Little

//ˈlɪ.tl̩//

Synonyms for "little" (388 found)

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Closest matches (78)

Noun(1 words)
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Strong matches (116)

depraveddepthlessdespicablediminutivedinkydirtydisgustingdispensabledoledollopdotdramdribbledribletdwarfearreachearshotelfinemotionalever so little
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execrableexiguousexiguouslyfaintlyfanaticalfarthingfeeblefeeblyfewfiddlingflagrantfleckflyspeckfootlingfortuitousfoulfragmentfulsomegobbetgraingranulegravegroatgrossgunshothairhair spacehairbreadthhairsbreadthhalf pinthalf-pinthandfulhardlyhardly anyhardly everheinoushideboundilliberalimmaterialimperfectimperfectlyin a nutshellin miniaturein the smallinadequateinappreciableinappreciablyinchincidentalincompetentinconsequentialinconsequentiallyineffectualinessentialinferiorinfinitesimalinfrequentlyinsignificantlyinstantinstantaneousinsufficientinsulariotairrelevantitsy-bitsyitty-bittyjotjust a bitknee highknee-highlightlightlylilliputianlimitedlittle mindedlittle wayslittle whilelittle-mindedlowlow downlow-downlumpenmaladroitmangymeagermeagerlymean-mindedmean-spiritedmeaslymediocremidgetmingymini
Adjective(3 words)
fiddlingfootlinglilliputian

Related words (194)

miniatureminimminimallyminimumminorminuteminutelyminutiaemiserablemitemodicummoleculemomentmonkeymonstrousmotenarrow gaugenarrow mindednarrow-heartednarrow-minded
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narrow-soulednarrow-spiritednearsightednefariousnegligiblenegligiblyniggardnono great shakesno timenonessentialnot anynot comparablenot enoughnot hardlynot in itnot muchnot vitalnutshellobnoxiousodiousold ladyold womanone horseone-horseonly justounceout of itout of the runningpair of winksparochialparticlepebblepetitpetitepicayunepicayunishpiddlingpinchpindlingpint sizedpint-sizedpistol shotpitifulpittancepointpokypoorportablepottyprovincialpunypurblindpygmyrankrarelyreptilianscabbyscantscantilyscarcelyscrapscrubbyscruffyscruplescummyscurvysecondaryseldomself-centeredsetshabbyshallowshoddyshoestringshort and sweetshort distanceshort pieceshort spellshort timeshort wayshortsightedskimpyskin deepskin-deepskoshslenderslightlysmall mindedsmall spacesmall-beersmall-mindedsmallishsmallysmidgensmidginsmitchsoftsome amountsome extentsomewhatspansparsespeckspitting distancespoonfulspotspurtsqualidstepstraitlacedstuffystuntedsubordinatesubsidiarysuccinctsummarysuperficialsynoptictadtant soit peutastetechnicalteensy-weensyteenyteeny-weenythimblefulthoughttiny bittittletoytransienttrifletriflingtrifling amounttriflinglytriviatrivialtwo shakestwo-by-fouruncatholicuncharitableunchivalrousundersizedunessentialunfrequentlyungenerousunimaginativeunimpressiveunliberalunmentionableunnoteworthyunoftenunskillfulvileweakweaklywhitwomanwretchedyouthful
Adjective(3 words)
modestsmallunder-endowed

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Antonyms

11 entries

Synonyms

28 entries

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Related terms

8 entries

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349 entries

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derived from

1 entries

distinct from

4 entries

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1 entries

has context

2 entries

is a

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related to

73 entries

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Translations

488 translations across 150 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • vogël adj (small in size)
  • pak det (small amount)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • μικρός adj (small in size)
  • τυτθός adj (small in size)
  • ὀλίγος det (small amount)

Arabic

4 entries
  • زغير adj (small in size)
  • صغير adj (small in size)
  • صغير adj (small in size)
  • صغير adj (small in size)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • chicote adj (small in size)

Aramaic

4 entries
  • זעורא adj (small in size)
  • זעורא adj (very young)
  • זעורתא adj (small in size)
  • זעורתא adj (very young)

Armenian

4 entries
  • մանր adj (small in size)
  • փոքր adj (small in size)
  • փոքր adj (very young)
  • փոքր adj ((of a sibling) younger)

Aromanian

3 entries
  • njic adj (small in size)
  • ptsãn adv (not much)
  • putsãn adv (not much)

Asturian

2 entries
  • pequeñu adj (small in size)
  • pocu adv (not much)

Aymara

2 entries
  • jisk'a adj (small in size)
  • juk'a adj (small in number, few)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • balaca adj (small in size)
  • kiçik adj (small in size)

Bakhtiari

1 entries
  • کم adv (not much)

Bashkir

4 entries
  • бәләкәй adj (small in size)
  • бәләкәй adj (very young)
  • бәләкәс adj (small in size)
  • кесе adj (small in size)

Basque

2 entries
  • txiki adj (small in size)
  • gutxi adv (not much)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • мале́нькі adj (small in size)
  • малы́ adj (small in size)
  • ма́ла adv (not much)
  • няшма́т adv (not much)

Belizean Creole

1 entries
  • lee adj (small in size)

Bengali

2 entries
  • ছোট adj (small in size)
  • কম adv (not much)

Bikol Central

2 entries
  • saday adj (small in size)
  • sadit adj (small in size)

Breton

1 entries
  • bihan adj (small in size)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • ма́лък adj (small in size)
  • ма́лък adj (very young)
  • ма́лък adj (small in number, few)
  • мла́дши adj ((of a sibling) younger)

Burmese

4 entries
  • နုပ် adj (small in size)
  • သေး adj (small in size)
  • နည်း adv (not much)
  • နည်း det (small amount)

Carpathian Rusyn

2 entries
  • ма́ло adv (not much)
  • ма́ло det (small amount)

Catalan

4 entries
  • mica adj (insignificant, trivial)
  • petit adj (small in size)
  • poc adv (not much)
  • poc det (small amount)

Central Kurdish

4 entries
  • بِچووک adj (small in size)
  • بِچووک adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • بچکۆلە adj (small in size)
  • بچکۆلە adj ((of a sibling) younger)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • naspejka adv (not much)

Chechen

2 entries
  • жима adj (small in size)
  • кегий adj (small in size)

Cherokee

2 entries
  • ᎤᏍᏗ adj (small in size)
  • ᎦᏲᏟ det (small amount)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 淡薄仔 一些? adj (small in number, few)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 一些 adj (small in number, few)
  • 小 adj (small in size)
  • 少 adv (not much)
  • 少 det (small amount)

Corsican

2 entries
  • chjucu adj (small in size)
  • picculu adj (small in size)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries
  • kiçik adj (small in size)
  • kiçkene adj (small in size)

Czech

4 entries
  • malý adj (small in size)
  • malý adj (very young)
  • malý adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • mladý adj ((of a sibling) younger)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • pauc adj (small in size)

Danish

4 entries
  • lille adj (small in size)
  • lille adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • små adj (small in size)
  • lidt adv (not much)

Dutch

4 entries
  • jongere adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • klein adj (small in size)
  • klein adj (very young)
  • klein adj ((of a sibling) younger)

Eastern Mari

2 entries
  • изи adj (small in size)
  • изи adj (very young)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • n:D-s-nDs adj (small in size)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • iom adj (small in number, few)
  • malgranda adj (small in size)
  • malmulta adj (small in number, few)
  • iomete adv (not much)

Estonian

3 entries
  • väike adj (small in size)
  • vähe adv (not much)
  • pisut det (small amount)

Faroese

1 entries
  • lítil adj (small in size)

Finnish

4 entries
  • pieni adj (small in size)
  • pieni adj (very young)
  • pikku adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • vähän adv (not much)

French

4 entries
  • cadet adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • pas beaucoup de adj (insignificant, trivial)
  • petit adj (small in size)
  • peu adj (insignificant, trivial)

Galician

2 entries
  • pequeno adj (small in size)
  • pouco adv (not much)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მცირე adj (small in size)
  • პატარა adj (small in size)

German

4 entries
  • chlei adj (small in size)
  • jung adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • klein adj (small in size)
  • klein adj (very young)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 adj (small in size)

Greek

4 entries
  • λίγος adj (small in size)
  • μικρός adj (small in size)
  • μικρός adj (very young)
  • μικρός adj ((of a sibling) younger)

Gujarati

2 entries
  • નાનું adj (small in size)
  • થોડું adv (not much)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • ti adj (small in size)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • liʻiliʻi adj (small in size)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • מְעַט adj (small in number, few)
  • קטן adj (small in size)
  • קטן adj (very young)
  • קטן adj ((of a sibling) younger)

Hindi

4 entries
  • छोटा adj (small in size)
  • छोटा adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • कम adv (not much)
  • थोड़ा det (small amount)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • húg adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • kevés adj (small in number, few)
  • kicsi adj (small in size)
  • kis adj (small in size)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • lítill adj (small in size)
  • lítið adv (not much)
  • lítið det (small amount)

Ido

2 entries
  • mikra adj (small in size)
  • poka adv (not much)

Igbo

2 entries
  • ntakiri adj (small in size)
  • obere det (small amount)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • kecil adj (small in size)
  • sedikit adv (not much)
  • sedikit det (small amount)

Ingrian

3 entries
  • peeni adj (small in size)
  • vähä adv (not much)
  • vähä det (small amount)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • parve adj (small in size)

Irish

4 entries
  • beag adj (small in size)
  • beag adj (very young)
  • beag adv (not much)
  • beagán det (small amount)

Istriot

1 entries
  • peîcio adj (small in size)

Italian

4 entries
  • piccolo adj (small in size)
  • piccolo adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • poco adj (insignificant, trivial)
  • poco adv (not much)

Jamaican Creole

4 entries
  • likkle adj (small in size)
  • likkle adj (very young)
  • likkle adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • likl adj (small in size)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 小さい adj (small in size)
  • 少ない adv (not much)
  • ちょっと det (small amount)
  • 少し det (small amount)

K'iche'

4 entries
  • alaj adj (small in size)
  • ch'ip adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • chi'p adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • ch’in adj (small in size)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ adj (small in size)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • кішкене adj (small in size)
  • кіші adj (small in size)

Khmer

3 entries
  • តូច adj (small in size)
  • តិច adv (not much)
  • តិច det (small amount)

Korean

3 entries
  • 작은 adj (small in size)
  • 적다 adv (not much)
  • 적은 det (small amount)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • кичине adj (small in size)
  • кичинекей adj (small in size)

Laboya

1 entries
  • mahha adv (not much)

Lao

3 entries
  • ນ້ອຍ adj (small in size)
  • ນ້ອຍ adv (not much)
  • ນ້ອຍ det (small amount)

Latin

4 entries
  • iuvenis adj (very young)
  • iuvenis adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • parvus adj (small in size)
  • paulus adj (small in size)

Latvian

3 entries
  • mazs adj (small in size)
  • maz adv (not much)
  • maz det (small amount)

Limburgish

1 entries
  • min adv (not much)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • mažas adj (small in size)
  • mažai adv (not much)
  • mažai det (small amount)

Low German

2 entries
  • kleen adj (small in size)
  • lütt adj (small in size)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • kleng adj (small in size)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • мал adj (small in size)
  • мал adj (very young)
  • мал adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • малечок adj (very young)

Malay

1 entries
  • kecil adj (small in size)

Malayalam

4 entries
  • കുഞ്ഞ് adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • കുറച്ച് adj (small in number, few)
  • ചെറിയ adj (small in size)
  • അല്പം adv (not much)

Maltese

2 entries
  • żgħir adj (small in size)
  • ftit det (small amount)

Mapudungun

1 entries
  • pichi adj (small in size)

Marathi

1 entries
  • लहान adj (small in size)

Middle Low German

4 entries
  • luttel adj (small in size)
  • luttichel adj (small in size)
  • luttik adj (small in size)
  • luttink adj (small in size)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • жижиг adj (small in size)

Māori

4 entries
  • iti adj (small in size)
  • nohinohi adj (small in size)
  • paku adj (small in size)
  • poniponi adj (small in size)

Nepali

1 entries
  • सानो adj (small in size)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • titi adj (small in size)

North Frisian

1 entries
  • litj adj (small in size)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • piçûk adj (small in size)
  • qicik adj (small in size)
  • çûk adj (small in size)
  • çûçik adj (small in size)

Northern Sami

2 entries
  • unˈnán adv (not much)
  • veaháš det (small amount)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • lille adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • liten adj (small in size)
  • liten adj (small in size)
  • liten adj (very young)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • lite adv (not much)
  • litt det (small amount)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • lite adv (not much)

Occitan

2 entries
  • petit adj (small in size)
  • pichon adj (small in size)

Old English

2 entries
  • lȳtel adj (small in size)
  • lyt adv (not much)

Old Turkic

1 entries
  • 𐰀𐰕 adj (small in number, few)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • آز adj (insignificant, trivial)
  • آز adj (small in number, few)

Pashto

4 entries
  • وړوکی adj (small in size)
  • وړوکی adj (very young)
  • وړوکی adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • کوچنی adj (small in size)

Persian

4 entries
  • خرد adj (small in size)
  • که adj (small in size)
  • کوچک adj (small in size)
  • کم adv (not much)

Polish

3 entries
  • mały adj (small in size)
  • mało adv (not much)
  • mało det (small amount)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • mais novo adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • menor adj (insignificant, trivial)
  • pequenino adj (very young)
  • pequeno adj (small in size)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਛੋਟਾ adj (small in size)

Quechua

4 entries
  • as adj (small in size)
  • as adj (small in number, few)
  • aslla adj (small in size)
  • aslla adj (small in number, few)

Rapa Nui

2 entries
  • iti adj (small in size)
  • rikiriki adj (small in size)

Romani

1 entries
  • tikno adj (small in size)

Romanian

4 entries
  • mic adj (small in size)
  • mică adj (small in size)
  • puțin adv (not much)
  • puţin det (small amount)

Russian

4 entries
  • ма́ленький adj (small in size)
  • ма́ленький adj (very young)
  • ма́лый adj (small in size)
  • мла́дший adj ((of a sibling) younger)

Sanskrit

4 entries
  • अर्भ adj (small in size)
  • अल्प adj (small in size)
  • ईषत् adj (small in number, few)
  • स्वल्प adj (small in size)

Santali

1 entries
  • ᱯᱤᱞᱪᱩ adj (small in size)

Scots

4 entries
  • peedie adj (small in size)
  • peerie adj (small in size)
  • wee adj (small in size)
  • wee adj ((of a sibling) younger)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • beag adj (small in size)
  • beag adj (very young)
  • beag adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • mean adj (small in size)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • mȃl adj (small in size)
  • ма̑л adj (small in size)
  • mȁlo adv (not much)
  • ма̏ло adv (not much)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • jùvini adj (very young)
  • muḍḍica adj (insignificant, trivial)
  • n'anticchia adj (small in number, few)
  • nica adj (small in size)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • කුඩා adj (small in size)

Skolt Sami

1 entries
  • uˊcc adj (small in size)

Slovak

4 entries
  • malý adj (small in size)
  • trochu adj (small in number, few)
  • málo adv (not much)
  • málo det (small amount)

Slovene

4 entries
  • majhen adj (small in size)
  • mlajši adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • malo adv (not much)
  • malo det (small amount)

Spanish

4 entries
  • menor adj (insignificant, trivial)
  • pequeño adj (small in size)
  • pequeño adj (very young)
  • poco adj (insignificant, trivial)

Sundanese

3 entries
  • sakedik adj (small in number, few)
  • sakedik adv (not much)
  • sakedik det (small amount)

Swahili

2 entries
  • kidogo adv (not much)
  • kidogo det (small amount)

Swedish

4 entries
  • föga adj (insignificant, trivial)
  • lille adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • liten adj (small in size)
  • liten adj (very young)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • maliit adj (small in size)

Tajik

1 entries
  • хурд adj (small in size)

Tamil

1 entries
  • சிறிய adj (small in size)

Tarifit

2 entries
  • ameẓẓyan adj (small in size)
  • ameẓẓyan adj (very young)

Tatar

3 entries
  • бәләкәй adj (small in size)
  • кече adj (small in size)
  • кечек adj (small in size)

Telugu

4 entries
  • చిన్న adj (small in size)
  • చిన్న adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • కొంచెం det (small amount)
  • కొంత det (small amount)

Thai

3 entries
  • เล็ก adj (small in size)
  • น้อย adv (not much)
  • น้อย det (small amount)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཆུང་ཆུང adj (small in size)

Tocharian B

2 entries
  • totka adj (small in size)
  • yekte adj (small in size)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • liklik adj (small in size)

Turkish

3 entries
  • az adj (small in number, few)
  • küçük adj (small in size)
  • az adv (not much)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • kiçi adj (small in size)

Udi

1 entries
  • пӏатӏар adj (small in size)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎕𐎙𐎗 adj (small in size)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • мале́нький adj (small in size)
  • мали́й adj (small in size)
  • ма́ло adv (not much)
  • небага́то adv (not much)

Urdu

4 entries
  • چھوٹا adj (small in size)
  • چھوٹا adj ((of a sibling) younger)
  • کم adv (not much)
  • تھوڑا det (small amount)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • kichik adj (small in size)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • nhỏ adj (small in size)
  • ít adv (not much)
  • ít det (small amount)

Votic

2 entries
  • vähäize adv (not much)
  • vähäize det (small amount)

Võro

1 entries
  • veidüq adv (not much)

Walloon

1 entries
  • pitit adj (small in size)

Welsh

2 entries
  • bach adj (small in size)
  • ifanc adj (very young)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • lyts adj (small in size)

Western Apache

1 entries
  • dayąhą́go adj (small in number, few)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • קליין adj (small in size)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • iq adj (small in size)

Zulu

1 entries
  • ncane adj (small in size)

Zuni

1 entries
  • ts'ana adj (small in size)

Sample sentences

48 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

"What's the matter?" asked the little white rabbit.

Source: tatoeba (1507)

Poor is not the one who has too little, but the one who wants too much.

Source: tatoeba (1583)

I slept a little during lunch break because I was so tired.

Source: tatoeba (1882)

My little brother is watching TV.

Source: tatoeba (1900)

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