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| Main Entry: | little |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | infrequently, not much |
| Synonyms: | barely, hardly, rarely, scarcely, seldom, somewhat, a little, hardly ever, not many, not often, not quite, only just |
| Antonyms: | frequently, more, much |
| Main Entry: | little |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small amount of something |
| Synonyms: | bit, dab, dash, fragment, hint, modicum, particle, pinch, snippet, soupçon, speck, spot, taste, touch, trace, trifle, whit |
| Antonyms: | lot |
| Main Entry: | little |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small in size, amount |
| Synonyms: | babyish, bantam, brief, cramped, diminutive, dinky, elfin, embryonic, fleeting, hasty, immature, imperceptible, infant, infinitesimal, insufficient, junior, light, limited, meager, microscopic, miniature, minute, peanut*, petite, short, short-lived, skimpy, slight, snub, sparse, stubby, stunted, teeny, tiny, toy, undersized, undeveloped, wee, wizened, young, Lilliputian, hardly any, inappreciable, inconsiderable, mini, not big, not large, scant, shrimpy, shriveled, truncated |
| Antonyms: | big, enormous, giant, great, huge, immense, large, massive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | little |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not important |
| Synonyms: | casual, insignificant, light, minor, minute, negligible, paltry, petty, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant, inconsiderable, shoestring* |
| Antonyms: | great, important, magnificent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | little |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | narrow-minded |
| Synonyms: | base, bigoted, cheap, contemptible, illiberal, ineffectual, limited, mean, narrow, paltry, petty, provincial, self-centered, selfish, set, small, small-minded, vulgar, wicked, hidebound |
| Antonyms: | magnanimous, open, open-minded |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | little |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb, noun |
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Adjectives: |
invisible, little, short, atomic, corpuscular, cramp, cramped, dapper, diminutive, dumpy, duodecimo, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, embryonic, evanescent, exiguous, granular, homeopathic, impalpable, imperceptible, inappreciable, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, intangible, liliputian, limited, microscopic, miniature, minikin, minute, molecular, petty, pigmy, pocket, pollard, portable, portative, puny, rudimental, rudimentary, scant, scraggy, scrubby, shrunk, small, squat, stunted, thin, tiny, undersized, weazened, wee
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| Main Entry: | baby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | miniature |
| Synonyms: | babyish, diminutive, dwarf, little, midget, minute, petite, small, tiny, wee, youthful, mini |
| Antonyms: | big, giant, large |
| Main Entry: | bantam |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small |
| Synonyms: | diminutive, little, petite, tiny |
| Antonyms: | big, huge, large |
| Main Entry: | cramped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | congested, overcrowded |
| Synonyms: | awkward, close, confined, crowded, illegible, indecipherable, irregular, little, minute, narrow, packed, restricted, small, tight, tiny, uncomfortable, circumscribed, closed in, crabbed, hemmed in, incommodious, jammed in, pent, squeezed, tucked up, two-by-four |
| Antonyms: | free, open, uninhibited, unobstructed, uncongested, uncramped, uncrowded |
| Main Entry: | diminutive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiny, petite |
| Synonyms: | bantam, button*, little, midget, miniature, minute, pocket, small, teeny*, wee*, Lilliputian, bitsy, bitty, mini, peewee*, pint-sized, pocket-sized, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, undersize, weeny |
| Notes: | Diminutive words can be literal or metaphorical, are often terms of endearment or affection, familiarity or intimacy, but sometimes also suggest condescension or dismissal. The contrasting word form is augmentative, whose general meaning is 'large,' often implying awkwardness or ugliness, as in eat up, hurry up. Augmentatives are common in Latinate languages. In English, augmentative words are generally formed by the addition of augmentative affixes. |
| Antonyms: | big, huge, large, tall |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | elfin |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mischievous; small |
| Synonyms: | delicate, devilish, disobedient, elfish, frolicsome, impish, little, minute, naughty, petite, playful, puckish, puny, slight, sprightly, tiny, misbehaving, prankish, rascally |
| Main Entry: | exiguous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scanty |
| Synonyms: | bare, confined, diminutive, inadequate, limited, little, meager, narrow, negligible, paltry, petty, poor, restricted, skimpy, slender, slight, small, spare, sparse, tenuous, thin, tiny |
| Antonyms: | plenty |
| Main Entry: | hardly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | scarcely; with difficulty |
| Synonyms: | barely, comparatively, gradually, imperceptibly, infrequently, just, little, only, practically, rarely, seldom, simply, slightly, somewhat, almost inconceivably, almost not, by a hair, by no means, detectably, faintly, no more than, no way, not a bit, not at all, not by much, not likely, not markedly, not measurably, not much, not notably, not noticeably, not often, not quite, once in a blue moon, only just, perceptibly, pretty near, scantly, sparsely, sporadically, with trouble |
| Antonyms: | very |
| Main Entry: | inconsequential/inconsiderable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | of no significance |
| Synonyms: | casual, dinky*, exiguous, immaterial, inadequate, insignificant, insufficient, light, little, measly, minor, negligible, paltry, petty, picayune, puny, runt, scanty, skimpy, small, small-time*, trifling, trivial, two-bit*, unimportant, worthless, entry-level, inappreciable, inconsequent, shoestring*, small potatoes, unconsidered, wimpy |
| Antonyms: | consequential, considerable, important, significant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | infinitesimal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small |
| Synonyms: | atomic, imperceptible, insignificant, little, microscopic, miniature, minuscule, minute, negligible, teeny*, tiny, inappreciable, inconsiderable, unnoticeable |
| Antonyms: | big, huge, large, significant, substantial |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insignificant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not important; of no consequence |
| Synonyms: | casual, immaterial, inconsequential, infinitesimal, irrelevant, lesser, light, lightweight*, little, meager, meaningless, minimal, minor, minuscule, minute, negligible, nondescript, nonessential, nugatory, paltry, petty, pointless, scanty, secondary, senseless, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unsubstantial, inappreciable, inconsiderable, minim, not worth mentioning, purportless |
| Antonyms: | consequential, important, significant, substantial, valuable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mere |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nothing more; absolute |
| Synonyms: | bald, bare, blunt, common, complete, entire, insignificant, little, minor, plain, poor, pure, sheer, simple, small, stark, unadorned, unadulterated, unmitigated, utter, very, pure and simple, unmixed |
| Main Entry: | microscopic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiny, almost undetectable |
| Synonyms: | atomic, diminutive, imperceptible, infinitesimal, invisible, little, minuscule, minute, negligible, teeny*, wee* |
| Antonyms: | big, huge, large, macroscopic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | miniature |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiny |
| Synonyms: | baby, diminutive, little, midget, minuscule, minute, mite, model, petite, pocket, reduced, small, teeny*, toy, wee, Lilliputian, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, mini, minikin, pint-sized, scaled-down, small-scale, teensy |
| Antonyms: | big, giant, huge, large |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | miniscule/minuscule |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiny, very small |
| Synonyms: | diminutive, dwarf, infinitesimal, little, meager, microscopic, miniature, minute, puny*, short, slight, stunted, teeny, trivial, undersized, wee*, Lilliputian, itsy-bitsy, mini, pint-sized, small-scale, teensy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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