little
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a small amount or duration
he accepted the little they gave him
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Sense 2 adjective
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
a little dining room
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Sense 3 adverb
not much
he talked little about his family
Sense 4 adjective
(of children and animals) young, immature
what a big little boy you are
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Sense 5 adjective
(informal) small and of little importance
a fiddling sum of money
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Sense 6 adjective
(of a voice) faint
a little voice
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Sense 7 adjective
low in stature; not tall
he was short and stocky
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Sense 8 adjective
lowercase
little a
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Sense 9 adjective
small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
a nice little job
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | small indefinite quantity |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | large |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | size |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | littleness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | smallness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | atomic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | subatomic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | bantam |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | wee |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | dinky |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | dwarfish |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | elflike |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | gnomish |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | half-size |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | minute |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | lesser |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | microscopical |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | micro |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | miniature |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | miniscule |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | olive-sized |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | pocketable |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | shrimpy |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | slim |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | smaller |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | smallish |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | small-scale |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | undersize |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | young |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | trivia |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | pettiness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | triviality |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | trivialize |
| 5 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | unimportant |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | littleness |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | soft |
| 7 | also see | Related & opposite | low |
| 7 | antonym | Related & opposite | tall |
| 7 | attribute | Related & opposite | stature |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | shortness |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | truncation |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | squat |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | thickset |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | half-length |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | runty |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | short-stalked |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | squab |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | lowercase |
| 9 | similar to | Related & opposite | emotional |