lilliputians
Miniature fictional inhabitants
Lilliputians are tiny people, from the six-inch-tall inhabitants of Lilliput in Jonathan Swift's *Gulliver's Travels*.
The term describes anyone or anything diminutive in size: lilliputian creatures, lilliputian portions.
Extended to mean petty or small-minded: lilliputian concerns, lilliputian bureaucrats obsessed with trivial rules. (Lowercase lilliputian is the adjective.)
- BrobdingnagImaginary land of giants
- YahoosCrude, uncultured people
- satireMockery exposing vice
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
travelogue · shipwreck · island · micronation · emperor · court · inventory · binding
Extremely small in size
- miniatureReduced-scale representation
- diminutiveVery small, or nickname form
- minusculeExtremely small in size
- microscopicToo small for eyes
pocket-sized · pint-sized · wee · teeny · petite · elfin · dwarfish · undersized
Lacking importance or consequence
- pettyOf little importance
- narrow-mindedIntolerant of differing views
- trivialLacking significance or weight
- unimportantLacking significance or weight
small-minded · provincial · parochial · mean-spirited · nitpicking · pedantic · self-important · pompous
Imaginative mental wandering
- mythicalOf folklore, not fact
- legendaryFamous beyond ordinary measure
- storybookBook of tales
- imaginaryExisting only in thought
make-believe · fabled · invented · literary · whimsical · fantastical · allegorical
Gulliver
- BrobdingnagImaginary land of giants
- YahoosCrude, uncultured people
- satireMockery exposing vice
allegory · travelogue · shipwreck · island · micronation · emperor · court · inventory · binding · oath
tiny
Extremely small in size
- miniatureReduced-scale representation
- diminutiveVery small, or nickname form
- minusculeExtremely small in size
microscopic · pocket-sized · pint-sized · wee · teeny · petite · elfin · dwarfish · undersized · compact
insignificant
Lacking importance or consequence
- pettyOf little importance
- narrow-mindedIntolerant of differing views
- trivialLacking significance or weight
unimportant · small-minded · provincial · parochial · mean-spirited · nitpicking · pedantic · self-important · pompous · bureaucratic
fantasy
Imaginative mental wandering
imaginary · make-believe · fabled · invented · literary · whimsical · fantastical · allegorical
figurines
Small ornamental sculptures
maquette · tabletop · collectibles · tiny people · action figures
lilliputiansgiants
Beings of immense stature
titans · colossi · behemoths · goliaths · leviathans
lilliputianstitans
Dominant powerful figures
giants · powerhouses · heavyweights · colossi · big shots