Synonyms for little
ˈlɪt llit·tle

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1. littleadverb

   Antonyms:
   much

2. littleadjective

   Small in size.

   This is a little table.

   Antonyms:
   much, large, big

3. littleadverb

   Antonyms:
   big

4. littleadverb

   Antonyms:
   much

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1. little

   That is minute which is of exceedingly limited dimensions, as a grain of dust, or which attends to matters of exceedingly slight amount or apparent importance; as, a minute account; minute observation. That which is broken up into minute particles is said to be comminuted; things may be termed fine which would not be termed comminuted; as, fine sand; fine gravel; but, in using the adverb, we say a substance is finely comminuted, comminuted referring more to the process, fine to the result. An account extended to very minute particulars is circumstantial, detailed, particular; an examination so extended is critical, exact, precise. Compare FINE.

   See synonyms for LARGE.

   Synonyms:
   circumstantial, comminuted, critical, detailed, diminutive, exact, fine, minute, particular, precise, slender, small, tiny

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1. little

   Synonyms:
   pliant, flexible, limber, supple, elastic, agile, pliable

   Antonyms:
   tough, inflexible, inelastic, stiff

2. little

   Synonyms:
   small, tiny, pigmy, diminutive, short, brief, scanty, unimportant, insignificant, slight, weak, inconsiderable, trivial, illiberal, mean, petty, paltry, dirty, shabby, dwarf

   Antonyms:
   big, bulky, large, enormous, huge, monstrous, full-sized, long, full, developed, much, important, grave, serious, momentous, liberal, generous, noble, high-minded, handsome

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1. littleadjective

   a small amount or duration

   "he accepted the little they gave him"

   Antonyms:
   wide-ranging, hulking, whopping, gigantic, man-sized, extensive, super, double, bear-sized, too large, elephantine, loud, puffy, Brobdingnagian, uppercase, galactic, large-scale, heroic, cosmic, sizeable, banging, immense, voluminous, vast, whacking, monumental, mammoth, outsize, hulky, enlarged, walloping, biggish, bulky, thumping, life-sized, queen-size, wide, massive, king-size, bigger, extended, bouffant, largish, deep, full-size, monstrous, old, mountainous, lifesize, capacious, queen-sized, important, rangy, overlarge, macroscopic, astronomic, huge, plumping, unemotional, gargantuan, macroscopical, oversized, large-mouthed, jumbo, tremendous, broad, stupendous, larger-than-life, colossal, titanic, volumed, sizable, life-size, giant, big, oversize, humongous, large, spacious, great, astronomical, prodigious, epic, monolithic, king-sized, larger, medium-large, of import, grand, enormous, outsized, blown-up, macro, ample

2. small, littleadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   short, piddling, trivial, niggling, picayune, diminished, footling, lilliputian, humble, lowly, modest, slight, petty, minuscule, minor, pocket-sized, little(a), belittled, small, pocket-size, small(a), fiddling, small-scale, piffling, low

   Antonyms:
   puffy, lifesize, broad, humongous, bouffant, larger, spacious, massive, immense, whacking, thumping, jumbo, plumping, gigantic, large-scale, extensive, tremendous, macroscopical, grand, monstrous, king-size, old, enlarged, prodigious, enormous, voluminous, sizable, banging, astronomical, oversize, macro, ample, full-size, largish, hulking, whopping, gargantuan, too large, great, loud, stupendous, extended, monolithic, big, colossal, Brobdingnagian, bulky, vast, walloping, deep, hulky, man-sized, wide, galactic, larger-than-life, super, bigger, titanic, cosmic, outsized, outsize, large-mouthed, rangy, overlarge, queen-size, oversized, important, heroic, unemotional, sizeable, elephantine, king-sized, life-size, monumental, biggish, astronomic, queen-sized, blown-up, large, volumed, of import, double, uppercase, life-sized, huge, macroscopic, mountainous, bear-sized, epic, wide-ranging, mammoth, giant, capacious, medium-large

3. little(a), slightadjective

   (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 time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work"

   Antonyms:
   big, bulky, lifesize, queen-size, extended, bouffant, cosmic, oversized, plumping, epic, grand, of import, rangy, bigger, important, hulky, elephantine, giant, tremendous, mountainous, life-sized, super, overlarge, broad, great, mammoth, stupendous, oversize, extensive, gargantuan, walloping, outsized, colossal, old, deep, monumental, larger-than-life, biggish, wide-ranging, Brobdingnagian, outsize, whacking, astronomic, bear-sized, monstrous, enlarged, unemotional, largish, loud, sizable, large-scale, life-size, macroscopical, enormous, puffy, voluminous, jumbo, large, full-size, prodigious, man-sized, ample, spacious, humongous, banging, king-sized, king-size, queen-sized, immense, galactic, large-mouthed, whopping, macroscopic, hulking, sizeable, double, macro, titanic, massive, capacious, vast, larger, astronomical, gigantic, uppercase, monolithic, huge, thumping, blown-up, volumed, medium-large, heroic, wide, too large

4. little, smalladjective

   (of children and animals) young, immature

   "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

   Synonyms:
   piddling, small-scale, trivial, picayune, diminished, lowly, footling, minor, humble, lilliputian, slight, minuscule, fiddling, petty, short, pocket-sized, little(a), belittled, low, small, pocket-size, small(a), modest, piffling, niggling

   Antonyms:
   bulky, rangy, cosmic, massive, hulky, great, king-sized, volumed, thumping, banging, huge, macroscopic, ample, man-sized, plumping, monumental, titanic, hulking, capacious, bear-sized, monolithic, large-scale, bigger, whacking, full-size, old, sizeable, macro, monstrous, life-sized, mountainous, loud, stupendous, extended, biggish, oversized, oversize, gigantic, larger, vast, large-mouthed, outsized, prodigious, king-size, astronomic, enormous, humongous, life-size, bouffant, enlarged, spacious, big, heroic, larger-than-life, extensive, largish, uppercase, too large, whopping, walloping, puffy, broad, tremendous, sizable, unemotional, colossal, Brobdingnagian, grand, galactic, macroscopical, blown-up, double, gargantuan, queen-size, giant, epic, overlarge, medium-large, wide-ranging, queen-sized, deep, outsize, wide, mammoth, large, lifesize, elephantine, important, of import, voluminous, super, jumbo, immense, astronomical

5. fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivialadjective

   (informal) 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"; "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"

   Synonyms:
   subaltern, junior-grade, piddling, superficial, trivial, picayune, diminutive, tiny, footling, petite, lowly, petty(a), lilliputian, slight, bantam, lower-ranking, small-minded, fiddling, petty, minuscule, short, midget, little(a), flyspeck, secondary, small, piffling, niggling

   Antonyms:
   largish, mountainous, old, ample, larger, too large, biggish, larger-than-life, banging, elephantine, medium-large, heroic, puffy, bigger, broad, important, life-sized, full-size, sizable, king-sized, astronomical, vast, unemotional, queen-size, bear-sized, outsize, enlarged, tremendous, macro, monstrous, rangy, Brobdingnagian, thumping, whacking, deep, voluminous, monolithic, uppercase, enormous, hulking, galactic, of import, super, massive, extended, large-scale, stupendous, gigantic, outsized, queen-sized, grand, gargantuan, immense, life-size, oversized, plumping, overlarge, large, wide, macroscopic, hulky, huge, man-sized, prodigious, jumbo, macroscopical, extensive, blown-up, monumental, mammoth, colossal, astronomic, loud, big, bouffant, humongous, great, king-size, large-mouthed, double, lifesize, walloping, cosmic, titanic, spacious, volumed, whopping, capacious, giant, bulky, sizeable, epic, wide-ranging, oversize

6. little, smalladjective

   (of a voice) faint

   "a little voice"; "a still small voice"

   Synonyms:
   piddling, small-scale, trivial, picayune, diminished, lowly, footling, minor, humble, lilliputian, slight, minuscule, fiddling, petty, short, pocket-sized, little(a), belittled, low, small, pocket-size, small(a), modest, piffling, niggling

   Antonyms:
   voluminous, macroscopic, gigantic, colossal, stupendous, astronomic, monumental, banging, astronomical, massive, too large, blown-up, great, man-sized, larger, bulky, walloping, uppercase, whopping, jumbo, large-scale, sizable, mammoth, deep, giant, queen-sized, plumping, super, extensive, queen-size, hulky, outsize, overlarge, important, enormous, elephantine, bouffant, king-size, hulking, medium-large, galactic, whacking, extended, enlarged, big, immense, wide-ranging, large, loud, titanic, lifesize, Brobdingnagian, volumed, thumping, life-size, life-sized, prodigious, double, oversized, gargantuan, macro, tremendous, bear-sized, epic, bigger, mountainous, unemotional, oversize, largish, full-size, large-mouthed, rangy, sizeable, humongous, ample, vast, grand, monolithic, monstrous, puffy, macroscopical, huge, of import, biggish, larger-than-life, outsized, wide, capacious, old, broad, spacious, king-sized, cosmic, heroic

7. short, littleadjective

   low in stature; not tall

   "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"

   Synonyms:
   small, poor, footling, short(p), trivial, brusk, unforesightful, curt, lilliputian, slight, minuscule, piddling, unretentive, petty, myopic, short, scant(p), little(a), inadequate, picayune, light, brusque, fiddling, shortsighted, piffling, niggling, forgetful

   Antonyms:
   too large, life-size, super, large-scale, queen-sized, bouffant, prodigious, medium-large, enormous, rangy, important, huge, great, giant, colossal, plumping, cosmic, wide, sizeable, sizable, oversize, macro, capacious, immense, hulky, macroscopical, macroscopic, larger, life-sized, monumental, mountainous, old, walloping, jumbo, large-mouthed, king-size, massive, bear-sized, vast, volumed, big, biggish, king-sized, wide-ranging, extensive, monolithic, full-size, titanic, extended, man-sized, broad, whacking, outsized, tremendous, voluminous, uppercase, grand, mammoth, larger-than-life, monstrous, loud, whopping, unemotional, outsize, astronomical, bigger, stupendous, humongous, lifesize, hulking, galactic, enlarged, of import, thumping, gargantuan, oversized, bulky, blown-up, banging, ample, Brobdingnagian, spacious, queen-size, epic, elephantine, largish, gigantic, astronomic, overlarge, heroic, deep, puffy, double, large

8. little, minuscule, smalladjective

   lowercase

   "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

   Synonyms:
   piddling, small-scale, minuscular, picayune, trivial, lowly, footling, minor, humble, lilliputian, slight, minuscule, fiddling, diminished, petty, short, pocket-sized, little(a), belittled, low, small, pocket-size, small(a), modest, piffling, niggling, miniscule

   Antonyms:
   mountainous, large-scale, unemotional, extensive, whacking, broad, large-mouthed, Brobdingnagian, mammoth, humongous, bigger, loud, bouffant, overlarge, monolithic, extended, prodigious, deep, enlarged, capacious, astronomic, blown-up, bear-sized, voluminous, volumed, man-sized, hulky, larger, heroic, enormous, full-size, wide, gigantic, queen-sized, outsized, great, super, titanic, giant, galactic, ample, spacious, cosmic, big, walloping, jumbo, important, macroscopic, thumping, lifesize, immense, colossal, stupendous, of import, medium-large, king-sized, rangy, banging, uppercase, sizeable, large, grand, epic, astronomical, tremendous, biggish, hulking, too large, king-size, monumental, outsize, massive, bulky, wide-ranging, life-size, oversize, puffy, plumping, double, sizable, huge, oversized, queen-size, whopping, macro, larger-than-life, monstrous, vast, largish, macroscopical, gargantuan, old, elephantine, life-sized

9. littleadverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   niggling, minuscule, slight, trivial, picayune, piffling, footling, piddling, petty, fiddling, lilliputian, short, little(a), small

   Antonyms:
   cosmic, whacking, large, galactic, biggish, grand, vast, loud, queen-sized, hulky, life-sized, ample, gargantuan, walloping, full-size, wide, queen-size, epic, elephantine, sizable, oversize, bear-sized, extensive, tremendous, thumping, large-scale, rangy, medium-large, double, immense, uppercase, macro, jumbo, banging, king-size, too large, mammoth, blown-up, capacious, oversized, humongous, life-size, voluminous, stupendous, huge, spacious, monolithic, important, of import, broad, large-mouthed, macroscopical, puffy, prodigious, deep, bigger, massive, great, colossal, outsize, lifesize, largish, old, Brobdingnagian, hulking, heroic, outsized, volumed, big, giant, astronomic, monstrous, plumping, extended, enlarged, king-sized, gigantic, overlarge, super, titanic, mountainous, sizeable, bulky, man-sized, larger-than-life, bouffant, wide-ranging, monumental, enormous, astronomical, whopping, larger, macroscopic, unemotional

10. littleadverb

    not much

    "he talked little about his family"

    Antonyms:
    large-scale, overlarge, capacious, loud, thumping, sizeable, whopping, massive, monstrous, mammoth, heroic, full-size, bear-sized, sizable, outsize, queen-sized, large, titanic, stupendous, jumbo, great, tremendous, monumental, big, uppercase, huge, life-size, mountainous, hulky, macro, man-sized, medium-large, life-sized, rangy, important, wide, spacious, old, immense, larger-than-life, enormous, lifesize, whacking, unemotional, Brobdingnagian, voluminous, astronomic, vast, broad, blown-up, elephantine, giant, extensive, colossal, hulking, puffy, humongous, extended, double, wide-ranging, king-sized, enlarged, monolithic, super, macroscopical, volumed, larger, biggish, large-mouthed, of import, too large, prodigious, oversized, bouffant, epic, grand, gigantic, bulky, outsized, oversize, king-size, queen-size, astronomical, banging, walloping, macroscopic, galactic, plumping, cosmic, deep, ample, gargantuan, bigger, largish

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1. small

   small in size, amount, or degree (often used to convey an appealing diminutiveness or express an affectionate or condescending attitude).

   the plants will grow into little bushes.

   Submitted by JP03 on September 1, 2015  

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1. littleadjective

   Synonyms:
   small (in size or extent), minute, diminutive, tiny, not great, not large

2. littleadjective

   Synonyms:
   small (in quantity, amount or duration), not much

3. littleadjective

   Synonyms:
   inconsiderable, petty, slight, slender, feeble, moderate, scanty

4. littleadjective

   Synonyms:
   mean, selfish, narrow, paltry, contemptible

5. littleadjective

   Synonyms:
   slightly, in a small degree, in some degree

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1. littleadjective

   Synonyms:
   small, diminutive, minute, tiny, wee, puny, dwarfish, insignificant, infinitesimal

2. littlenoun

   Synonyms:
   miniature, modicum

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1. List of paraphrases for "little":

   small, few, bit, shortly, low, iittle, petit, kid, limited, tiny, short, slightly, petite, scant, poorly, hardly, boy, minimal, slight, lite, scarce, minor, somewhat, scarcely, minute, soon, weak, wee, baby, kiddo, malo, meagre, sparsely, light, much, trifle, just, barely, modest, tad, not, poor

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1. Rachel Joy Barehl Beth:

   She was just this little glowy dot on a screen, [ and ] she kind of looked like a shooting star, so we called her Star. She’s always been Star to us.

2. Christina Grozinger:

   There is little chance this can replace pollinators, pollinators have evolved specialized behaviors to work with different kinds of flowers. The proposed artificial pollinator does not have any of these specialized behaviors, and thus really can only 'pollinate' flowers that are extremely easy to pollinate.

3. William Temple:

   When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.

4. Stephen Pearce:

   People were very pleased with the progress we've made on costs, very pleased with the guidance we were providing on the cost journey ahead of us and the certainty and clarity we provided, and with a little bit of an uptick in the iron ore price, yesterday was the time to go back to the market.

5. Jane Austen, Mansfield Park:

   There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere.