little | English to English Dictionary

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little

('l/I/t/-/l )

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent(adj.all)

Example:
A little dining room.
A little house.
A little (or small) group.

Synonym:
small
Antonym:
big, large

source: wordnet30
(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some(adj.all)

Example:
Little rain fell in May.
Gave it little thought.
Little time is left.
We still have little money.
A little hope remained.

Synonym:
slight
Antonym:
much

source: wordnet30
low in stature; not tall(adj.all)

Example:
A little man.

Synonym:
short
Antonym:
tall

source: wordnet30
Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child.(adjective)

source: webster1913

a small amount or duration(noun.quantity)

Example:
He accepted the little they gave him.

source: wordnet30
That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like.(noun)

source: webster1913

not much(adv.all)

Example:
He talked little about his family.

source: wordnet30
In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; -- often with a preceding it.(adverb)

source: webster1913