PETITE Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

petite

adjective

Definition of petite

as in diminutive

having a small and thin body

—usually used to describe a woman or girl She's petite and has short black hair. a petite young woman

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Recent Examples of petite These petite frogs only measure about two-inches long, and have bumpy green or gray skin that can look like tree bark. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 Aug. 2026 The kitchen is petite but modern and efficient, and the bathroom is perfectly fine — a basic penny- and subway-tile job. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 10 Aug. 2026 Plus, its women’s selection includes a wide range of sizes, which varies by garment, as well as options for petite and tall shoppers. — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 10 Aug. 2026 Fejzo is in her late fifties, petite and brunette, with birdlike features and a polite intensity. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for petite

Recent Examples of Synonyms for petite

Adjective

White Water's diminutive cocktail bar has awesome bottled cocktails served in proper glassware that make for the perfect sundowner to carry across the boardwalk to soak up golden hour over the Pacific.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
The true masters of diminutive camping vehicles hail from Japan and South Korea, but Wellhouse Leisure is quickly establishing itself as a master craftsman of western tiny camping.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of diminutive

Adjective

Shoichiro was smallish and solidly built, with a dull, pale complexion.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Yet, just a few weeks ago, Zweigenhaft was on the floor inside Ragan-Brown Fieldhouse, matched up with a smallish guard who played fierce defense, crashed the boards and generally played with the aggression of Jose Alvarado of the New York Knicks.

— Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 30 July 2026

Definition of smallish

Adjective

Best mini soccer nets This set comes with two nets that can fold down into a small tube, a soccer ball and a manual air pump.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
In addition to messages, Roost offers mini games users can play to level up their animals and a pen pal feature, which randomly connects users across the globe.

— Greta Cross, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of mini

Adjective

Bare-root fruit trees that produce fruit the fastest are typically dwarf or semi-dwarf varieties.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 28 July 2026
Look for citrus varieties grafted onto dwarf or semi-dwarf rootstock so the citrus tree stays small and doesn’t need to be pruned or re-potted as often.

— Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2026

Definition of dwarf

Adjective

Regardless, seeing it in practice helped show what the Bills may do at the macro and micro levels once the regular season begins.

— Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
For her latest stop in the Italian Riviera, the former Spice Girl embraced la dolce vita while continuing her micro bikini parade in a completely sheer floral cover-up.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of micro

Adjective

Trade along the route remains tiny compared with major throughways like the Suez Canal and is dominated by Russian oil and gas, which – along with a few other LNG buyers in Asia – principally flow to China.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
The amount of neutrino energy absorbed by the companion star, however, would be only a tiny fraction of the amount of energy the star emits on its own, so again, this is likely to have little effect.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of tiny

Adjective

The merch was originally made for OpenAI employees to purchase on an internal site, but the team decided to make a small capsule collection available to the public.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Rival online retailers Ozon and Yandex Market use smaller depots spread over a wider network.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026