Letters that make little
e, l, t, i are letters that make 'little'
littler, littles are words created by adding a letter to 'little'
9 possible definitions for 'little'
Under this definition, little is an adjective and has the following properties:
small has the same meaning as little
size is an attribute of little.
littleness, smallness are derivatives of 'little'.
dinky, atomic, lilliputian, minute, slender, elflike, shrimpy, smaller, littler, smallish, dwarfish, petite, elfin, miniscule, slim, wee, subatomic, bantam, diminutive, midget, tiny, flyspeck, bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy, gnomish, half-size, infinitesimal, lesser, microscopic, microscopical, micro, miniature, minuscule, olive-sized, pocket-size, pocket-sized, pocketable, puny, runty, small-scale, undersize, undersized are similar to 'little'.
"a little dining room", "a little house", "a small car", "a little (or small) group"
Under this definition, little is an adjective and has the following properties:
small has the same meaning as little
littleness, smallness are derivatives of 'little'.
soft is similar to little.
"a little voice", "a still small voice"
Under this definition, little is an adjective and has the following properties:
lowercase is similar to little.
"little a", "small a", "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
Under this definition, little is an adjective and has the following properties:
small has the same meaning as little
"what a big little boy you are", "small children"
Under this definition, little is an adjective and has the following properties:
short has the same meaning as little
tall has the opposite meaning of little
shortness, truncation are derivatives of 'little'.
dumpy, low-set, squat, compact, thickset, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off, heavyset, stocky, pint-size, squatty, stumpy, chunky, half-length, thick, pint-sized, short-stalked, squab, squabby are similar to 'little'.
"he was short and stocky", "short in stature", "a short smokestack", "a little man"
Under this definition, little is an adjective and has the following properties:
"he talked little about his family"
Under this definition, little is an adjective and has the following properties:
emotional is similar to little.
"a nice little job", "bless your little heart", "my dear little mother", "a sweet little deal", "I'm tired of your petty little schemes", "filthy little tricks", "what a nasty little situation"
Under this definition, little is a noun and has the following properties:
'little' can be a type of small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount.
"he accepted the little they gave him"
Under this definition, little is an adjective and has the following properties:
fiddling, petty, footling, lilliputian, niggling, piddling, piffling, picayune, trivial have the same meaning as 'little'
'little' can be a useage of colloquialism.
triviality, trivia, trifle, pettiness, littleness, smallness, puniness, trivialize, trivialise, small beer, slightness are derivatives of 'little'.
unimportant is similar to little.
"a fiddling sum of money", "a footling gesture", "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war", "a little (or small) matter", "a dispute over niggling details", "limited to petty enterprises", "piffling efforts", "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"