Dwarf
Dwarf noun - An imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers.
Usage example: Snow White and the seven dwarfs
Little people and dwarf are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Little people" instead a noun "Dwarf".
Little people
Dwarf and little people are semantically related. You can use "Dwarf" instead a noun phrase "Little people".
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- Alternately averted and played for laughs on Chelsea Lately, where Chelsea Handler employs a dwarf as a sidekick because of a personal attraction for little people.
Source: Acceptable Ethnic Targets -
Many royal courts had a "court dwarf" (the Ottoman Empire had a whole troupe of them), and little people were also a popular addition to The Freakshow.
Source: Little People Are Surreal - Karzeł ("midget" or "dwarf") is the Norse Mythology dwarf, pre-fantasy or in separation from fantasy, as well as the word for real life "little people".
Source: Myth / Slavic Mythology
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Little people and Dwarf. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dwarf/little_people
Dwarf & Little people. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dwarf/little_people>.
Little people or Dwarf. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dwarf/little_people.
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