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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. inferior, not so much, minor. —adv. under, short of. See inferiority, deduction, absence.Ant., more, superior.

II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. smaller, lower, not so much as, not as much, lesser, minor, fewer, reduced, declined, not as great, not so significant, in decline, depressed, inferior, secondary, subordinate, beneath, minus, deficient, diminished, shortened, circumscribed, limited; see also shorter .

Ant. more*, more than, longer.

III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
fewer, smaller, slighter, shorter, lower, not as great, inferior, minor, subordinate, lower, secondary.

ANT.: more, greater, superior

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Smaller, inferior, Not so much, in a less degree, Not so much, smaller quantity, less amount

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less — less·est; less·ness; let·ter·less; li·cense·less; lid·less; life·less; life·less·ly; life·less·ness; light·less; light·less·ness; limb·less; lime·less; lim·it·less; line·less; lint·less; lip·less; list·less; list·less·ly; list·less·ness;… … English syllables
less — [ les ] function word *** Less is the comparative form of the function word little and can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (before a noun): Eat less fat. Schools put less emphasis on being creative. as a pronoun: Connie did less… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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less — [les] adj. [ME les < OE læs, adv. læssa, adj. (used as compar. of lytel, LITTLE), akin to OFris les < IE * leis < base * lei , to diminish, meager, > LITTLE] 1. alt. compar. of LITTLE 2. not so much; smaller in size or amount [to… … English World dictionary
less — Captura de less en un terminal X. Desarrollador Mark Nudelman [1] … Wikipedia Español
Less — Less, a. [OE. lesse, AS. l[=ae]ssa; akin to OFries. l[=e]ssa; a compar. from a lost positive form. Cf. {Lesser}, {Lest}, {Least}. Less has the sense of the comparative degree of little.] Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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