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lit·tle
 little
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- pronunciation:
- lI
t
 l
- parts of speech:
- adjective, adverb, noun
- phrases:
- a little
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
less, lesser, littler, least, littlest |
| definition 1: |
When something is little, it is small in size.
Our dog was so little when we first got him as a puppy, but now he is almost as big as me.I only needed a little bag for the small candle I bought.
- synonyms:
- small
- antonyms:
- big, great, large
- similar words:
- short, tiny
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| definition 2: |
If someone is little, they are very young.
My mom said she loved to stay with her grandma and grandpa when she was little. They were nice, and their house was fun to play in.Jacob's sister was too little to go sledding on the big hill.The park has a special swimming pool for little children who can't go in the big pool.- synonyms:
- small, young
- antonyms:
- big, old
- similar words:
- childish
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| definition 3: |
If you have little milk, you don't have much milk at all. If you have little money, the amount of money you have is very small.
Brian has little time to do his homework, so he works on it on the bus.We had little snow last year, but this year we are getting a lot of snow.My dad said we had little gas, so we had to stop and get some before our trip.- antonyms:
- considerable, much
- similar words:
- short, slight, sparse
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| definition 4: |
"Little" sometimes means "short." If you are going to watch TV for a little while, it means you are going to watch it for a short while.
My dad went out but he'll be back in a little while.We waited for a little bit, and then the bus came.- synonyms:
- brief, short
- antonyms:
- long
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| inflections: |
less, least |
| definition 1: |
If your brother studies little on the weekends, it means that he doesn't spend much time studying on the weekends. If you dance very little, it means that you don't dance much at all.
After she hurt her leg, Megan walked very little for a week.My dad says he knows little about where his grandparents came from.We all slept very little last night because of the dog barking outside.- synonyms:
- barely, hardly, just
- antonyms:
- far, greatly, much, well
- similar words:
- slightly
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| definition 2: |
If you see your old friends very little, you don't see them often at all. You see them quite seldom.
We go to the park often in the summer, but we go very little in the winter.They don't have much money, so they eat out at restaurants very little.- synonyms:
- rarely, seldom
- antonyms:
- much, often
- similar words:
- hardly
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
"Little" means "just a small amount." If you did little of your homework, it means that you did only a small amount of your homework. Maybe you had twenty problems to do and you did only one.
The two men have a lot of money but one gives a lot to help other people and the other gives little.I ate little of the cake because the other kids ate almost all of it. |
| related words: |
dash |
| phrase: |
a little |
| derivation: |
littleness (n.) |
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