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ADJECTIVE | 1 | little, small | Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent |
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2 | little | (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree | |
3 | little, brief | Of short duration or distance | |
4 | little, small | Not fully grown | |
5 | little, fiddling, footling, lilliputian, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial | (informal terms) small and of little importance | |
6 | little, small | (of a voice) faint | |
7 | little, younger | Younger brother or sister | |
8 | little, minuscule, small | Lowercase | |
9 | little | Small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context) | |
ADVERB | 1 | little | Not much |
NOUN | 1 | little | A small amount or duration |
Sounds | lih'tahl |
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Rhymes | abdominal, Abel, able, and 2059 more rhymes in ahl at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent. |
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Examples | "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a little (or small) group" |
Synonyms | small |
Attribute of | size |
Similar | bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck; bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy; dinky; dwarfish; elfin, elflike; gnomish; half-size; infinitesimal, minute, microscopic; least, littlest, smallest; lesser; micro; miniature; minuscule, miniscule; pocket-size, pocket-sized, pocketable; puny, runty, shrimpy; slender, slim; smaller, littler; smallish; small-scale; undersize, undersized |
See also | short |
Contrary | large, big |
Meaning | (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree. Not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some. |
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Examples | "little rain fell in May"; "gave it little thought"; "little hope remained"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"; "a little time is left" |
Similar | slight; small |
See also | less |
Contrary | much |
Meaning | Of short duration or distance. |
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Examples | "in a little while"; "it's a little way away" |
Synonyms | brief |
Similar to | short |
Meaning | Not fully grown. |
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Examples | "what a big little boy you are" |
Synonyms | small |
Similar to | young, immature |
Meaning | (informal terms) small and of little importance. |
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Examples | "a little (or small) matter" |
Synonyms | fiddling, footling, lilliputian, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial |
Similar to | unimportant |
Usage | colloquialism |
Meaning | (of a voice) faint. |
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Examples | "a little voice" |
Synonyms | small |
Similar to | soft |
Meaning | Younger brother or sister. |
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Examples | "little brother" |
Synonyms | younger |
Contrary | big, elder, older |
Meaning | Lowercase. |
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Examples | "little a" |
Synonyms | minuscule, small |
Similar to | lowercase |
Meaning | Small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context). |
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Examples | "a nice little job"; "bless your little heart"; "my dear little mother"; "a sweet little deal"; "I'm tired of your petty little schemes"; "filthy little tricks"; "what a nasty little situation" |
Similar to | emotional |
Meaning | A small amount or duration. |
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Examples | "he accepted the little they gave him" |
Broader | small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount |
Meaning | Not much. |
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Examples | "he talked little about his family" |