bantam
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Synonyms & Antonyms for bantam
Synonyms: Adjective
diminutive, dinky, dwarfish, fine, half-pint, Lilliputian, little, pint-size (or pint-sized), pocket, pocket-size (also pocket-sized), puny, pygmy, shrimpy, slight, small, smallish, subnormal, toylike, undersized (also undersize)
Antonyms: Adjective
big, biggish, considerable, goodly, grand, great, handsome, husky, king-size (or king-sized), large, largish, outsize (also outsized), overscale (or overscaled), oversize (or oversized), sizable (or sizeable), substantial, tidy, whacking, whopping
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Examples of bantam in a Sentence
Adjective
a bantam comedian who is known to fellow performers for his oversize egoRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
And for decades, one bantam-sized tailor has outfitted more than his share of hulking hockey stars. Giovanni Vacca, 86, stands about 5-foot-5 and sports a black suit, V-neck sweater and dress shirt. — Salim Valji, New York Times, "Suiting Up Hockey’s Stars, One Stitch At a Time," 10 June 2019 Times are 9 to 10:30 a.m. for mites (8 and under) and squirts (10 and under) and 10:30 a.m. to noon for peewees (12 and under) and bantams (17 and under). — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Women’s group serves meal at Camp Pendleton’s Fisher House," 7 Aug. 2019 Years before, Meade had played for Monte with the Chicago Blues at the bantam level. — Jon J. Kerr, chicagotribune.com, "Anthony Monte is the new man behind the bench for Fenwick boys hockey," 26 June 2019 Eventually, ispace aims to set up a robotic lunar transportation service and use its bantam rovers to identify and help exploit the resources available on Earth's nearest neighbor, such as water ice. — Mike Wall, Space.com, "Japanese Startup ispace to Launch Moon Lander Missions on SpaceX Rockets," 26 Sep. 2018 Son Kayden, a 74-pounder, will step between the ropes on Saturday in a bantam novice division for 9- and 10-year-olds. — John Henry, star-telegram, "Mother joins children as competitors in Golden Gloves | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 22 Feb. 2018 Years before, Meade had played for Monte with the Chicago Blues at the bantam level. — Jon J. Kerr, chicagotribune.com, "Anthony Monte is the new man behind the bench for Fenwick boys hockey," 26 June 2019 Many layer, broiler, and dual-purpose breeds are available as standards or bantams. — Denise Foley, Good Housekeeping, "Everything You Need to Know About Raising Backyard Chickens," 14 Aug. 2018 Many layer, broiler, and dual-purpose breeds are available as standards or bantams. — Denise Foley, Good Housekeeping, "Everything You Need to Know About Raising Backyard Chickens," 14 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bantam.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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