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less has 1 distinct synonym spread across 1 of its 5 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is more.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
(comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
“of less importance”
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
“less interesting”
2 of the 5 recorded senses carry no synonym, antonym or related term, so they are not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for less.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for less come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
comparative of little
“she walks less than she should”