small print

Questions about small print

What does small print mean?

small print means "the part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for small print?

Close synonyms include fine print, fine print. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is small print a common word?

small print is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.