less
adjective
1 less
comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns A quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree.
Roget 34: inferior, smaller; small etc. 32; minor, less, lesser, deficient, minus, lower, subordinate, secondary; secondrate ... show more
2 less
usually preceded by `no' Lower in quality.
3 less
nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases Fewer.
adverb
1 less
Used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs:
— Less interesting.
— Less expensive.
— Less quickly.
synonym: to a lesser extent.
Roget 34: less; under the mark, below the mark, below par; at the bottom of the scale, at a low ebb, at a disadvantage; short of, under. 3 CHANGES IN QUANTITY
Roget 38: in deduction etc. n.; less; short of; minus, without, except, except for, excepting, with the exception of, barring, save, exclusive of, ... show more
2 less
Comparative of little.
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 ... show more.
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