Related Words for little

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diminutive
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Adjective, Noun
infinitesimal
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Noun, Adjective, Noun
miniature
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Noun, Adjective, Noun, Verb
tiny
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
petite
x/
Noun, Adjective, Name
teeny
/x
Name, Adjective, Noun
miniscule
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Noun, Adjective
smallish
/x
Adjective, Adjective
midget
/x
Adjective, Noun
dinky
/x
Noun, Adjective, Name
slim
/
Name, Adjective, Noun, Verb
petty
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun
puny
/x
Noun, Adjective, Noun
slender
/x
Noun, Adjective
niggling
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
stingy
/x
Noun, Adjective
miserly
/xx
Adjective, Adjective
fine
/
Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
young
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
slight
/
Verb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
wee
/
Noun, Noun, Adjective, Verb
minor
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
fiddling
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
tight
/
Adjective, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
elfin
/x
Verb, Adjective, Name
narrow
/x
Name, Adjective, Noun, Verb
undersized
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Verb, Adjective
short
/
Adjective, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
trivial
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
bitty
/x
Noun, Adjective, Name
immature
xx/
Name, Adjective, Noun
brief
/
Noun, Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
mean
/
Adverb, Verb, Adjective, Noun
soft
/
Noun, Adjective, Noun, Adverb
minute
/x
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
insignificant
xx/xx
Verb, Adjective
ungenerous
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Adjective, Adjective
unimportant
xx/x
Adjective, Adjective
lowercase
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adjective, Verb
minuscule
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
bantam
/x
Noun, Name, Adjective
picayune
xx/
Adjective, Name, Adjective
peanut
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
micro
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
microscopic
xx/x
Verb, Adjective
somewhat
//
Adverb
more
/
Adjective
some
/
Adverb
extra
/x
Adjective
quite
/
Adverb
rather
/x
Adverb
very
/x
Adverb
pretty
/x
Adjective
nothing
/x
Noun
bigger
/x
Adjective
kind
/
Noun
sweet
/
Adjective
just
/
Adverb
substantial
x/x
Adjective
real
/
Adjective
something
/x
Noun
mildly
/x
Adverb
darn
/
Adjective
full
/
Adjective
plenty
/x
Noun
minimal
/xx
Adjective
another
x/x
Adjective
lots
/
Noun
silly
/x
Adjective, Adverb
nice
/
Adjective
kinda
/x
Noun
sort
/
Noun
relatively
/xxx
Adverb
good
/
Adjective
comparatively
x/xxx
Adverb
significant
x/xx
Adjective
bitsy
/x
Name
even
/x
Adverb
decidedly
x/xx
Adverb
precious
/x
Adjective
heaps
/
Noun
mini
/x
Noun
petit
/x
Noun
pocket
/x
Noun
miniaturized
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Adjective
fractional
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Adjective
atomic
x/x
Noun
subcellular
//xx
Adjective
subatomic
xx/x
Adjective
contracted
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Verb
ultrashort
xx/
Noun
microscopical
xx/xx
Name
minced
/
Adjective
winced
/
Verb
wistfully
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Adverb
avail
x/
Noun, Verb
calmed
/
Verb
brightened
/x
Verb
frowning
/x
Verb
loosen
/x
Verb
swaying
/x
Verb
lighten
/x
Verb
matters
/x
Verb
else
/
Adverb, Noun
softened
/x
Verb
trembled
/x
Verb
shuddered
/x
Verb
doubt
/
Noun
ease
/
Verb
earlier
/xx
Noun
bit
/
Noun
shivered
/x
Verb
while
/
Noun
relax
x/
Verb
cool
/
Verb
late
/
Adverb
subsided
x/x
Verb
blushing
/x
Verb
slow
/
Verb
interfered
xx/
Verb
chuckled
/x
Verb
shrank
/
Verb
adds
/
Verb
warm
/
Verb
headway
/x
Noun
staggered
/x
Verb
wonder
/x
Noun
smile
/
Verb
contribute
x/x
Verb
accomplishes
x/xx
Verb
changed
/
Verb
panting
/x
Verb
cared
/
Verb
stooped
/
Verb
girl
/
Noun
dizzy
/x
Adverb
finger
/x
Noun
tilted
/x
Verb
bend
/
Verb
differently
/xx
Adverb
drunk
/
Noun
tells
/
Verb
revived
x/
Verb
stirred
/
Verb
boy
/
Noun
cheered
/
Verb
darling
/x
Noun
laughed
/
Verb
ate
/
Verb
chat
/
Noun
sighed
/
Verb
shook
/
Verb
backed
/
Verb
cottage
/x
Noun
known
/
Verb
patience
/x
Noun
clean
/
Verb
overboard
/xx
Adverb
differs
/x
Verb
slept
/
Verb
prompting
/x
Verb
leaned
/
Verb
incentive
x/x
Noun
kid
/
Noun
lamb
/
Noun
absence
/x
Noun
almost
/x
Adverb, Noun
antacid
x/x
Noun, Adjective
arkansas
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Name
armstrong
/x
Name
babe
/
Noun
baby
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
badly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
bakery
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Noun
baldwin
/x
Name
barely
/x
Adverb
baseball
//
Noun
benefice
x/x
Noun, Verb
birdie
/x
Noun, Verb
bony
/x
Adjective, Noun
brat
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
buddy
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
calf
/
Noun
campbell
/x
Name
carter
/x
Name
certain
/x
Adjective, Noun
cheap
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
cheeky
/x
Adjective
chick
/
Noun, Verb
child
/
Noun, Verb
collins
/x
Name
considerable
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
couple
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cream
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cute
/
Adjective
daughter
/x
Noun
dear
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
dearie
/x
Noun
devious
/xx
Adjective
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
elder
/x
Noun, Verb
eliot
/xx
Name
embarrassingly
x/xxx
Adverb
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
evil
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
faint
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fairly
/x
Adverb
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
feeble
/x
Adjective, Verb
few
/
Noun
fishy
/x
Adjective
fitzgerald
x/x
Name
flea
/
Noun, Verb
forlorn
x/
Adjective, Noun
gal
/
Noun
girlie
/x
Noun, Adjective
girly
/x
Adjective, Noun
gradually
/xxx
Adverb
granddaughter
/xx
Noun
great
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hardly
/x
Adverb
harvey
/x
Name
heartless
/x
Adjective
hic
/
Noun, Adjective
humble
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
ill
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
inadequate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
inexpensive
xx/x
Adjective
infant
/x
Noun, Verb
infrequent
x/x
Adjective
insufficient
xx/x
Adjective
intimate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
james
/
Name
junior
/x
Adjective, Noun
kelly
/x
Name
kennedy
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Name
kiddo
/x
Noun
kis
/
Noun
kitty
/x
Noun
lack
/
Noun, Verb
lad
/
Noun
large
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
largely
/x
Adverb
laurel
/x
Noun, Verb
lawrence
/x
Name
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
lightly
/x
Adverb
lille
/
Name
limited
/xx
Adjective, Noun
lite
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
loosely
/x
Adverb
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
lowly
/x
Adjective, Adverb
malo
/x
Name
marginal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
mcdonald
x/x
Name
meager
/x
Adjective, Verb
meagre
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
mic
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
mica
/x
Noun
min
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
minimum
/xx
Noun, Adjective
missy
/x
Noun, Adjective
moderately
/xxx
Adverb
modest
/x
Adjective
moore
/
Name
morris
/x
Name, Verb
morrison
/xx
Name
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
nearly
/x
Adverb
negligible
/xxx
Adjective
never
/x
Adverb
nickel
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
not
/
Adverb, Noun
older
/x
Adjective, Noun
only
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
overdosage
/xxx
Noun
pal
/
Noun, Verb
penalty
/xx
Noun
pet
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pidgin
/x
Noun
maypole
/x
Noun, Verb
oh
/
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
sfa
x
Name
dicky
/x
Name, Adjective
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun