half-pint
1 of 2noun
ˈhaf-ˌpīnt 
ˈhäf-
1
: half a pint
2
: a short, small, or inconsequential person
half-pint
2 of 2adjective
: of less than average size : diminutive
Synonyms
Noun
- cipher
- dwarf
- insect
- insignificancy
- lightweight
- morsel
- nobody
- nonentity
- nothing
- nullity
- number
- pip-squeak
- pygmy
- pigmy
- shrimp
- snippersnapper
- twerp
- whippersnapper
- zero
- zilch
Adjective
- bantam
- diminutive
- dinky
- dwarfish
- fine
- Lilliputian
- little
- pint-size
- pint-sized
- pocket-size
- pocket-sized
- puny
- pygmy
- shrimpy
- slight
- small
- smallish
- subnormal
- toylike
- undersized
- undersize
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Word History
First Known Use
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adjective
1931, in the meaning defined above
half-pint 1 of 2
adjective
as in small
of a size that is less than average one of those half-pint refrigerators that are designed for small apartments Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- small
- diminutive
- little
- pocket
- miniature
- tiny
- fine
- dinky
- miniaturized
- dwarf
- pint-sized
- smallish
- pint-size
- dwarfish
- bantam
- puny
- pygmy
- undersized
- slight
- mini
- sparse
- toylike
- subnormal
- slender
- shrimpy
- spare
- pocket-sized
- pocket-size
- Lilliputian
- undersize
- microscopic
- stunted
- poor
- runty
- toy
- lacking
- micro
- minuscule
- minim
- wee
- teeny
- insufficient
- teensy
- bitty
- scrubby
- infinitesimal
- minikin
- weeny
- minute
- scant
- meager
- scarce
- inadequate
- scanty
- slim
- skimpy
- capsule
- niggardly
- microscopical
- runtish
- stingy
- weensy
- inappreciable
- teeny-weeny
- pinpoint
- deficient
- skimp
- little bitty
- teensy-weensy
- wanting
- meagre
- bite-sized
- bite-size
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- large
- oversized
- handsome
- oversize
- substantial
- grand
- big
- husky
- sizeable
- whopping
- outsized
- sizable
- considerable
- outsize
- jumbo
- goodly
- great
- giant
- massive
- bulky
- colossal
- mammoth
- gigantic
- hefty
- largish
- prodigious
- elephantine
- boxcar
- tidy
- heroic
- enormous
- voluminous
- gargantuan
- ample
- gross
- huge
- monolithic
- cavernous
- copious
- monstrous
- galactic
- king-sized
- titanic
- staggering
- liberal
- generous
- humongous
- hulking
- overscale
- vast
- monumental
- king-size
- mountainous
- cyclopean
- abundant
- tremendous
- thick
- healthy
- immense
- stupendous
- overscaled
- fat
- bountiful
- herculean
- heroical
- whacking
- pharaonic
- plentiful
- biggish
- wide
- leviathan
- Bunyanesque
- plenteous
- humungous
- broad
- appreciable
- cosmic
- Brobdingnagian
- adequate
- infinite
- enough
- sufficient
- boundless
- incalculable
- Himalayan
- immeasurable
- cosmical
half-pint
2 of 2noun
as in dwarf
a person of no importance or influence when I called the company to complain, I was shuttled from one half-pint to the next Synonyms & Similar Words
- dwarf
- cipher
- lightweight
- nobody
- insect
- shrimp
- whippersnapper
- twerp
- pip-squeak
- pygmy
- number
- snippersnapper
- inferior
- puppet
- zero
- pigmy
- nonentity
- nothing
- morsel
- nullity
- insignificancy
- zilch
- no-name
- least
- nonperson
- noncelebrity
- obscurity
- figurehead
- mediocrity
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- big wheel
- figure
- eminence
- somebody
- personage
- nabob
- kingpin
- head
- magnate
- leader
- chief
- star
- kahuna
- lead
- bigwig
- big shot
- personality
- celebrity
- luminary
- planet
- superstar
- superior
- party
- notable
- power
- VIP
- authority
- great power