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Add to word list. not very successful or important: a small-time crook. a small-time theatre. Synonym. nickel-and-dime US informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Unsuccessful (people and things) abortive.
Learn the meaning of small-time as an adjective or noun, and see examples of its usage in sentences. Find out the word history, synonyms, and related entries of small-time.
Learn the meaning and usage of the informal adjective small-time, which can describe something or someone as not very important or successful, often in a disapproving way. See synonyms, collocations and contrast with big time.
adjective. If you refer to workers or businesses as small-time, you think they are not very important because their work is limited in extent or not very successful. ...a small time crook. ...a small-time actress and model.
Meaning of small-time – Learner’s Dictionary. small-time. adjective [ always before noun ] informaluk/ˈsmɔːlˌtaɪm/us. Add to word listAdd to word list. not important or successful: a small-time criminal.
Jun 21, 2024 · adjective. of minor importance. “a small-time actor” synonyms: nickel-and-dime. unimportant. not important. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Small-time." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/small-time. Accessed 21 Jun. 2024. Copy citation. Examples from books and articles. loading examples... Word Family.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ˈsmall-time adjective → small-time crook/gangster etc —small-timer noun [ countable] Examples from the Corpus small-time • Robert Burke, a Hartley regular, is Bill McCabe, a small-time conman who has just been dumped by his girl. • It was either small-time crookery or the docks, and I ...
