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Definition of little:
- A small degree or scale; miniature.
- In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; - often with a preceding it.
- Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep.
- Small in dignity, power, or importance; not great; insignificant; contemptible.
- Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
- Small in force or efficiency; not strong; weak; slight; inconsiderable; as, little attention or exertion; little effort; little care or diligence.
- Small in quantity or amount; not much; as, a little food; a little air or water.
- Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; - opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child.
- That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like.
Synonyms:
wicked, minuscule, surprise, surprise, small, dwarf, serial, parochial, fine, once or twice, humble, pint-size, teentsy, belittled, fast, lowly, apart, littlest, just what I (have always) wanted, sectarian, secondary, lesser, rarely, minute, lower-ranking, sporadically, finite, flyspeck, foolish, from, brief, birdie, miniscule, circumstantial, lowercase, imperceptible, cramped, weensy, teeny, mean, exclusive, elfin, fiddling, comminuted, light, short-lived, Confucius says/Confucius he say, inconsiderable, restricted, transient, few and far between, incidental, midget, ridicule, inadequate, pocket-size, dinky, wee, further, abuse, bantam, inconsequential, molecular, long, cold, infrequently, were you born/raised in a barn?, under control, subaltern, micro, runty, low-slung, itsy-bitsy, soft, mere, count on, low-lying, embryonic, variable, undersized, all the way, specific, smallest, fleeting, Mickey Mouse, young, barely, half-pint, itty-bitty, floating, sawed-off, weeny, small-minded, minuscular, scrubby, half-size, inappreciable, provincial, once in a blue moon, niggling, slender, snub, short-term, picayune, unretentive, passing, stubby, precise, rarity, discreet, youth, temporary, brusk, petty, shrimpy, illiberal, rare, critical, bang, smallish, trivial, small-scale, exact, least, usual, teensy-weensy, frivolous, elflike, bunny, limited, away, unimportant, toylike, narrow-minded, insignificant, flattery will get you anywhere, small-fry, puny, undersize, occasionally, long-distance, whose side are you on?, myopic, tiny, slight, abrupt, littler, forgetful, pocket-sized, miniature, far, cross, superficial, atomic, pygmy, poor, out, microscopic, bow-wow, only, footling, within limits, boo-boo, bitty, smaller, junior-grade, younger, mock, subnormal, big, brusque, short, detailed, lilliputian, emotional, wide, base, gnomish, prohibitive, piddling, choo-choo, inconsequent, insular, limiting, diminished, particular, slim, unforesightful, inconstant, wizened, large, immature, teeny-weeny, diminutive, seldom, dwarfish, shortsighted, piffling, petite, restrictive, bittie, teensy, infinitesimal, invisible.
- little (part of speech: adjective)
- short (part of speech: adjective)
- few (part of speech: adjective)
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small (part of speech: adjective)
- teeny-weeny,
- modest,
- delicate,
- slim,
- scanty,
- scrawny,
- picayune,
- diminutive,
- meager,
- toy,
- pocket,
- stingy,
- negligible,
- dwarfish,
- teensy,
- wee,
- itty-bitty,
- trifling,
- weeny,
- smallish,
- niggardly,
- small,
- deficient,
- tiny,
- miniature,
- microscopic,
- minute,
- teeny,
- piddling,
- compact,
- puny,
- spare,
- sparing,
- slight,
- short,
- nugatory,
- petite,
- paltry,
- baby,
- miserly,
- bantam,
- minimal,
- scant,
- ungenerous,
- beggarly,
- minor
- weak (part of speech: adjective)
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unimportant (part of speech: adjective)
- meaningless,
- irrelevant,
- unconsidered,
- of no consequence/of little consequence
Usage examples:
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" I have come to- night for a little talk with you, Mr. Rockamore.
- "The Crevice", William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander. -
Not yet, but there is very little hope.
- "The Window at the White Cat", Mary Roberts Rinehart. -
I think that she was a little afraid of you.
- "Jeanne of the Marshes", E. Phillips Oppenheim.