'Less' definitions:
Definition of 'less'
(from WordNet)
adverb
Used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; "less interesting"; "less expensive"; "less quickly" [syn: less, to a lesser extent] [ant: more, to a greater extent]
adverb
Comparative of little; "she walks less than she should"; "he works less these days" [ant: more]
adjective
(comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree; "of less importance"; "less time to spend with the family"; "a shower uses less water"; "less than three years old" [ant: more than, more(a)]
adjective
(usually preceded by `no') lower in quality; "no less than perfect"
adjective
(nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer; "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less"
Definition of 'Less'
From: GCIDE
- Less \Less\ (l[e^]s), conj. Unless. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Less'
From: GCIDE
- Less \Less\, a. [OE. lesse, AS. l[=ae]ssa; akin to OFries. l[=e]ssa; a compar. from a lost positive form. Cf. Lesser, Lest, Least. Less has the sense of the comparative degree of little.] Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value; in less time than before. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The substantive which less qualifies is often omitted; as, the purse contained less (money) than ten dollars. See Less, n. [1913 Webster]
- Thus in less [time] than a hundred years from the coming of Augustine, all England became Christian. --E. A. Freeman. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Less'
From: GCIDE
- Less \Less\, adv. [AS. l[=ae]s. See Less, adj., and cf. Lest.] Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or loud; less beautiful. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Less'
From: GCIDE
- Less \Less\, n.
- 1. A smaller portion or quantity. [1913 Webster]
- The children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. --Ex. xvi. 17. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The inferior, younger, or smaller. [1913 Webster]
- The less is blessed of the better. --Heb. vii. 7. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Less'
From: GCIDE
- Less \Less\, v. t. To make less; to lessen. [Obs.] --Gower. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'less'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abated,
- ablated,
- at a disadvantage,
- at the nadir,
- attenuated,
- barring,
- bated,
- belittled,
- below,
- below the mark,
- common,
- consumed,
- contracted,
- curtailed,
- decreased,
- decreasingly,
- decrescendo,
- deflated,
- demeaning,
- diminished,
- diminishingly,
- diminuendo,
- disadvantaged,
- discounting,
- dissipated,
- dropped,
- eroded,
- ever less,
- except,
- excepting,
- exception taken of,
- excluding,
- exclusive of,
- fallen,
- fewer,
- from,
- humble,
- in the gutter,
- in the shade,
- inferior,
- infra dig,
- junior,
- least,
- least of all,
- leaving out,
- less and less,
- lesser,
- low,
- lower,
- lowered,
- lowly,
- miniaturized,
- minor,
- minus,
- modest,
- not counting,
- not so much,
- off,
- ordinary,
- reduced,
- retrenched,
- sans,
- save,
- scaled-down,
- second rank,
- second string,
- secondary,
- servile,
- shorn,
- short of,
- shorter,
- shrunk,
- shrunken,
- smaller,
- sub,
- subaltern,
- subject,
- subordinate,
- subservient,
- third rank,
- third string,
- under,
- under par,
- underprivileged,
- vulgar,
- watered-down,
- weakened,
- without,
- worn