less

Pronunciation: US [les] UK [les]

adv.Less less less less
n.Less
prep.Minus; deduction
adj.Smaller; less important; lower-status
WebLess; less; less than

Synonyms

Antonyms

inferior junior lesser lower minor smaller subordinate

Definitions in English

adv.

1.

used for referring to an amount that is smaller than another amount, smaller than before, or smaller than you expected

2.

used for saying that there is not as much of a particular quality in one person or thing as in another, or not as much as there was before

3.

happening or doing something fewer times or for shorter periods of time; to a smaller degree

4.

used in front of a number or amount to state that it should be taken away from another number or amount that you have just mentioned

5.

used for saying that one way of describing someone or something is not as true or as accurate as another

6.

The comparative of little

Example Sentences

19 is less than 20.
Source: Joseph Harris
And then the sighs he would suppress..grew less and less.
Source: Byron
Their number was less than ten.
Source: A. N. Wilson

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Based on less, new words formed by adding one letter at the beginning or end
a - elss
b - lases
d - seals
e - bless
f - sleds
i - seels
l - selfs
o - isles
u - sells
w - loess
y - loses
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English words starting with less :
lessened lessoned lessees lessens lessons lessors lessee lessen lesser lesson lessor less
English words that contain less :
ageless aidless aimless airless armless artless ashless aweless awnless awless backless barbless barkless baseless bathless beakless beamless beatless beefless beltless blessers blessing blotless bodiless boltless bondless boneless boonless bootless brimless browless bushless barless bedless bibless blessed blesser blesses bowless braless budless bless careless cashless chadless chinless clawless clueless coalless coatless codeless colessee colessor cookless cordless coreless costless crewless cropless cuffless cureless capless carless coxless dateless debtless deedless doorless downless dripless ductless dustless dewless echoless edgeless exitless earless eggless egoless endless eyeless faceless fadeless fameless fangless fearless feckless feetless fernless filmless fireless fishless flagless flapless flawless foamless foodless footless fordless forkless formless fretless fumeless fuseless fatless feeless finless flyless fogless furless gainless garbless gateless gearless giftless goalless gormless gustless gapless gasless godless gumless gunless gutless hairless haltless handless harmless headless heatless heedless heelless heirless helmless helpless herbless hideless hiltless hiveless holeless homeless hoodless hoofless hookless hoopless hopeless hornless humpless hurtless hymnless hapless hatless hipless hitless hueless jagless jawless jobless joyless keelless kindless kingless knotless keyless kinless laceless landless leadless leafless leakless lensless lessened lessoned lifeless limbless limeless lineless lintless listless loamless loftless lordless lossless loveless luckless lawless legless lessees lessens lessons lessors lidless lipless lessee lessen lesser lesson lessor less mailless maneless massless mastless mateless mealless meatless milkless mindless moonless moveless manless matless nameless nathless neckless needless newsless noblesse normless noseless noteless nounless napless netless odorless outbless oarless orbless painless paneless passless pastless pathless peakless peerless peltless pileless pipeless pithless pitiless planless playless plessors plotless plugless poetless poleless popeless portless prebless pulpless pumpless pegless plessor rainless rankless reckless reinless restless riftless rindless riskless roadless rockless roofless rootless ruleless rumpless rungless rustless ruthless rayless ribless rimless rodless runless sexless sashless scarless scumless seamless seatless seedless selfless shipless shitless shoeless sighless skilless skinless slipless slitless smogless snapless snowless soapless sockless sodaless soilless soleless songless soulless soupless spanless spinless spotless starless stemless suckless sudsless sailless saltless sandless sapless sinless sonless sumless sunless tackless tactless tailless tameless tankless tapeless tearless tentless termless textless thawless thewless thowless tideless timeless tintless tireless toadless tombless toneless toolless townless tramless treeless tubeless tuneless turfless tuskless twigless taxless tieless tipless toeless topless toyless tugless veinless ventless verbless vestless viceless viewless voteless vowless wageless wakeless wardless wartless wattless waveless weedless weldless wickless wifeless windless wineless wingless wireless wishless woodless wordless workless warless wayless webless wigless winless witless yokeless zipless changeless artlessness
English words ending with less :
ageless aidless aimless airless armless artless ashless aweless awnless awless backless barbless barkless baseless bathless beakless beamless beatless beefless beltless blotless bodiless boltless bondless boneless boonless bootless brimless browless bushless barless bedless bibless bowless braless budless bless careless cashless chadless chinless clawless clueless coalless coatless codeless cookless cordless coreless costless crewless cropless cuffless cureless capless carless coxless dateless debtless deedless doorless downless dripless ductless dustless dewless echoless edgeless exitless earless eggless egoless endless eyeless faceless fadeless fameless fangless fearless feckless feetless fernless filmless fireless fishless flagless flapless flawless foamless foodless footless fordless forkless formless fretless fumeless fuseless fatless feeless finless flyless fogless furless gainless garbless gateless gearless giftless goalless gormless gustless gapless gasless godless gumless gunless gutless hairless haltless handless harmless headless heatless heedless heelless heirless helmless helpless herbless hideless hiltless hiveless holeless homeless hoodless hoofless hookless hoopless hopeless hornless humpless hurtless hymnless hapless hatless hipless hitless hueless jagless jawless jobless joyless keelless kindless kingless knotless keyless kinless laceless landless leadless leafless leakless lensless lifeless limbless limeless lineless lintless listless loamless loftless lordless lossless loveless luckless lawless legless lidless lipless less mailless maneless massless mastless mateless mealless meatless milkless mindless moonless moveless manless matless nameless nathless neckless needless newsless normless noseless noteless nounless napless netless odorless outbless oarless orbless painless paneless passless pastless pathless peakless peerless peltless pileless pipeless pithless pitiless planless playless plotless plugless poetless poleless popeless portless prebless pulpless pumpless pegless rainless rankless reckless reinless restless riftless rindless riskless roadless rockless roofless rootless ruleless rumpless rungless rustless ruthless rayless ribless rimless rodless runless sexless sashless scarless scumless seamless seatless seedless selfless shipless shitless shoeless sighless skilless skinless slipless slitless smogless snapless snowless soapless sockless sodaless soilless soleless songless soulless soupless spanless spinless spotless starless stemless suckless sudsless sailless saltless sandless sapless sinless sonless sumless sunless tackless tactless tailless tameless tankless tapeless tearless tentless termless textless thawless thewless thowless tideless timeless tintless tireless toadless tombless toneless toolless townless tramless treeless tubeless tuneless turfless tuskless twigless taxless tieless tipless toeless topless toyless tugless veinless ventless verbless vestless viceless viewless voteless vowless wageless wakeless wardless wartless wattless waveless weedless weldless wickless wifeless windless wineless wingless wireless wishless woodless wordless workless warless wayless webless wigless winless witless yokeless zipless changeless