Today we’ll discuss the list of adjectives to specify the size of an object. These words will help you if you want to compare objects you see or imagine based on their on how big or small they are.
Adjective Words to Describe Size and Scale
Following are common words used to describe size and scale of an object.
- Big: Of a bigger size than average
- Colossal: Very large in size
- Compact: Small or take up very little space
- Corpulent: Large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat
- Cosmic: A function of time which represents the relative expansion of the universe
- Cubby: Small in size
- Fat: Weighing too much; covered with too much flesh
- Full Size: Having the usual or normal size of its kind
- Gigantic: Extremely big
- Great: Large in amount, degree, size, etc
- Immense: Very big or great
- Large: Greater in size
- Little: Not big; small
- Mammoth: Very big
- Enormous : Very big in size
- Massive: Something or someone that is very large, bulky and solid
- Meager: Deficient in quality or quantity a meager diet.
- Measly: Much too small in size
- Miniature: A copy of something that is much smaller than the original
- Oversize: Being of more than standard or ordinary size oversize pillows an oversize shirt.
- Petite: Having a small trim figure
- Puny: Very small and weak
- Scrawny: Unattractively thin and bony.
- Short: Not measuring much from one end to the other
- Small: Not large in size, number
- Squat: Short and fat or thick
- Stocky: Short but strong and heavy
- Stout: Bulky in figure or shape
- Strapping: Having a sturdy muscular physique; robust
- Teeny: Very small in size
- Tiny: In the nest were some tiny , half-fledged birds
Let us see how to use these words in sentences :
For Example : “Delhi is very big city”, “He is a little boy”.
Don’t Worry If aren’t able to remember all these size words, You can use this list as a reference till the time you master these size adjectives and get used to speaking or writing them in sentences.
You can make your kids practice Big and Small Worksheets to get help them distinguish between the two.
Keep exploring EnglishBix to learn more words to help you write better sentences using proper adjectives.
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