little

modif.

1. Small in size

   diminutive, dwarfish, small, tiny, shrunk, atomic, wee, undersized, not big, not large, stunted, limited, cramped, wizened, scraggy, imperceptible, light, slight, microscopic, short, Lilliputian, runty, embryonic, elfin, invisible, shriveled, amoebic, microzoic, animalcular, pugged, vestigial, stubby, truncated, snub, molecular, microbic, toy, miniature, scrubby, cramped, puny, pygmy, dwarfed, inappreciable, bantam, half-pint*, pocket-sized*, pint-sized*; see also minute 1.

   Antonyms large*, big*, huge. *

2. Small in quantity

   inappreciable, inconsiderable, insufficient; see inadequate 1.

3. Few in number

   scarce, not many, hardly any; see few.

4. Brief

   concise, succinct, abrupt; see short 2.

5. Small in importance

   trifling, insignificant, inconsiderable; see trivial, unimportant.

6. Small in character

   base, mean, petty; see mean 1, wicked 1.

7. Weak

   stunted, runty, undersized; see weak 1. See syn. study at small.

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n.