Synonyms of Lilliputian

Lilliputian

adjective

ˌli-lə-ˈpyü-shən 

1

as in small

not broad or open in views or opinions

to the Lilliputian minds of that small town any depiction of the nude, regardless of its artistry, was pornographic

Synonyms & Similar Words

• small
• petty
• parochial
• narrow
• little
• provincial
• insular
• picayune
• sectarian
• stubborn
• narrow-minded
• illiberal
• small-minded
• wrongheaded
• rigid
• ironbound
• obdurate
• partisan
• bigoted
• straitlaced
• limited
• obstinate
• stodgy
• reactionary
• inflexible
• partial
• hidebound
• old-fashioned
• unsophisticated
• discriminatory
• biased
• discriminating
• dogmatic
• unyielding
• intolerant
• prejudiced
• jaundiced
• stuffy
• one-sided
• opinionated
• opinionative
• set
• hick
• brassbound

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberal
• cosmopolitan
• receptive
• catholic
• tolerant
• open
• objective
• unprejudiced
• impartial
• nonpartisan
• unbiased
• broad-minded
• open-minded
• freethinking

2

as in diminutive

of a size that is less than average

a model train carrying Lilliputian figures through a miniature landscape

Synonyms & Similar Words

• diminutive
• small
• little
• tiny
• miniature
• pocket
• dwarfish
• puny
• dinky
• fine
• dwarf
• pygmy
• smallish
• pocket-size
• half-pint
• slight
• undersized
• pint-size
• sparse
• shrimpy
• toylike
• subnormal
• miniaturized
• mini
• slender
• microscopic
• bantam
• poor
• stunted
• minuscule
• spare
• micro
• teeny
• infinitesimal
• lacking
• teensy
• toy
• weeny
• wee
• runty
• insufficient
• meager
• inadequate
• bitty
• teeny-weeny
• scrubby
• minim
• scarce
• skimpy
• teensy-weensy
• slim
• stingy
• scanty
• inappreciable
• scant
• minikin
• little bitty
• deficient
• pinpoint
• minute
• runtish
• wanting
• capsule
• bite-size
• skimp

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• large
• substantial
• considerable
• big
• great
• sizable
• grand
• massive
• giant
• handsome
• outsize
• goodly
• oversize
• colossal
• enormous
• gigantic
• bulky
• vast
• voluminous
• gargantuan
• huge
• mammoth
• whopping
• prodigious
• husky
• hefty
• immense
• gross
• tremendous
• mountainous
• monstrous
• cavernous
• monumental
• galactic
• titanic
• monolithic
• tidy
• stupendous
• heroic
• jumbo
• staggering
• Himalayan
• herculean
• liberal
• abundant
• ample
• Brobdingnagian
• generous
• copious
• boxcar
• elephantine
• bountiful
• largish
• overscale
• appreciable
• healthy
• king-size
• hulking
• biggish
• plentiful
• cyclopean
• humongous
• whacking
• wide
• thick
• fat
• leviathan
• plenteous
• broad
• Bunyanesque
• pharaonic
• cosmic
• infinite
• incalculable
• adequate
• sufficient
• boundless
• enough
• immeasurable

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Lilliputian

There’s something undeniably charming about a Lilliputian pickle in a glass of gin. — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 June 2025

Yet a conflict of sorts did break out on the fringes of the Côte d’Azur in 1963 when France, which surrounds three sides of this sovereign nation of a princely one square mile, demanded that its Lilliputian neighbor accept French taxation. — Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 Mar. 2025

Slovenia—a Lilliputian nation about the size of New Jersey but with less than a quarter of its population—has many stories to tell. — Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024

The Lilliputian sellers regularly fail to do damage when matched with the oblivious index money. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024

They’re served in Lilliputian beer steins that look like they were pulled from a doll house. — Becky Cooper, New York Times, 7 May 2024