Little definition

Little as an adjective

1. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

   "a little dining room"

   Same sense: small

2. (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with ‘a’) at least some

   "little rain fell in May"

   Same sense: slight

3. (of children and animals) young, immature

   "what a big little boy you are"

   Same sense: small

4. (informal) small and of little importance

   "a little (or small) matter"

   Same sense: petty, trivial, fiddling, picayune, niggling, lilliputian, piddling, footling

5. (of a voice) faint

   "a little voice"

   Same sense: small

6. low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal

   "a little man"

   Same sense: short

7. lowercase

   "little a"

   Same sense: small, minuscule

8. small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)

   "a nice little job"

Little as a noun

9. a small amount or duration

   "he accepted the little they gave him"

Little as an adverb

10. not much

    "he talked little about his family"

Synonyms and antonyms

• small definition
• slight
• petty
• trivial
• fiddling
• picayune
• niggling
• lilliputian
• piddling
• footling
• short definition
• minuscule

Opposites: big, much.

All synonyms of little, sense by sense

How to say little

Little has 2 syllables and rhymes with hospital. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with little

• hospital
• brittle
• acquittal
• belittle
• whittle
• committal
• tittle
• spittle
• kittel
• noncommittal
• skittle
• kittle

LITTLE in word games

Scrabble

6

Words With Friends

8

Anagrams

0

Is LITTLE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check LITTLE in the word checker, or unscramble LITTLE to see the shorter words in its letters.