Anthropology .

a member of a small-statured people native to equatorial Africa.

a Negrito of southeastern Asia, or of the Andaman or Philippine islands.

( lowercase ) a small or dwarfish person.

( lowercase ) anything very small of its kind.

( lowercase ) a person who is of small importance, or who has some quality, attribute, etc., in very small measure.

Classical Mythology . (in the Iliad ) one of a race of dwarfs who fought battles with cranes, who preyed on them and destroyed their fields.

( often lowercase ) of or pertaining to the Pygmies.

( lowercase ) of very small size, capacity, power, etc.

adjective

diminutive , dwarf , lilliputian , midget , miniature , minuscule , minute , wee

noun

chimpanzee , dwarf , elf , gnome , lilliputian , midget , pigmy , pixy , runt , short , shrimp , small , tiny , trivial , unimportant