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little
Synonyms and Antonyms of little
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having relatively little height
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lacking importance
neither here nor there
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not broad or open in views or opinions
inflexible, ironbound, obdurate, obstinate, rigid, set, stubborn, unyielding, wrongheaded
biased, discriminating, discriminatory, jaundiced, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudiced
brass bound, hidebound, old-fashioned, reactionary, stodgy, straitlaced (or straightlaced), stuffy
dogmatic (also dogmatical), opinionated, opinionative
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not lasting for a considerable time
extended, far, great, lengthy, long, long-drawn-out (or long-drawn), long-lived
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of a size that is less than average
bantam, diminutive, dinky, dwarfish, fine, half-pint, Lilliputian, pint-size (or pint-sized), pocket, pocket-size (also pocket-sized), puny, pygmy, shrimpy, slight, small, smallish, subnormal, toylike, undersized (also undersize)
runtish, runty, scrubby, stunted
bitty, inappreciable, infinitesimal, little bitty, micro, microscopic (also microscopical), mini, miniature, miniaturized, minikin, minim, minuscule, minute, pinpoint, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee, weeny (also weensy)
meager (or meagre), niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stingy
deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, wanting
bite-size (also bite-sized), capsule
bulky, hefty, hulking, massive, voluminous
boxcar, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, cavernous, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, gross, Himalayan, herculean, heroic (also heroical), huge, humongous (also humungous), immense, jumbo, leviathan, mammoth, monolithic, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, pharaonic, prodigious, staggering, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast
abundant, ample, appreciable, bountiful, copious, generous, healthy, liberal, plenteous, plentiful
boundless, cosmic (also cosmical), immeasurable, incalculable, infinite
Synonym Discussion of little
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- a relatively small backyard
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- your pathetic little smile
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- diminutive bonsai plants
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- a minute amount of caffeine in the soda
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- tiny cracks formed in the painting
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- a dollhouse with miniature furnishings
little
Synonyms and Antonyms of little
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in a very small quantity or degree
a bit, a trifle
awful, awfully, beastly, considerably, deadly, especially, exceedingly (also exceeding), extensively, extra, extremely, far, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, jolly, mightily, mighty, mortally, most, much, particularly, rattling, real, right, significantly, so, something, substantially, super, terribly, too, very, whacking
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not often
once in a blue moon
frequently, oft, often, oftentimes (or ofttimes)
little
Synonyms and Antonyms of little
a very small amount
drop in the bucket
abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket, bundle, bushel, deal, fistful, gobs, heaps, lashings (also lashins) [chiefly British], loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, oodles, passel, peck, pile, plenty, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, wad, wealth
bonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus
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