little in WordNet English dictionary

1. (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"
   fiddling  footling  lilliputian  little  niggling  piddling  piffling  petty  picayune  trivial 
   
2. low in stature; not tall
   "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
   short  little 
   
3. 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"
   small  little 
   
4. (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"
   little  slight 
   
5. 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"
   little 
   
6. lowercase
   "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
   little  minuscule  small 
   
7. (of a voice) faint
   "a little voice"; "a still small voice"
   little  small 
   
8. (of children and animals) young, immature
   "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"
   little  small 
   

1. a small amount or duration
   "he accepted the little they gave him"
   little 
   

1. not much
   "he talked little about his family"
   little  little