LITTLE


Meaning of LITTLE in English

I. adjective

1.

Synonyms: small 1, bantam, monkey, petite, smallish

Antonyms: big

2.

contemptibly limited

men with little minds picking at flaws in a great leader

Synonyms: borné, ineffectual, limited, mean, narrow, paltry, set, small

Related Word: bigoted, hidebound, illiberal, narrow-minded, provincial; contemptible; niggard, niggardly, self-centered, selfish

Antonyms: great

3.

lacking importance

the nagging little details of a job

Synonyms: casual, inconsiderable, insignificant, light, minor, minute, petty, ||potty, shoestring, small, small-beer, trivial, unimportant; compare petty 2

Related Word: fortuitous; incidental; collateral, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary

Contrasted words: consequential, meaningful, significant, substantial, weighty; basal, basic, essential, foundational, fundamental

Antonyms: important

II. adverb

Synonyms: seldom , hardly ever, infrequently, rarely, unfrequently, unoften

Antonyms: much

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