less as in used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
- "less interesting"
- "less expensive"
- "less quickly"
Synonyms
- to a lesser extentused to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
less as in comparative of little
- "she walks less than she should"
- "he works less these days"
less as in (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
- "of less importance"
- "less time to spend with the family"
- "a shower uses less water"
- "less than three years old"
Synonyms
- less(a)
less as in (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality
- "no less than perfect"
less as in (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer
- "less than three weeks"
- "no less than 50 people attended"
- "in 25 words or less"