Dictionary Entry
little
little is a 6-letter English word with 19 senses as adjective, noun, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 19 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child.
- 2adjective
Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep.
- 3adjective
Small in quantity or amount; not much; as, a little food; a little air or water.
- 4adjective
Small in dignity, power, or importance; not great; insignificant; contemptible.
- 5adjective
Small in force or efficiency; not strong; weak; slight; inconsiderable; as, little attention or exertion;little effort; little care or diligence.
- 6adjective
Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
- 7noun
That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like.
- 8noun
A small degree or scale; miniature.
- 9adverb
In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; -- often with a preceding it.
- 10noun
a small amount or duration
"he accepted the little they gave him"
- 11adjective
small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
"a nice little job"
"bless your little heart"
- 12adjective
(informal) small and of little importance
"a fiddling sum of money"
"a footling gesture"
- 13adjective
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
"a little dining room"
"a little house"
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- 14adjective
(of a voice) faint
"a little voice"
"a still small voice"
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- 15adjective
lowercase
"little a"
"small a"
- 16adjective
(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some
"little rain fell in May"
"gave it little thought"
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- 17adjective
(of children and animals) young, immature
"what a big little boy you are"
"small children"
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- 18adjective
low in stature; not tall
"he was short and stocky"
"short in stature"
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- 19adverb
not much
"he talked little about his family"
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