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Synonyms for less
lɛsless
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Wiktionary
lesspreposition
lessadverb
To smaller extent
It should then tax all of that as personal income, less the proportion of the car's annual mileage demonstrably clocked up on company business.
lessadjective
A smaller amount (of); not as much.
This is a less bad solution than I thought possible.
Antonyms:
morelessadjective
Antonyms:
more
Princeton's WordNet
less(a)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"
Antonyms:
superior, more(a), to a greater extent, morelessadjective
(usually preceded by `no') lower in quality
"no less than perfect"
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less(a)Antonyms:
more(a), superior, more, to a greater extentlessadverb
(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"
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less(a)Antonyms:
more(a), superior, to a greater extent, moreless, to a lesser extentadverb
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
"less interesting"; "less expensive"; "less quickly"
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to a lesser extentAntonyms:
superior, more(a), more, to a greater extentlessadverb
comparative of little
"she walks less than she should"; "he works less these days"
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to a lesser extentAntonyms:
superior, more(a), to a greater extent, more
Dictionary of English Synonymes
lessadjective
lessadjective
Synonyms:
not so much, in a less degreelessnoun
Synonyms:
not so much, smaller quantity
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#28 | more | |
#190 | under | |
#402 | low | |
#533 | below | |
#535 | less | |
#710 | least | |
#1104 | lower | |
#1654 | minimum | |
#1905 | lowest | |
#2673 | minor | |
#2680 | reduced | |
#3083 | smaller | |
#5831 | fewer | |
#7996 | minus | |
#8676 | shorter | |
#8734 | lesser | |
#42183 | moins | |
#47004 | fewest | |
#54635 | minder |
How to use less in a sentence?
Things usually happen pretty quick in the world of flybys, and we have two back-to-back next week. So literally every second counts, on Monday, we are going to race past Ganymede at almost 12 miles per second( 19 kilometers per second). Less than 24 hours later we're performing our 33rd science pass of Jupiter -- screaming low over the cloud tops, at about 36 miles per second( 58 kilometers per second). It is going to be a wild ride.
I think landlords appreciate anything that makes it easier to receive payments on time with less hassle for the renter, also, in an age of increased shared housing, the group payment service makes splitting rent much more user-friendly.
This worldview and these principles compel me to promote conservative ideas at Stanford, and beyond, i’m driven by a fundamental sense of urgency over the fact that Americans are slowly losing their liberty, and I believe that liberty is being valued less and less. I want to turn the tide, and college campuses are crucial to doing so.
That went on the longest and David Tadman started to be less discreet, david Tadman would go out on dates with her in town where other people could see them … I think her whole life was marked by Bruce’s death. It’s a wound she never fully recovered from. I was struck by how intense her feelings for Bruce are. She basically said he was the love of her life. It was interesting to talk to this woman who was still in love with someone who died so long ago. Her feelings for him are still just as intense.
It's a pretty awful year, last year wasn't so bad as far as the snowpack went, but with the higher temperatures and drier soils that we're still experiencing this year, we're seeing even less runoff that actually makes it into the waterways and in the reservoirs.
Translations for less
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- أقلArabic
- menysCatalan, Valencian
- méněCzech
- wenigerGerman
- malpliEsperanto
- menosSpanish
- vähemEstonian
- کمترPersian
- pois lukien, pienempi, paitsi, lukuun ottamatta, vähemmänFinnish
- moinsFrench
- פחותHebrew
- कमHindi
- mwensHaitian Creole
- kevésbé, kevesebbHungarian
- minusInterlingua
- menoItalian
- より少なく, それほど...ないJapanese
- minusLatin
- manner, wéinegerLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- minderDutch
- fratrukket, mindre, minus, færreNorwegian
- mniejPolish
- fora, menor, exceto, menosPortuguese
- mai puținRomanian
- менее, меньший, меньшеRussian
- mindre, färre, liteSwedish
- குறைவாகTamil
- کمUrdu
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