pygmy

noun

pyg·my ˈpig-mē How to pronounce pygmy (audio)

variants or less commonly pigmy

plural pygmies also pigmies

often capitalized : any of a race of dwarfs described by ancient Greek authors

capitalized : any of a small people of equatorial Africa ranging under five feet (1.5 meters) in height

a(1)

: an unusually small person

(2)

: an insignificant or unimpressive person

an intellectual pygmy

: something very small of its kind

pygmy adjective

Example Sentences

hummingbirds may be the pygmies of the avian world, but what they lack in size they make up for in beauty regrettably, most of the candidates for the party's nomination that year were political pygmies

Recent Examples on the Web The pygmy, or ground rattler, was historically found throughout Alabama, but recently has mostly only been spotted in the extreme southern parts of the state.

Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 1 Aug. 2022 As a half-Nigerian dwarf and half-pygmy goat, Frankie is an example of two miniature breeds.

oregonlive, 19 July 2022 The petting zoo will include rabbits, pygmy goats, llamas, donkeys, and more.

Hartford Courant, 5 July 2022 Weighing in at a formidable 100 grams, the pygmy marmoset is the smallest monkey found on earth.

Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 18 May 2022 Five month-old male Nigerian dwarf goats and two African pygmy hedgehogs are the latest additions to Randall Oaks Zoo in West Dundee as the public facility opens for the 2022 season.

Mike Danahey, chicagotribune.com, 1 Apr. 2022 For the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl, exemptions are related to certain outreach, monitoring, habitat restoration, and survey efforts.

Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 20 Feb. 2022 Unlike many of Arizona's birds, cactus ferruginous pygmy owls do not migrate or fly great distances.

Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 20 Feb. 2022 Just last year, half of Washington’s pygmy rabbit population was killed during wildfires.

Washington Post, 24 July 2021 See More

pygmy 1 of 2

adjective

as in diminutive

of a size that is less than average a pygmy elephant

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

diminutive
small
little
dwarf
miniature
tiny
pocket
dwarfish
fine
miniaturized
puny
bantam
smallish
dinky
slight
undersized
subnormal
mini
slender
pint-sized
sparse
toylike
stunted
shrimpy
pint-size
Lilliputian
poor
spare
pocket-sized
half-pint
undersize
pocket-size
microscopic
micro
toy
lacking
minuscule
runty
wee
teeny
scrubby
weeny
bitty
teensy
minim
infinitesimal
microscopical
minikin
insufficient
slim
scarce
inadequate
meager
inappreciable
teeny-weeny
little bitty
minute
runtish
skimpy
weensy
scanty
niggardly
scant
teensy-weensy
pinpoint
stingy
capsule
wanting
deficient
skimp
meagre
bite-sized
bite-size

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

large
giant
big
oversized
husky
considerable
sizeable
substantial
great
handsome
outsized
sizable
gigantic
oversize
mammoth
massive
outsize
largish
grand
enormous
galactic
colossal
whopping
huge
goodly
bulky
elephantine
mountainous
jumbo
gargantuan
monstrous
titanic
heroic
cyclopean
humongous
prodigious
voluminous
monolithic
vast
tremendous
gross
monumental
tidy
immense
liberal
hefty
cavernous
stupendous
hulking
pharaonic
heroical
boxcar
king-sized
staggering
biggish
fat
abundant
king-size
herculean
healthy
whacking
overscale
overscaled
generous
leviathan
ample
appreciable
copious
bountiful
plentiful
cosmic
humungous
plenteous
thick
Himalayan
wide
Bunyanesque
broad
infinite
Brobdingnagian
boundless
cosmical
adequate
immeasurable
incalculable
enough
sufficient

pygmy

2 of 2

noun

variants also pigmy

as in dwarf

a living thing much smaller than others of its kind hummingbirds may be the pygmies of the avian world, but what they lack in size they make up for in beauty

Synonyms & Similar Words

dwarf
diminutive
midget
shrimp
runt
miniature
peewee
scrub
mite
mini
bantam
Tom Thumb
nubbin
homunculus
mannikin
manikin
half-pint
hop-o'-my-thumb

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

giant
monster
mammoth
colossus
behemoth
jumbo
whale
leviathan
titan
whopper

as in number

a person of no importance or influence regrettably, most of the candidates for the party's nomination that year were political pygmies

Synonyms & Similar Words

number
dwarf
insect
shrimp
twerp
whippersnapper
pip-squeak
zero
nobody
lightweight
nonentity
nothing
cipher
morsel
insignificancy
half-pint
nullity
zilch
snippersnapper
inferior
least
puppet
no-name
figurehead
nonperson
mediocrity
obscurity
noncelebrity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

eminence
personage
leader
nabob
kahuna
somebody
magnate
chief
kingpin
figure
big wheel
head
bigwig
star
celebrity
superstar
personality
lead
notable
planet
luminary
big shot
power
authority
superior
party
great power
VIP

单词	pygmy
释义	pygmy noun pyg·my ˈpig-mē variants or less commonly pigmy plural pygmies also pigmies 1 often capitalized : any of a race of dwarfs described by ancient Greek authors 2 capitalized : any of a small people of equatorial Africa ranging under five feet (1.5 meters) in height 3 a(1) : an unusually small person (2) : an insignificant or unimpressive person an intellectual pygmy b : something very small of its kind pygmy adjective Synonyms diminutive dwarf midget mite peewee runt scrub shrimp Tom Thumb See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences hummingbirds may be the pygmies of the avian world, but what they lack in size they make up for in beauty regrettably, most of the candidates for the party's nomination that year were political pygmies Recent Examples on the Web The pygmy, or ground rattler, was historically found throughout Alabama, but recently has mostly only been spotted in the extreme southern parts of the state. Dennis Pillion \| Dpillion@al.com, al, 1 Aug. 2022 As a half-Nigerian dwarf and half-pygmy goat, Frankie is an example of two miniature breeds. oregonlive, 19 July 2022 The petting zoo will include rabbits, pygmy goats, llamas, donkeys, and more. Hartford Courant, 5 July 2022 Weighing in at a formidable 100 grams, the pygmy marmoset is the smallest monkey found on earth. Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 18 May 2022 Five month-old male Nigerian dwarf goats and two African pygmy hedgehogs are the latest additions to Randall Oaks Zoo in West Dundee as the public facility opens for the 2022 season. Mike Danahey, chicagotribune.com, 1 Apr. 2022 For the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl, exemptions are related to certain outreach, monitoring, habitat restoration, and survey efforts. Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 20 Feb. 2022 Unlike many of Arizona's birds, cactus ferruginous pygmy owls do not migrate or fly great distances. Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 20 Feb. 2022 Just last year, half of Washington’s pygmy rabbit population was killed during wildfires. Washington Post, 24 July 2021 See More Word History Etymology Middle English pigmei, from Latin pygmaeus of a pygmy, dwarfish, from Greek pygmaios, from pygmē fist, measure of length — more at pungent First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing pygmy pygmy hippopotamus pygmy chimpanzee pygmy hippopotamus pygmy chimpanzee Kids Definition pygmy adjective pyg·my ˈpig-mē : smaller than the usual size a pygmy goat Medical Definition pygmy noun pyg·my variants also pigmy ˈpig-mē plural pygmies also pigmies 1 capitalized : any of a small people of equatorial Africa ranging under five feet (1.5 meters) in height 2 : a relatively short or small individual : dwarf pygmy 1 of 2 adjective as in diminutive of a size that is less than average a pygmy elephant Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance diminutive small little dwarf miniature tiny pocket dwarfish fine miniaturized puny bantam smallish dinky slight undersized subnormal mini slender pint-sized sparse toylike stunted shrimpy pint-size Lilliputian poor spare pocket-sized half-pint undersize pocket-size microscopic micro toy lacking minuscule runty wee teeny scrubby weeny bitty teensy minim infinitesimal microscopical minikin insufficient slim scarce inadequate meager inappreciable teeny-weeny little bitty minute runtish skimpy weensy scanty niggardly scant teensy-weensy pinpoint stingy capsule wanting deficient skimp meagre bite-sized bite-size Antonyms & Near Antonyms large giant big oversized husky considerable sizeable substantial great handsome outsized sizable gigantic oversize mammoth massive outsize largish grand enormous galactic colossal whopping huge goodly bulky elephantine mountainous jumbo gargantuan monstrous titanic heroic cyclopean humongous prodigious voluminous monolithic vast tremendous gross monumental tidy immense liberal hefty cavernous stupendous hulking pharaonic heroical boxcar king-sized staggering biggish fat abundant king-size herculean healthy whacking overscale overscaled generous leviathan ample appreciable copious bountiful plentiful cosmic humungous plenteous thick Himalayan wide Bunyanesque broad infinite Brobdingnagian boundless cosmical adequate immeasurable incalculable enough sufficient See More pygmy 2 of 2 noun variants also pigmy 1 as in dwarf a living thing much smaller than others of its kind hummingbirds may be the pygmies of the avian world, but what they lack in size they make up for in beauty Synonyms & Similar Words dwarf diminutive midget shrimp runt miniature peewee scrub mite mini bantam Tom Thumb nubbin homunculus mannikin manikin half-pint hop-o'-my-thumb Antonyms & Near Antonyms giant monster mammoth colossus behemoth jumbo whale leviathan titan whopper See More 2 as in number a person of no importance or influence regrettably, most of the candidates for the party's nomination that year were political pygmies Synonyms & Similar Words number dwarf insect shrimp twerp whippersnapper pip-squeak zero nobody lightweight nonentity nothing cipher morsel insignificancy half-pint nullity zilch snippersnapper inferior least puppet no-name figurehead nonperson mediocrity obscurity noncelebrity Antonyms & Near Antonyms eminence personage leader nabob kahuna somebody magnate chief kingpin figure big wheel head bigwig star celebrity superstar personality lead notable planet luminary big shot power authority superior party great power VIP See More
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