little
nouns
a small amount or duration
"he accepted the little they gave him"
is a type of (narrower)
an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
adjectives
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
"a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"
is derived from
antonym
(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"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work"
antonym
(of children and animals) young, immature
"what a big little boy you are"; "small children"
(informal) small and of little importance
"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"
is derived from
low in stature; not tall
"he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
lowercase
"little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
"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"
adverbs
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