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Adjective little has 9 senses
- small, little - limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"; "a small voice"
Antonyms: large, big, ample, sizable, sizeable, astronomic, astronomical, galactic, bigger, larger, biggest, greatest, largest, biggish, largish, blown-up, enlarged, bouffant, puffy, bulky, capacious, colossal, prodigious, stupendous, cosmic, deep, double, elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo, enormous, tremendous, epic, heroic, larger-than-life, extensive, extended, gigantic, mammoth, great, hulking, hulky, huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian, humongous, banging, thumping, whopping, walloping, king-size, king-sized, large-scale, life-size, lifesize, life-sized, full-size, macro, man-sized, monolithic, monumental, massive, monstrous, mountainous, outsize, outsized, oversize, oversized, overlarge, too large, plumping, queen-size, queen-sized, rangy, super, titanic, volumed, voluminous, whacking, wide-ranging, broad, spacious, wide
- little - (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some; "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"
Antonyms: much, overmuch, some, such, so much, untold
- brief, little - of short duration or distance; "a brief stay in the country"; "in a little while"; "it's a little way away"
Antonym: long (indirect, via short)
- little, small - not fully grown; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"
Antonym: old (indirect, via young)
- fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial - (informal terms) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "Mickey Mouse regulations"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
Antonyms: important, of import (indirect, via unimportant)
- little, small - (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"
Antonym: loud (indirect, via soft)
- little, younger - younger brother or sister; "little brother"
Antonyms: big, elder, older
- little, minuscule, small - lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
Antonym: uppercase (indirect, via lowercase)
- little - small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context); "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"
Antonym: unemotional (indirect, via emotional)
Adverbial little has 1 sense
- little - not much; "he talked little about his family"
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Definitions from the Web
Little
Description:
Little is an adjective used to describe something that is small in size, quantity, or degree. It can also refer to a person or thing that is young or of short stature. Additionally, it can be used as an adverb to indicate a minor or insignificant extent.
As a noun, little refers to a small amount or duration of time. It can also be used as a term of endearment for a child or loved one.
Examples:
Adjective:
1. The little puppy was just a few weeks old.
2. She wore a little black dress to the party.
Adverb:
1. He acknowledged his mistake and apologized little.
2. The car was damaged little in the accident.
Noun:
1. She needs just a little of your time to discuss the project.
2. Come here, my little, let me give you a hug.
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