Thesaurus: less

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Definitions

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