slight

adjective/slaɪt/CEFR B1

সামান্য, অল্প

Meaning

Very small in degree or amount.

Example sentences

There was a slight increase in prices.দামে সামান্য বৃদ্ধি ঘটেছিল।
She felt a slight pain in her knee.সে হাঁটুতে সামান্য ব্যথা অনুভব করল।

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: small, minor

Antonyms: large

Similar words, and what each means

small
ছোট
Little in size or amount.
minor
গৌণ, ছোটখাটো
Small or not very important.
minimal
ন্যূনতম, খুব সামান্য
As small in amount or degree as possible.
snub
ইচ্ছাকৃতভাবে অগ্রাহ্য করা
To ignore or reject someone deliberately, in a way that is meant to hurt.

Other English words for “সামান্য, অল্প”

little
Small in size, or not much in amount.
scant
Barely enough in amount; very little.
slightly
To a small degree.

Opposite words

large
বড়, বৃহৎ
Big in size or amount.
considerable
প্রচুর, উল্লেখযোগ্য পরিমাণে, যথেষ্ট, উল্লেখযোগ্য
Large in size, amount or importance.
burly
বলিষ্ঠ ও ভারী দেহের
Large, strong and heavily built, said of a man.
bulky
বিশালদেহী, ভারী গড়নের
Large and heavy, taking up much space.
overwhelming
অপ্রতিরোধ্য, বিহ্বলকর
So great or intense that it is hard to deal with.
chunky
মোটাসোটা, ভারী গড়নের
Broad and heavy in build; thickset.

Word family

Words built on the same root. Learning them together is faster than learning them apart.

slightlyadverbসামান্য, একটু

“slight” elsewhere on EnglishBD

Roughly equally, with a slight lean towards uses if the phrasing is 'uses and abuses'.
Uses and Abuses of Mobile Phone →
Six equal sentences read as a list; slight variation reads as writing.
Six Seasons of Bangladesh →
Cinema settled on twenty-four frames a second long ago and audiences have learned to read that slight blur as 'film' — the same scene at sixty can look oddly like live television.
frame rate — dictionary →

Where this word is used

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“slight” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?
- • বীরোচিত, সাহসী
- • হাড়ভাঙা (পরিশ্রম)
- • সামান্য, অল্প
- • রোদে-জলে পোড়া, আবহাওয়ায় জীর্ণ
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সামান্য, অল্প — slight (adjective) — সামান্য, অল্প. Very small in degree or amount.
Which word is closest in meaning to “slight”?
- • taciturn
- • inadvertent
- • small
- • young-looking
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small — small — ছোট. Little in size or amount.

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