Need another word that means the same as “stunted”? Find 10 synonyms and 30 related words for “stunted” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Stunted” are: scrawny, scrubby, small, little, tiny, undersized, undersize, diminutive, dwarfish, pygmy
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “stunted” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
diminutive | Very small. Diminutive in stature. |
dwarfish | Atypically small. |
little | Informal small and of little importance. What a big little boy you are. |
pygmy | Used in names of animals and plants that are much smaller than more typical kinds e g pygmy shrew pygmy water lily. |
scrawny | Being very thin. She was small and scrawny and the sinews in her neck stood out. |
scrubby | Sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush. Scrubby cut over pine. |
small | Have fine or very small constituent particles. Small a. |
tiny | Very small. A tiny hummingbird. |
undersize | Smaller than normal for its kind. |
undersized | Of less than the usual size. The undersized cubs may not survive the winter. |
arboreal | Inhabiting or frequenting trees. Arboreal apes. |
arboretum | A facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition. |
botanical | Of or relating to plants or botany. Botanical garden. |
botany | The plant life of a particular region, habitat, or geological period. The botany of China. |
breed | (of animals) mate and then produce offspring. They breed their children to be in complete control of any social situation. |
bryophyte | A small flowerless green plant of the division Bryophyta, which comprises the mosses and liverworts. |
diatom | Microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica. |
entomology | The branch of zoology that studies insects. |
fetus | An unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal. |
flora | The plants of a particular region, habitat, or geological period. The flora of southern California. |
flowering | The action of producing flowers. The clematis can be grown to coincide with the flowering of the roses. |
foliage | Plant leaves collectively. Healthy green foliage. |
garden | Work in the garden. She wrote books kept journals and gardened. |
grass | Bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle. She threatened to grass me up. |
growth | Vegetation that has grown. The rates of population growth are lowest in the north. |
herbaceous | Characteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant part. |
herbarium | A room or building housing a herbarium. |
horticultural | Relating to the art or practice of garden cultivation and management. The horticultural industry. |
horticulture | The cultivation of plants. Maize and manioc horticulture. |
microbiology | The branch of science that deals with microorganisms. |
ornithology | The branch of zoology that studies birds. |
plant | Put or set seeds seedlings or plants into the ground. He planted himself squarely in front of her. |
propagation | The spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions. The propagation of ideas was important. |
reproduction | The act of making copies. Reproduction French classical beds. |
riparian | Relating to or situated on the banks of a river. All the riparian states must sign an agreement. |
steppe | Extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia. |
tare | A vetch, especially the common vetch. |
vegetal | Characterized by asexual processes. A vegetal aroma. |
vegetation | The action or process of vegetating. Pleistocene vegetation. |
vegetative | Relating to vegetation or plant life. Environmental factors trigger the switch from vegetative to floral development. |
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