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Defenition of the word dwarf

    • Defenition of the word dwarf

      • A short, stocky humanoid creature in Norse mythology as well as other Germanic mythologies, fairy tales, fantasy fiction and role-playing games. In many sources they are described to prefer living underground and/or in mountainous areas and are famed miners and smiths.
      • atypically small; "dwarf tree"; "dwarf star"
      • a person who is abnormally small
      • a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
      • cast a shadow
      • check the growth of; "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines"
      • make appear small by comparison; "This year''s debt dwarves that of last year"
      • a plant or animal that is atypically small
      • a person who is markedly small
      • check the growth of
      • make appear small by comparison

    Synonyms for the word dwarf

      • dwarfish
      • gnome
      • midget
      • overshadow
      • pygmy
      • shadow

    Similar words in the dwarf

      • little
      • small

    Hyponyms for the word dwarf

      • Andvari
      • hypophysial dwarf
      • hypoplastic dwarf
      • levi-lorrain dwarf
      • Nibelung
      • normal dwarf
      • pituitary dwarf
      • primordial dwarf
      • true dwarf

    Hypernyms for the word dwarf

      • being
      • command
      • dominate
      • faerie
      • faery
      • fairy
      • fay
      • organism
      • overlook
      • overtop
      • small person
      • sprite
      • stunt

    Antonyms for the word dwarf

      • ettin
      • giant

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