About Sizes

The word “big” and “small” are general terms to describe the sizes of objects, animals or people. However, how big is big, and how small is small? The following table shows the adjectives that you could use to describe more accurately how big or small something or someone is.

big  large huge very big gargantuan enormous  extremely big gigantic colossal monstrous humongous

small  little  very small tiny miniscule [mini-skiul] minute [mai-niut]  extremely small microscopic (too small to be seen with the naked eye)

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