little (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 10 senses of the word *little*:
ADJECTIVE	all	little, small	limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
all	little, slight	(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree
all	little, small	(of children and animals) young, immature
all	little, fiddling, footling, lilliputian, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial	(informal) small and of little importance
all	little, small	(of a voice) faint
all	little, short	low in stature
all	little, minuscule, small	lowercase
all	little	small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
ADVERB	all	little	not much
NOUN	quantity	little	a small amount or duration

little > pronunciation
Sounds	lih'tahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *little*: 10 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
Examples	"a little dining room" "a little house" "a little (or small) group"
Synonym	small
Attribute of	size	The physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
Narrower	atomic	Immeasurably small
	bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck	Very small
	bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy	(used informally) very small
	dinky, insignificant	small and insignificant
	dwarfish	atypically small
	elfin, elflike	small and delicate
	gnomish	Used of small deformed creatures / creatures
	half-size	half the usual / usual or regular size
	infinitesimal, minute	infinitely or immeasurably small
	lesser	smaller in size or amount or value
	micro	Extremely small in scale or scope or capability
	microscopic, microscopical	So small as to be invisible without a microscope
	miniature	On a very small scale
	minuscule, miniscule	Very small
	olive-sized	About the size of an olive
	pocket-size, pocket-sized, pocketable	small enough to be carried in a garment pocket
	puny, runty, shrimpy	(used especially of persons) of inferior size
	slender, slim	small in quantity
	small-scale	created or drawn on a small scale
	smaller, littler	small or little relative to something else
	smallish	Rather small
	subatomic	Of smaller than atomic dimensions
	undersize, undersized	smaller than normal for its kind
Opposite	large, big	Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Spanish	menudo, pequeño
Catalan	menut, petit
Nouns	littleness	the property of having a relatively small size

English > *little*: 10 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with 'a') at least some.
Examples	"little rain fell in May" "gave it little thought" "little time is left" "we still have little money" "a little hope remained"
Synonym	slight
Narrower	small	Slight or limited
See also	less	(comparative of 'little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning / meaning not as great in amount or degree
Opposite	much	(quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent
Spanish	chico, escaso, pequeño, poco

English > *little*: 10 senses > adjective 3
Meaning	(of children and animals) young, immature.
Example	"what a big little boy you are"
Synonym	small
Broader	young, immature	(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
Spanish	pequeño
Catalan	petit

English > *little*: 10 senses > adjective 4
Meaning	(informal) small and of little importance.
Example	"a little (or small) matter"
Synonyms	fiddling, footling, lilliputian, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial
Broader	unimportant	not important
Usage of	colloquialism	A colloquial expression
Spanish	baladí, fútil, insignificante, insustancial, intrascendente, nimio, pequeño, trivial
Catalan	fútil, inconsiderable, insignificant, insubstancial, intrascendent, negligible, nimi, petit, trivial
Nouns	littleness	lack of generosity / generosity in trifling matters

English > *little*: 10 senses > adjective 5
Meaning	(of a voice) faint.
Example	"a little voice"
Synonym	small
Broader	soft	(of sound) relatively low in volume
Spanish	débil, flojo
Catalan	dèbil, feble, fluix
Nouns	littleness	the property of having relatively little strength or vigor

English > *little*: 10 senses > adjective 6
Meaning	Low in stature; not tall.
Example	"a little man"
Synonym	short
Attribute of	stature, height	(of a standing person) the distance from head to foot
Narrower	chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy	short and thick
	compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset	Having a short and solid form or stature
	half-length	representing only the upper half of the body
	pint-size, pint-sized, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off	Well below average height
	short-stalked	Of plants having relatively short stalks
	squab, squabby	short and fat
See also	low	Literal meanings
Opposite	tall	Great in vertical dimension
Spanish	bajo, corto
Catalan	baix

English > *little*: 10 senses > adjective 7
Meaning	lowercase.
Example	"little a"
Synonyms	minuscule, small
Broader	lowercase	relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case
Spanish	minúscula
Catalan	minúscula

English > *little*: 10 senses > adjective 8
Meaning	small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context).
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"
Broader	emotional	Of more than usual emotion

English > *little*: 10 senses > noun 1, quantity
Meaning	A small amount or duration.
Example	"he accepted the little they gave him"
Broader	small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount	An indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude

English > *little*: 10 senses > adverb 1
Meaning	not much.
Example	"he talked little about his family"
Spanish	poco, poquito
Catalan	poc

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