BANTAM Synonyms: 159 Similar and Opposite Words

bantam

adjective

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as in diminutive

of a size that is less than average a bantam comedian who is known to fellow performers for his oversize ego

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Recent Examples of bantam Tipping the scales at a bantam weight of only 1.14 pounds, and less than a foot long, even the gram-conscious minimalists have to take notice. —

Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 9 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for bantam

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The diminutive restaurant is about as no-nonsense inside as out.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
Even still, most of its diminutive size was just plastic packaging, encasing the far tinier, unfathomably dense network of billions of transistors embedded in silicon.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026