Antonyms for small fry


Grammar : Adj, noun


Definition of small fry

  • As in lesser : adj inferior, secondary
  • As in minor : adj insignificant, small
  • As in puny : adj small, insignificant
  • As in secondary : adj subordinate; less important
  • As in small : adj unimportant
  • As in stunted : adj kept from growing
  • As in minor-league : adj minor
  • As in smalltime : adj minor
  • As in dinky : adj tiny, small
  • As in boy : noun young man
  • As in youngster : noun child
  • As in nonentity : noun nonexistent thing
  • As in child : noun very young person
  • As in tot : noun child
Example sentences :
  • I suppose that you small fry of diplomacy cannot get things in duty free, eh?
  • Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
  • Twelve captured, seven killed, and every one of them small fry.
  • Extract from : « Rebels of the Red Planet » by Charles Louis Fontenay
  • He always did, Wrayford reflected, when the small fry from Highfield came to dine.
  • Extract from : « The Choice » by Edith Wharton
  • These last had been made very large; for Ossaroo did not care for the “small fry.”
  • Extract from : « The Plant Hunters » by Mayne Reid
  • Only small fry enjoy that privilege—lieutenants, mates, and midshipmen.
  • Extract from : « Ben Burton » by W. H. G. Kingston
  • When the dance starts the small fry step to the sides, will you?
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan » by John U. Wolff
  • The small fry has then the clear water to commence its life in.
  • Extract from : « A Summer's Outing » by Carter H. Harrison
  • The small fry get drinks or jobs, or help in time of trouble.
  • Extract from : « The Old World in the New » by Edward Alsworth Ross
  • Debtors were too small fry to be often referred to in the chronicles of the times.
  • Extract from : « The Chronicles of Newgate, vol. 1/2 » by Arthur Griffiths
  • She was one of the smartest of the small fry Fairlie had ever turned out.
  • Extract from : « Yachting Vol. 1 » by Various.

Synonyms for small fry

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