less: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 4 letter points · starts with L · ends with S
Meaning of less
adv
- comparative, diminutive, form-of
comparative degree of little
Base or related entry: little.
Example: I slept even/much less last night than I did the night before.
- comparative, diminutive
Used for constructing syntactic diminutive comparatives of adjectives and adverbs.
Example: Randal is less welcome than Rachel but as her spouse we should invite them both.
- comparative, diminutive
To a smaller extent or degree.
Example: The grammar book was less than (that is, not at all) helpful.
Source: Wiktionary — less.
det
- comparative, form-of
comparative form of little: more little; of inferior size, degree or extent; smaller, lesser.
Base or related entry: little.
A smaller amount of; not as much.
Example: No less than eight pints of beer.
- proscribed
Fewer; a smaller number of.
Example: There are less people here now.
Source: Wiktionary — less.
prep
Minus; not including
Example: It should then tax all of that as personal income, less the proportion of the car's annual mileage demonstrably clocked up on company business.
Source: Wiktionary — less.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for less.
adverb
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs, indicates that the adjective or adverb is less of something
- to a lesser extent
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is less in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of less
L(1) + E(1) + S(1) + S(1) = 4 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of less
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from less
3 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in less. Showing up to 24, longest first.