroplastic dwarf whose small size is the result of a genetic defect; body parts and mental and sexual development are normal)

• MIDGET (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very small

Synonyms:

bantam; diminutive; flyspeck; lilliputian; midget; petite; tiny

Context example:

the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy

Similar:

little; small (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

 Context examples 

"Where's the use of looking nice, when no one sees me but those cross midgets, and no one cares whether I'm pretty or not?" she muttered, shutting her drawer with a jerk.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)