little

1. adjective

1)

a little writing desk

Syn:

small, small-scale, compact; mini, miniature, tiny, minute, minuscule; toy, baby, pocket, undersized, dwarf, midget, wee; informal teeny-weeny, teensy-weensy, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, little-bitty, half-pint, vest-pocket, li'l, micro

See note at small

Ant:

big, large

2)

a little man

Syn:

short, small, slight, petite, diminutive, tiny; elfin, dwarfish, midget, pygmy, Lilliputian; informal teeny-weeny, pint-sized, peewee

Ant:

big, large

3)

my little sister

Syn:

young, younger, junior, small, baby, infant

Ant:

big, elder

4)

I was a bodyguard for a little while

Syn:

brief, short, short-lived; fleeting, momentary, transitory, transient; fast, quick, hasty, cursory

Ant:

long

5)

a few little problems

Syn:

minor, unimportant, insignificant, trivial, trifling, petty, paltry, inconsequential, nugatory; informal dinky, piddling

Ant:

important, significant

6)

they have little political influence

Syn:

hardly any, not much, slight, scant, limited, restricted, modest, little or/to no, minimal, negligible

Ant:

considerable

7)

you little sneak

Syn:

contemptible, mean, spiteful, petty, small-minded

2. adverb

1)

he is little known as a singer

they little thought

Syn:

hardly, barely, scarcely, not much, not at all, slightly, only slightly

Ant:

well

2)

his art has been little seen in Canada

Syn:

rarely, seldom, infrequently, hardly, hardly ever, scarcely, scarcely ever, not much

Ant:

often

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- a little

- little by little