What does little mean in English? Meaning of little definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "little": a small amount or duration
Noun
Meaning: a small amount or durationExample: he accepted the little they gave himSynonyms: littleHypernyms: small indefinite amount
small indefinite quantityHyphenation: lit‧tle
Meaning of "little": limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Adjective
Meaning: limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extentExample: a little dining room
a little house
a small car
a little (or small) groupSynonyms: little
smallAntonyms: big
largeSimilar: atomic
bantam
bittie
bitty
diminutive
dinky
dwarfish
elfin
elflike
flyspeck
gnomish
half-size
infinitesimal
itsy-bitsy
itty-bitty
lesser
lilliputian
littler
micro
microscopic
microscopical
midget
miniature
miniscule
minuscule
minute
olive-sized
petite
pocket-size
pocket-sized
pocketable
puny
runty
shrimpy
slender
slim
small-scale
smaller
smallish
subatomic
teensy
teensy-weensy
teentsy
teeny
teeny-weeny
tiny
undersize
undersized
wee
weensy
weenyHyphenation: lit‧tle
Meaning of "little": not much
Adverb
Meaning: not muchExample: he talked little about his familySynonyms: littleHyphenation: lit‧tle
Meaning of "little": (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some
Adjective
Meaning: (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least someExample: little rain fell in May
gave it little thought
little time is left
we still have little money
a little hope remained
there's slight chance that it will work
there's a slight chance it will workSynonyms: little
slightAntonyms: muchSimilar: smallAlso see: lessHyphenation: lit‧tle
Meaning of "little": (of children and animals) young, immature
Adjective
Meaning: (of children and animals) young, immatureExample: what a big little boy you are
small childrenSynonyms: little
smallSimilar: immature
youngHyphenation: lit‧tle
Meaning of "little": (informal) small and of little importance
Adjective
Meaning: (informal) small and of little importanceExample: a fiddling sum of money
a footling gesture
our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
a little (or small) matter
a dispute over niggling details
limited to petty enterprises
piffling efforts
giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infractionSynonyms: fiddling
footling
lilliputian
little
niggling
petty
picayune
piddling
piffling
trivialSimilar: unimportantHyphenation: lit‧tle
Meaning of "little": (of a voice) faint
Adjective
Meaning: (of a voice) faintExample: a little voice
a still small voiceSynonyms: little
smallSimilar: softHyphenation: lit‧tle
Meaning of "little": low in stature; not tall
Adjective
Meaning: low in stature; not tallExample: he was short and stocky
short in stature
a short smokestack
a little manSynonyms: little
shortAntonyms: tallSimilar: chunky
compact
dumpy
half-length
heavyset
low-set
pint-size
pint-sized
runty
sawed-off
sawn-off
short-stalked
squab
squabby
squat
squatty
stocky
stumpy
thick
thicksetAlso see: lowHyphenation: lit‧tle
Meaning of "little": lowercase
Adjective
Meaning: lowercaseExample: little a
small a
e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule lettersSynonyms: little
minuscule
smallSimilar: lowercaseHyphenation: lit‧tle
Meaning of "little": small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
Adjective
Meaning: small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)Example: a nice little job
bless your little heart
my dear little mother
a sweet little deal
I'm tired of your petty little schemes
filthy little tricks
what a nasty little situationSynonyms: littleSimilar: emotionalHyphenation: lit‧tle
Adjective: Small in size. This is a little table.Insignificant, trivial. 2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30: Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion." It's of little importance.2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30: Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."Very young. Did he tell you any embarrassing stories about when she was little? That's the biggest little boy I've ever seen.(of a sibling) Younger. This is my little sister.Used with the name of place, especially of a country, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place. 1871 October 18, The One-eyed Philosopher [pseudonym], "Street Corners", in Judy: or the London serio-comic journal, volume 9, page 255 [1]: If you want to find Little France, take any turning on the north side of Leicester square, and wander in a zigzag fashion Oxford Streetwards. The Little is rather smokier and more squalid than the Great France upon the other side of the Manche. 2004, Barry Miles, Zappa: A Biography, 2005 edition, ISBN 080214215X, page 5: In the forties, hurdy-gurdy men could still be heard in all those East Coast cities with strong Italian neighbourhoods: New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston. A visit to Baltimore's Little Italy at that time was like a trip to Italy itself.1871 October 18, The One-eyed Philosopher [pseudonym], "Street Corners", in Judy: or the London serio-comic journal, volume 9, page 255 [1]: If you want to find Little France, take any turning on the north side of Leicester square, and wander in a zigzag fashion Oxford Streetwards. The Little is rather smokier and more squalid than the Great France upon the other side of the Manche.2004, Barry Miles, Zappa: A Biography, 2005 edition, ISBN 080214215X, page 5: In the forties, hurdy-gurdy men could still be heard in all those East Coast cities with strong Italian neighbourhoods: New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston. A visit to Baltimore's Little Italy at that time was like a trip to Italy itself.Small in amount or number, having few members. little money; little herdShort in duration; brief. a little sleepSmall in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous. Tennyson The long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise, / Because their natures are little.Tennyson The long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise, / Because their natures are little.Synonyms:
scant, insufficient, slight, meager, limited, infant, short, dinky, wee, petite, diminutive, light, infinitesimal, young, brief, miniature, toy, snub, peanut, bantam, Lilliputian, junior, minute, babyish, cramped, elfin, embryonic, fleeting, hasty, immature, imperceptible, microscopic, short-lived, skimpy, sparse, stubby, stunted, teeny, tiny, undeveloped, wizened, inappreciable, inconsiderable, mini, undersized, hardly any, not big, not large, shrimpy, shriveled, truncated, petty, light, small, minute, minor, trifling, casual, insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, unimportant, inconsiderable, shoestring, limited, provincial, set, petty, base, small, narrow, mean, bigoted, cheap, contemptible, illiberal, ineffectual, paltry, self-centered, selfish, small-minded, vulgar, wicked, hidebound, barely, seldom, rarely, hardly, scarcely, somewhat, a little, hardly ever, not many, not often, not quite, only just, touch, taste, bit, hint, trifle, dash, speck, trace, fragment, pinch, spot, particle, snippet, modicum, dab, whit, soupçon,
Antonyms:
adequate, sufficient, large, huge, older, giant, enormous, immense, massive, magnificent, magnanimous, open-minded, big, fat, lengthy, long, tall, substantial, great, important, open, consequential, useful, huge, large, enormous, giant, immense, massive, magnificent, magnanimous, open-minded, important, major, significant, big, great, open, broad-minded, kind, enormous, giant, huge, immense, large, massive, magnificent, magnanimous, open-minded, liberal, important, noble, generous, big, great, open, frequently, more, much, glob, lot,
