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Synonyms for runty

  • adjective

Most common

sawed-off sawn-off puny shrimpy dwarfish

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Pint-sized

pint-sized informal, sawed-off, sawn-off

2. Puny

puny, shrimpy

3. Dwarfish

small, short, dwarfish

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Having the characteristics of a runt; small and stunted; diminutive.

Example sentences

  • puny I don't envy your puny human brain.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
runtyrising
punyrising
shrimpysteady
dwarfishsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
puny2
5 letters
small1, short1
7 letters
shrimpy
8 letters
dwarfish

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (puny2 = 2 syllables).