Thesaurus: less

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1. conj. Unless.
2. a. Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value; in less time than before.
3. adv. Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or loud; less beautiful.
4. n. A smaller portion or quantity.
5. n. The inferior, younger, or smaller.
6. v. t. To make less; to lessen.
7. adj. (comparative of ‘little’ usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
8. adj. (usually preceded by ‘no’) lower in quality
9. adj. (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer
10. adv. used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs, indicates that the adjective or adverb is less of something
11. adv. comparative of little
12. Unless. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value; in less time than before. Note: The substantive which less qualifies is often omitted; as, the purse contained less (money) than ten dollars. See Less, n. Thus in less [time] than a hundred years from the coming of Augustine, all England became Christian. E. A. Freeman. Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or loud; less beautiful. 1. A smaller portion or quantity. The children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. Ex. xvi. 17. 2. The inferior, younger, or smaller. The less is blessed of the better. Heb. vii. 7. To make less; to lessen. [Obs.] Gower.