Synonyms for little
Another word for little is small, minute or half-size. Below are 64 synonyms and 2 related words across 9 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: littler, littles, littlest.
1. adjective: limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- small synonyms
- minute synonyms
- half-size
- smaller
- small-scale synonyms
- tiny synonyms
- pocket-size synonyms
- lesser
- micro
- pocket-sized synonyms
- slim synonyms
- atomic synonyms
- wee synonyms
- olive-sized
- miniature synonyms
- slender synonyms
- insignificant synonyms
- petite synonyms
- microscopic synonyms
- midget synonyms
- diminutive synonyms
- teeny synonyms
- minuscule
- puny
- bitty
Antonyms
2. adjective: (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with ‘a’) at least some
- slight synonyms
- small synonyms
- less synonyms
Antonyms
- much synonyms
3. adjective: (of children and animals) young, immature
- small synonyms
- young synonyms
- immature synonyms
4. adjective: (informal) small and of little importance
- petty synonyms
- trivial synonyms
- fiddling
- picayune
- niggling
- piddling
- lilliputian
- footling
- piffling
- unimportant synonyms
5. adjective: (of a voice) faint
- small synonyms
- soft synonyms
6. adjective: low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
- short synonyms
- low synonyms
- low-set synonyms
- half-length
- thick synonyms
- compact synonyms
- pint-size synonyms
- pint-sized synonyms
- squat synonyms
- chunky synonyms
- short-stalked
- sawed-off synonyms
- stocky
- sawn-off synonyms
- dumpy
- stumpy
- heavyset
- squab
- squatty
- thickset
- runty
- squabby
7. adjective: lowercase
- small synonyms
- minuscule
- lowercase
8. adjective: small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
- emotional synonyms
9. noun: a small amount or duration
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- small indefinite amount
- small indefinite quantity
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Questions people ask
What is another word for little?
You can say small, minute, half-size, smaller or small-scale instead of little. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent".
What is the opposite of little?
The opposite of little is big or much.
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