Little

/ˈlɪ.tl̩/

Synonyms for "little" (419 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (84)

Adjective(6 words)
smalltriviala bitbarelydarlingdear
Noun(1 words)
chico

Strong matches (126)

exiguouslyfaintlyfanaticalfarthingfeeblyfewflagrantfleckflyspeckfootlingfortuitousfoulfragmentfulsomegobbetgraingranulegravegroatgross
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gunshothairhair spacehairbreadthhairsbreadthhalf pinthalf-pinthandfulhardlyhardly anyhardly everheinoushideboundilliberalimmaterialimperfectimperfectlyin a nutshellin miniaturein the smallinadequateinappreciableinappreciablyinchincidentalincompetentinconsequentialinconsequentiallyinconsiderableineffectualinessentialinferiorinfinitesimalinfrequentlyinsignificantinsignificantlyinstantinstantaneousinsufficientinsulariotairrelevantitsy-bitsyitty-bittyjotjust a bitknee highknee-highlightlightlylilliputianlimitedlittle bitlittle mindedlittle wayslittle whilelittle-mindedlowlow downlow-downlumpenmaladroitmangymeagermeagerlymeanmean-mindedmean-spiritedmeaslymediocremicroscopicmidgetmingyminiminiatureminimminimallyminimumminorminusculeminuteminutelyminutiaemiserablemite
Adjective(18 words)
fiddlingfootlinggerman kleinhardlyinsignificantinsufficient amountlilliputianlimitedmeagermeager amountmeasly amountminiature watering canminimalminorminusculeminuscule scriptminutemodestly
Determiner(1 words)
less dutch water resources
Noun(2 words)
lilleminor issue

Related words (209)

modicummoleculemomentmonkeymonstrousmotenarrownarrow gaugenarrow mindednarrow-heartednarrow-mindednarrow-soulednarrow-spiritednearsightednefariousnegligiblenegligiblyniggardniggardlyno
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no great shakesno timenonessentialnot anynot comparablenot enoughnot hardlynot in itnot muchnot vitalnutshellobnoxiousodiousold ladyold womanone horseone-horseonly justounceout of itout of the runningpair of winkspaltryparochialparticlepebblepetitpetitepettypicayunepicayunishpiddlingpinchpindlingpint sizedpint-sizedpistol shotpitifulpittancepointpokypoorportablepottyprovincialpunypurblindpygmyrankrarelyreptilianscabbyscantscantilyscantyscarcelyscrapscrubbyscruffyscruplescummyscurvysecondaryseldomself-centeredselfishsetshabbyshallowshoddyshoestringshortshort and sweetshort distanceshort pieceshort spellshort timeshort wayshortsightedskimpyskin deepskin-deepslenderslightslightlysmallsmall mindedsmall spacesmall-beersmall-mindedsmallishsmallysmidgensmidginsmitchspansparsespeckspitting distancespoonfulspotspurtsqualidstepstingystraitlacedstuffystuntedsubordinatesubsidiarysuccinctsummarysuperficialsynoptictant soit peutastetechnicalteensy-weensyteenyteeny-weenythimblefulthoughttinytiny bittittletoytransienttrifletriflingtrifling amounttriflinglytriviatrivialtwo shakestwo-by-fouruncatholicuncharitableunchivalrousundersizedunessentialunfrequentlyungenerousunimaginativeunimportantunimpressiveunliberalunmentionableunnoteworthyunoftenunskillfulvileweaklyweewhitwomanwretchedyoungyouthful
Noun(5 words)
most tinysmall china cabinetsmall isletthumbtiny population
Adjective(26 words)
negligiblenigglingnot muchpet namepetitepettypicayunepiddlingpifflingscantscant amountscant numberscarcelyshortslightslightlysmall amountsmall countrysmall quantitysmall watering can
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smaller numbersomewhatsweethearttinytiny humantrace amounts

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

17 entries
address termaffectionate termamountdegree adverbdeterminantdeterminerdimensionextentimportancenicknamequantifierquantitysignificancesizesmall indefinite amountsmall indefinite quantity

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More specific

24 entries

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Collocations

13 entries
a littlea little bitlittle bitlittle boylittle by littlelittle chancelittle changelittle evidencelittle girllittle moneylittle progresslittle timelittle-known fact

Inflections

4 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

similar

81 entries

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Translations

230 translations across 135 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • vogël adj (small in size)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • μικρός adj (small in size)
  • τυτθός adj (small in size)

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)
  • זעורתא adj (small in size)
  • ܙܥܘܪܐ adj (small in size)
  • ܙܥܘܪܬܐ adj (small in size)

Armenian

2 entries
  • մանր adj (small in size)
  • փոքր adj (small in size)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • njic adj (small in size)

Asturian

1 entries
  • pequeñu adj (small in size)

Aymara

1 entries
  • jisk'a adj (small in size)

Azerbaijani

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

Bashkir

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

Basque

1 entries
  • txiki adj (small in size)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • мале́нькі adj (small in size)
  • малы́ adj (small in size)

Belizean Creole

1 entries
  • lee adj (small in size)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ছোট adj (small in size)

Bikol Central

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

Breton

1 entries
  • bihan adj (small in size)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • ма́лък adj (small in size)
  • незначи́телен adj (insignificant, trivial)

Burmese

2 entries
  • နုပ် adj (small in size)
  • သေး adj (small in size)

Catalan

2 entries
  • mica adj (insignificant, trivial)
  • petit adj (small in size)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • بِچووک adj (small in size)
  • بچکۆلە adj (small in size)

Chechen

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

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎤᏍᏗ adj (small in size)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 小 adj (small in size)

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

1 entries
  • malý adj (small in size)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • pauc adj (small in size)

Danish

2 entries
  • lille adj (small in size)
  • små adj (small in size)

Dutch

1 entries
  • klein adj (small in size)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • изи adj (small in size)

Egyptian

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

Esperanto

1 entries
  • malgranda adj (small in size)

Estonian

1 entries
  • väike adj (small in size)

Faroese

1 entries
  • lítil adj (small in size)

Finnish

1 entries
  • pieni adj (small in size)

French

3 entries
  • pas beaucoup de adj (insignificant, trivial)
  • petit adj (small in size)
  • peu adj (insignificant, trivial)

Galician

1 entries
  • pequeno adj (small in size)

Georgian

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

German

4 entries
  • chlei adj (small in size)
  • klein adj (small in size)
  • lütt adj (small in size)
  • lützel adj (small in size)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 adj (small in size)

Greek

2 entries
  • λίγος adj (small in size)
  • μικρός adj (small in size)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • નાનું adj (small in size)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • ti adj (small in size)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • liʻiliʻi adj (small in size)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • קטן adj (small in size)

Hindi

1 entries
  • छोटा adj (small in size)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • kicsi adj (small in size)
  • kis adj (small in size)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • lítill adj (small in size)

Ido

1 entries
  • mikra adj (small in size)

Igbo

1 entries
  • ntakiri adj (small in size)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kecil adj (small in size)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • peeni adj (small in size)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • parve adj (small in size)

Irish

1 entries
  • beag adj (small in size)

Istriot

1 entries
  • peîcio adj (small in size)

Italian

2 entries
  • piccolo adj (small in size)
  • poco adj (insignificant, trivial)

Jamaican Creole

2 entries
  • likkle adj (small in size)
  • likl adj (small in size)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 小さい adj (small in size)

K'iche'

4 entries
  • alaj adj (small in size)
  • ch’in adj (small in size)
  • ch’it adj (small in size)
  • ch’uti’n 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

1 entries
  • តូច adj (small in size)

Korean

1 entries
  • 작은 adj (small in size)

Kyrgyz

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

Lao

1 entries
  • ນ້ອຍ adj (small in size)

Latin

2 entries
  • parvus adj (small in size)
  • paulus adj (small in size)

Latvian

1 entries
  • mazs adj (small in size)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • mažas adj (small in size)

Low German

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

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • kleng adj (small in size)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • мал adj (small in size)

Malay

1 entries
  • kecil adj (small in size)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ചെറിയ adj (small in size)

Maltese

1 entries
  • żgħir adj (small in size)

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)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • liten adj (small in size)

Occitan

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

Old English

1 entries
  • lȳtel adj (small in size)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • آز adj (insignificant, trivial)

Pashto

2 entries
  • وړوکی adj (small in size)
  • کوچنی adj (small in size)

Persian

3 entries
  • خرد adj (small in size)
  • که adj (small in size)
  • کوچک adj (small in size)

Polish

1 entries
  • mały adj (small in size)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • menor adj (insignificant, trivial)
  • pequeno adj (small in size)
  • pequeno adj (insignificant, trivial)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਛੋਟਾ adj (small in size)

Quechua

4 entries
  • as adj (small in size)
  • aslla adj (small in size)
  • ichik adj (small in size)
  • pisi adj (small in size)

Rapa Nui

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

Romani

1 entries
  • tikno adj (small in size)

Romanian

2 entries
  • mic adj (small in size)
  • mică adj (small in size)

Russian

2 entries
  • ма́ленький adj (small in size)
  • ма́лый adj (small in size)

Sanskrit

3 entries
  • अर्भ adj (small in size)
  • अल्प adj (small in size)
  • स्वल्प adj (small in size)

Santali

1 entries
  • ᱯᱤᱞᱪᱩ adj (small in size)

Scots

3 entries
  • peedie adj (small in size)
  • peerie adj (small in size)
  • wee adj (small in size)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • beag adj (small in size)
  • mean adj (small in size)
  • meanbh adj (small in size)
  • mion adj (small in size)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • mȃl adj (small in size)
  • ма̑л adj (small in size)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • muḍḍica adj (insignificant, trivial)
  • nica adj (small in size)
  • nicu adj (small in size)
  • stizza adj (insignificant, trivial)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • කුඩා adj (small in size)

Skolt Sami

1 entries
  • uˊcc adj (small in size)

Slovak

1 entries
  • malý adj (small in size)

Slovene

1 entries
  • majhen adj (small in size)

Spanish

3 entries
  • menor adj (insignificant, trivial)
  • pequeño adj (small in size)
  • poco adj (insignificant, trivial)

Swedish

3 entries
  • föga adj (insignificant, trivial)
  • liten adj (small in size)
  • ringa adj (insignificant, trivial)

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

1 entries
  • ameẓẓyan adj (small in size)

Tatar

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

Telugu

1 entries
  • చిన్న adj (small in size)

Thai

1 entries
  • เล็ก adj (small in size)

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

1 entries
  • küçük adj (small in size)

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

2 entries
  • мале́нький adj (small in size)
  • мали́й adj (small in size)

Urdu

1 entries
  • چھوٹا adj (small in size)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • kichik adj (small in size)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • nhỏ adj (small in size)

Walloon

1 entries
  • pitit adj (small in size)

Welsh

1 entries
  • bach adj (small in size)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • lyts adj (small in size)

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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