'Lesser' definitions:
Definition of 'lesser'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of less size or importance; "the lesser anteater"; "the lesser of two evils" [ant: greater]
adjective
Smaller in size or amount or value; "the lesser powers of Europe"; "the lesser anteater"
Definition of 'Lesser'
From: GCIDE
- Lesser \Less"er\ (l[e^]s"[~e]r), a. [This word is formed by adding anew the compar. suffix -er (in which r is from an original s) to less. See Less, a.] Less; smaller; inferior. [1913 Webster]
- God made . . . the lesser light to rule the night. --Gen. i. 15. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Lesser is used for less, now the compar. of little, in certain special instances in which its employment has become established by custom; as, Lesser Asia (i. e., Asia Minor), the lesser light, and some others; also in poetry, for the sake of the meter, and in prose where its use renders the passage more euphonious. [1913 Webster]
- The more my prayer, the lesser is my grace. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The larger here, and there the lesser lambs. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- By the same reason may a man, in the state of nature, punish the lesser breaches of the law. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lesser'
From: GCIDE
- Lesser \Less"er\, adv. Less. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lesser'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abated,
- ablated,
- attenuated,
- bated,
- belittled,
- common,
- consumed,
- contracted,
- curtailed,
- decreased,
- deflated,
- demeaning,
- diminished,
- dinky,
- disadvantaged,
- dissipated,
- dropped,
- eroded,
- fallen,
- humble,
- in the shade,
- inferior,
- infra dig,
- insignificant,
- junior,
- less,
- low,
- lower,
- lowered,
- lowly,
- miniaturized,
- minor,
- modest,
- nether,
- ordinary,
- reduced,
- retrenched,
- scaled-down,
- second rank,
- second string,
- secondary,
- servile,
- shorn,
- shorter,
- shrunk,
- shrunken,
- small,
- small-fry,
- small-time,
- smaller,
- sub,
- subaltern,
- subjacent,
- subject,
- subordinate,
- subservient,
- third rank,
- third string,
- under,
- underprivileged,
- vulgar,
- watered-down,
- weakened,
- worn
Words containing 'Lesser'
- Lesser Bairam,
- Lesser Bear,
- Lesser emerald,
- lesser anteater,
- lesser antilles,
- lesser ape,
- lesser bindweed,
- lesser bullrush,
- lesser burdock,
- lesser calamint,
- lesser celandine,
- lesser centaury,
- lesser civet,
- lesser duckweed,
- lesser galangal,
- lesser hemlock,
- lesser knapweed,
- lesser kudu,
- lesser omentum,
- lesser panda,
- lesser rorqual,
- lesser scaup,
- lesser spearwort,
- lesser twayblade,
- lesser whitethroat,
- lesser wintergreen,
- lesser yellowlegs,
- to a lesser extent,
- lesser butcher bird,
- lesser butterfly orchid,
- lesser forked beard,
- lesser peritoneal cavity,
- lesser prairie chicken,
- lesser rhomboid muscle,
- lesser scaup duck,
- lesser sunda islands,
- lesser yellow trefoil,
- lesser cat-tail