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