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littlest |
Overview of adj littlest The adj littlest has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. least, littlest, smallest -- (having or being distinguished by diminutive size; "the least bittern") Overview of adj little The adj little has 9 senses (first 6 from tagged texts) 1. (165) small little -- (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"; " a small voice") 2. (71) little -- ((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 hope remained"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"; "a little time isleft") 3. (19) brief, little -- (of short duration or distance; "a brief stay in the country"; "in a little while"; "it's a little way away") 4. (12) little, small -- (not fully grown; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children") 5. (8) fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial -- ((informal terms) 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"; "Mickey Mouse regulations"; "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") 6. (3) little, small -- ((of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice") 7. little, younger -- (younger brother or sister; "little brother") 8. little, minuscule, small -- (lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters") 9. little -- (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") Antonyms of adj littlest 1 sense of littlest Sense 1 least, littlest, smallest INDIRECT (VIA small little) -> large big INDIRECT (VIA small little) -> large big Antonyms of adj little 9 senses of little Sense 1 small (vs. large), little (vs. big) large (vs. small), big (vs. little) => ample, sizable, sizeable => astronomic, astronomical, galactic => banner => bigger, larger => biggest, greatest, largest => biggish, largish => blown-up, enlarged => bouffant, puffy => bulky => capacious => colossal, prodigious, stupendous => cosmic => deep => double => elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo => epic, heroic, larger-than-life => extensive, extended => great => hulking, hulky => humongous, thumping, whopping, walloping => king-size, king-sized => large-scale => life-size, life-sized, full-size => macro => man-sized => massive, monolithic, monumental => massive => monstrous => mountainous => outsize, outsized, oversize, oversized => plumping => colossal, prodigious, stupendous => queen-size, queen-sized => rangy => ample, sizable, sizeable => broad, spacious, wide => super => titanic => voluminous => enormous, tremendous => gigantic, mammoth => huge, immense, vast => large-scale => overlarge, too large => whacking => wide-ranging Sense 2 little(postnominal) (vs. much) much(postnominal) (vs. little) => overmuch => some(postnominal) => such(postnominal), so much => untold Sense 3 brief, little INDIRECT (VIA short) -> long Sense 4 little, small INDIRECT (VIA young) -> old Sense 5 fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial INDIRECT (VIA unimportant) -> important, of import Sense 6 little, small INDIRECT (VIA soft) -> loud Sense 7 little(postnominal) (vs. big), younger big(postnominal) (vs. little), elder, older Sense 8 little, minuscule, small INDIRECT (VIA lowercase) -> uppercase Sense 9 little INDIRECT (VIA emotional) -> unemotional Similarity of adj littlest 1 sense of littlest Sense 1 least, littlest, smallest => small (vs. large), little (vs. big) Similarity of adj little 9 senses of little Sense 1 small (vs. large), little (vs. big) => bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny => bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy => dinky => dwarf, dwarfish => elfin, elflike => gnomish => half-size => infinitesimal, minute, microscopic => least, littlest, smallest => lesser => micro => miniature => minuscule, miniscule => pocket-size, pocket-sized => puny, runty, shrimpy => slender, slim => smaller, littler => smallish => small-scale => undersize, undersized Sense 2 little(postnominal) (vs. much) => small(postnominal) => slight Also See-> less#1 Sense 3 brief, little => short (vs. long) Sense 4 little, small => young (vs. old), immature Sense 5 fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial => unimportant (vs. important) Sense 6 little, small => soft (vs. loud) Sense 7 little(postnominal) (vs. big), younger Sense 8 little, minuscule, small => lowercase (vs. uppercase) Sense 9 little => emotional (vs. unemotional) Attributes of adj littlest Attributes of adj little 1 of 9 senses of little Sense 1 small (vs. large), little (vs. big) => size Familiarity of adj littlest littlest used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Familiarity of adj little little used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 9) Grep of adj littlest littlest Grep of adj little little littler littlest too little Overview of adj littlest The adj littlest has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. least, littlest, smallest -- (having or being distinguished by diminutive size; "the least bittern") Overview of adj little The adj little has 9 senses (first 6 from tagged texts) 1. (165) small little -- (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"; " a small voice") 2. (71) little -- ((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 hope remained"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"; "a little time isleft") 3. (19) brief, little -- (of short duration or distance; "a brief stay in the country"; "in a little while"; "it's a little way away") 4. (12) little, small -- (not fully grown; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children") 5. (8) fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial -- ((informal terms) 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"; "Mickey Mouse regulations"; "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") 6. (3) little, small -- ((of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice") 7. little, younger -- (younger brother or sister; "little brother") 8. little, minuscule, small -- (lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters") 9. little -- (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")
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