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