Definitions

a little

Part of Speech:

All (7) Adjective (1) Adverb (5) Determiner (1)

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some adj.
little adv.
moderately adv.
pretty adv.
rather adv.
somewhat adv.
any det.

ADJECTIVE

some

Synonyms

STRONGEST

a few any

WEAK

a bit part of

ADVERB

little

Synonyms

STRONGEST

barely hardly rarely seldom

WEAK

hardly ever not many not often not quite only just scarcely somewhat

Antonyms

STRONGEST

frequently

WEAK

more much

ADVERB

moderately

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fairly quite rather reasonably slightly somewhat

STRONG

passably pretty

WEAK

averagely enough gently in moderation in reason kind of more or less more than not not exactly quite a bit so-so some something sort of temperately tolerable tolerably tolerantly within limits within reason

Antonyms

WEAK

immoderately unlimitedly

ADVERB

pretty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

considerably fairly kind of moderately quite rather reasonably somewhat very

WEAK

ample pretty much sort of tolerably

ADVERB

rather

Synonyms

STRONGEST

a bit comparatively fairly kind of pretty quite relatively slightly somewhat

WEAK

averagely enough in a certain degree more or less passably ratherish reasonably so-so some something sort of to some degree to some extent tolerably

Antonyms

WEAK

extremely insignificantly little violently

ADVERB

somewhat

Synonyms

STRONGEST

considerably fairly far kind of moderately partially pretty quite rather significantly slightly

WEAK

adequately bearably in part incompletely insignificantly more or less not much ratherish some something sort of to a degree tolerably well

Antonyms

STRONGEST

little

WEAK

not at all

DETERMINER

any

Synonyms

STRONGEST

all each either several

WEAK

a bit each and every in general part of whatever

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a little

Georgia Rollinson, 27, said she had a pylon outside her bedroom window and thought these looked "a little bit better".

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

“I’ll probably be a little bit more sensitive about how I communicate about the details of the plot of a movie.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

He explained why he had passed along the message to Walters: “If he’d just own up to what he’d done, I might talk to somebody about lightening his sentence a little bit.”

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

At the same time, such offspring have something to live up to, expectations to meet, a bar to clear that’s set a little higher than if they were completely original.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

I’m bewildered by how this foe seems a little bit friend as well.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

a little

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