Synonyms for LESS
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1. lesspreposition

   Antonyms:
   more, plus

2. lessadverb

   To smaller extent

   It should then tax all of that as personal income, less the proportion of the car's annual mileage demonstrably clocked up on company business.

   Antonyms:
   more, plus

3. lessadjective

   A smaller amount (of); not as much.

   This is a less bad solution than I thought possible.

   Antonyms:
   more

4. lessadjective

   Antonyms:
   more

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1. less(a)adjective

   (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree

   "of less importance"; "less time to spend with the family"; "a shower uses less water"; "less than three years old"

   Antonyms:
   superior, more(a), to a greater extent, more

2. lessadjective

   (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality

   "no less than perfect"

   Synonyms:
   less(a)

   Antonyms:
   more(a), superior, more, to a greater extent

3. lessadverb

   (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer

   "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less"

   Synonyms:
   less(a)

   Antonyms:
   more(a), superior, to a greater extent, more

4. less, to a lesser extentadverb

   used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

   "less interesting"; "less expensive"; "less quickly"

   Synonyms:
   to a lesser extent, less

   Antonyms:
   superior, more(a), more, to a greater extent

5. lessadverb

   comparative of little

   "she walks less than she should"; "he works less these days"

   Synonyms:
   to a lesser extent

   Antonyms:
   superior, more(a), to a greater extent, more

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1. lessadjective

   Synonyms:
   smaller, inferior

2. lessadjective

   Synonyms:
   not so much, in a less degree

3. lessnoun

   Synonyms:
   not so much, smaller quantity

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1. List of paraphrases for "less":

   least, fewer, lower, minus, lesser, smaller, under, minimum, below, minor, moins, more, shorter, <, low, reduced, ieast, minder, lowest, fewest

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1. Mickey Mehta:

   People who constantly seek commitment and security will never taste love. And for those who will always want to own, posses will never get more than less. Love in liberty, live in liberty, let love be eternalized , go all out in love and get MickeyMized.

2. Tommaso Di Tanno:

   I don't think the government can get a tax in place in time for 2016, and in any case revenue would be less than one billion euros per year.

3. Giambattista Vico:

   The criterion and rule of the true is to have made it. Accordingly, our clear and distinct idea of the mind cannot be a criterion of the mind itself, still less of other truths. For while the mind perceives itself, it does not make itself.

4. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi:

   The situation is much less serious than the market thinks.

5. Jeffrey Cole:

   Even though it's priced less than Disney and Netflix and a lot less than HBO, I think the future of Apple TV + is only going to be as a giveaway to Apple Arcade hardware, i don't think it's going to earn very many subscribers on its own, it doesn't offer enough to compete with Disney and Netflix.