Synonyms for Lesser
ˈlɛs ərless·er

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1. lesseradjective

   of less size or importance

   "the lesser anteater"; "the lesser of two evils"

   Antonyms:
   greater, large, big

2. lesseradjective

   smaller in size or amount or value

   "the lesser powers of Europe"; "the lesser anteater"

   Antonyms:
   large, greater, big

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1. lesseradjective

   Synonyms:
   less, smaller, inferior

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1. List of paraphrases for "lesser":

   less, lower, smaller, least, minor, fewer, lighter

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1. List of known nicknames for "Lesser":

   J Lesser, Brotha P Touch, Jay Lesser, J Lesser, J Lesser, Jason Doerck

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1. Colonel William Prescott:

   Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes.N.B. A lesser-known version of this quotation was supposedly said by Frederick the Great at Prague in 1757 By push of bayonets, no firing till you see the whites of their eyes.

2. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia:

   They come from lesser schools where they do not feel that they're being pushed ahead in classes that are too fast for them, i'm just not impressed by the fact that the University of Texas may have fewer. Maybe it ought to have fewer. And maybe some -- you know, when you take more, the number of blacks, really competent blacks, admitted to lesser schools, turns out to be less.

3. H.L. Mencken:

   Man is never honestly the fatalist, nor even the stoic. He fights his fate, often desperately. He is forever entering bold exceptions to the rulings of the bench of gods. This fighting, no doubt, makes for human progress, for it favors the strong and the brave. It also makes for beauty, for lesser men try to escape from a hopeless and intolerable world by creating a more lovely one of their own.

4. George Bernard Shaw:

   If the lesser mind could measure the greater as a footrule can measure a pyramid, there would be finality in universal suffrage. As it is, the political problem remains unsolved.

5. Megan Rapinoe:

   I just want to say, it's all false, to every girl out there, to every boy out there, who watches this team, who wants to be on this team or just wants to live their dream out, you are not lesser just because you're a girl. You are not better just because you're a boy.