Hyphenation of little

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word little? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

lit-tle

Definitions of little:

1.
A small amount or duration
He accepted the little they gave him
2.
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
3.
(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
4.
(of children and animals) young, immature
What a big little boy you are Small children
5.
(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
6.
But it seems to be a picayune infraction
7.
(of a voice) faint
A little voice A still small voice
8.
Low in stature
Not tall He was short and stocky Short in stature A short smokestack A little man
9.
Lowercase
Little a Small a E.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters
10.
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
11.
Not much
He talked little about his family

Synonyms of little:

adj small, bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck, bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy, dinky, dwarfish, elfin, elflike, gnomish, half-size, infinitesimal, minute, microscopic, least, littlest, smallest, lesser, micro, miniature, minuscule, miniscule, pocket-size, pocket-sized, pocketable, puny, runty, shrimpy, slender, slim, smaller, littler, smallish, small-scale, undersize, undersized
adj little, small, slight, less
adj brief, short
adj small, young, immature
adj fiddling, footling, lilliputian, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial, unimportant
adj small, soft
adj little, younger
adj minuscule, small, lowercase
adj emotional
nounsmall indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount

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