Usually means: Smaller in amount, degree, intensity.
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We found 41 dictionaries that define the word Less:

General (30 matching dictionaries)
  1. less: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. -less, less: Merriam-Webster
  3. -less, less: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. less: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. -less, less: Collins English Dictionary
  6. less: Vocabulary.com
  7. Les's, Less, -less, less: Wordnik
  8. -less, less: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. -less: Wiktionary
  10. -less, less: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. -less, less: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. less: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Less, -less, less, less: Dictionary.com
  14. -less, less: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. less: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. LESS (stylesheet language), LESS, Less (Unix), Less (band), Less (novel), Less (stylesheet language), Less, -less: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Less, -less: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. less: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. less: Rhymezone
  20. less: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. less: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. -less, less: MyWord.info
  23. LESS: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  24. less: FreeDictionary.org
  25. less: Mnemonic Dictionary
  26. less: TheFreeDictionary.com
  27. less: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  28. less: Wiktionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. less: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -less, less: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. less: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. LESS: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. less: Idioms

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. less: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary
  2. Less: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  3. less: MATH SPOKEN HERE!

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. less: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (less)

▸ adverb:  Used for constructing syntactic diminutive comparatives of adjectives and adverbs.
▸ adverb:  To a smaller extent or degree.
▸ verb:  (archaic) To make less; to lessen.
▸ adjective:  (archaic) Lesser; smaller.
▸ noun:  A smaller amount or quantity.

Similar:
inferior, lower, fewer, to a lesser extent, more, than, rather, longer, somewhat, significantly, more...

Opposite:
more, greater, additional, extra, increased

Types:
comparative, superlative, positive, more...

Phrases:
less than, much less, no less, far less, less of, more...

Adjectives:
more, the, total, same, percent, net, average, free, correct, current, annual

Colors:
    gray,     beige,     pale blue,     light gray,     off-white, more...


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Similar:
inferior, lower, fewer, to a lesser extent, more, than, rather, longer, somewhat, significantly, more...

Opposite:
more, greater, additional, extra, increased

Types:
comparative, superlative, positive, more...

Phrases:
less than, much less, no less, far less, less of, less important, still less, less powerful, less experienced, less traveled, less lethal, more or less, shell less, wall less, skill less, could care less, gill less, more...

Adjectives:
more, the, total, same, percent, net, average, free, correct, current, annual

Colors:
    gray,     beige,     pale blue,     light gray,     off-white, more...



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