little

Meaning of little

noun
  1. A small amount.
    Can I try a little of that sauce?
adjective
  1. Small in size.
    This is a little table.
  2. Insignificant, trivial.
    It's of little importance.
  3. Very young.
    Did he tell you any embarrassing stories about when she was little?
  4. (of a sibling) Younger.
    This is my little sister.
  5. (also Little) Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.
  6. Small in amount or number, having few members.
    little money;  little herd
  7. Short in duration; brief.
    I feel better after my little sleep.
  8. Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
adverb
  1. Not much.
    This is a little known fact.  She spoke little and listened less.
  2. Not at all.
    I was speaking ill of Fred; little did I know that he was right behind me, listening in.
pronoun
  1. Not much; not a large amount.
    Little is known about his early life.

Information about little

  • The plural form of little is: littles.
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Hyphenation of little

lit-tle

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • little is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

little synonyms

Meaning small:

small

Meaning brief:

brief

Meaning fiddling:

fiddling, footling, lilliputian, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial

Meaning minuscule:

minuscule, small

little antonyms

Meaning :

big, large, much

Translation of little

Anagrams of little

tillet

Words that rhyme with little

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