Antonyms for lesser

Grammar : Adj

Spell : les-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛs ər

Definition of lesser

Origin : early 13c., a double comparative, from less + -er (2). Johnson calls it "a barbarous corruption of less, formed by the vulgar from the habit of terminating comparatives in -er." As an adverb from 1590s; now generally poetic or obsolete except in expression lesser-known (1813).

adj inferior, secondary

Example sentences :

They affected that they never habitually thought of lesser concerns.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

All lesser forms of lying are forbidden along with the greater.
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

Too much knowledge is even as great a danger as a lesser amount sometimes.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

The man of purpose says no to all lesser calls, all minor opportunities.
Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan

I recall but indifferently the lesser topics of conversation.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

I investigated the upper or lesser fall, which is close to the hotel.
Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling

From door to door he galloped, a lesser Paul Revere, but sowing seeds of harmony.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Besides the law of meat, there were a myriad other and lesser laws for him to learn and obey.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

When the lesser gods and demons see these halos, they hide and dare not move.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

In the third place the epic, in which there are heroes and other lesser personages.
Extract from : « An Essay on Satire, Particularly on the Dunciad » by Walter Harte

Synonyms for lesser

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