Sizes

Adjectives that describe how big or small something is.

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B is for Big

Something is big if it is many times larger than something else. The ship in the picture is much bigger than the little boat at the front of the picture. The opposite of big is small.

B is for Broad

Broad is another word for wide. The man in the picture has a broad chest.

D is for Diminutive

Diminutive means something small or lesser in size or importance. It can also mean using a shorter or softer form of a word.

You often see diminutives in names, like "Cassie" instead of "Cassandra."

D is for Dwarf

A dwarf is a small person, born with a condition that makes them unusually small. Most dwarves have short arms and legs and facial features that are distinctive.
A dwarf of any kind of plant or animal is a smaller variety of that plant or animal. Dwarf forms of animals are often kept as pets.

E is for Enormous

Enormous is another word for huge. The boy in the picture thinks the horse is enormous.

G is for Gigantic

Gigantic is another word for huge.

H is for Huge

If something is much, much bigger than it should be, it is huge. The picture is of one huge pumpkin with two normal-sized pumpkins sitting on top of it.

L is for Large

Large is another word for big. The cat in the picture is large.

L is for Little

Little is another word for small.

L is for Long

Something is long if it goes for a considerable way in one direction. Something goes for a long time if it happens for an extended period.
The lizard in the picture has a very long tail.
The opposite of long is short.

M is for Massive

Something is massive if it is really, really big. The truck in the picture is massive.

M is for Medium

Medium is a way to describe something that is a size in between small and large.

M is for Miniature

Something is miniature if it is a very small copy of something else. A miniature can either be a model of something, like a miniature car, or a word for a very small animal, such as a miniature horse.

N is for Narrow

A gap between two things is narrow if the two things are quite close together and there is not a lot of room between them. The street in the picture is very narrow. The opposite of narrow is wide.

S is for Scale

Scale describes the amount something is smaller or larger something is from its real size, or just a general description of size, like a large scale project.

It is also the singular of scales.

S is for Short

Something is short if the highest part of it is much lower than the top of similar things. The woman in the picture is much shorter than the man in the picture. The opposite of short is tall.

S is for Small

Something is small if other things are much bigger than it. In the picture, the dog on the bench is much smaller than the dog on the ground.

T is for Tall

Something is tall if the top of it is much higher up than the top of similar things. The person wearing the scarf on the left of the picture is taller than the other person in the picture. Giraffes and basketball players are tall.

The opposite of tall is short.

T is for Thick

Something is thick if it is a larger than normal distance from one side to another. Things like slices of bread are often described as thick. The picture is of some toast with a thick layer of chocolate flavored spread on it.
The opposite of thick is thin or sparse.

T is for Thin

Something is thin if there is a very short distance from one side of it to the other. For example, thin ice is ice that would not be strong enough to stand on. The bird in the picture has very thin legs. Another word for thin is skinny. The opposite of thin is fat or thick.