lesser

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈlɛsɚ/
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/ˈlɛsɚ/ · /ˈlɛsə/

Definition of lesser

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (comparative, form-of)comparative form of little: more little
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adj

  1. (comparative, form-of)comparative form of little: more little
  2. (not-comparable)Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc.
    “lesser panda”
    “lesser yellowlegs”

noun

  1. a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc.
    “The greater sand hills increasingly do not migrate, but almost all lessers do.”

name

  1. A surname.
    “Into them Lesser inserts three intentionally similar heroines, annoying American expats in Cambridge, England,[ ]whose Anglophilia leads to a quite unwarranted amount of sightseeing.”

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Etymology

From less + -er.

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