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little

How many syllables in little?

  2 syllables

Divide little into syllables:   lit-tle
Stressed syllable in little:   lit-tle
How to pronounce little:   lit-l
How to say little:

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Synonyms for little


1 syllable
  • few
  • ounce
  • short
  • small
  • young
  • low
  • scant
  • slight
  • while
2 syllables
  • barely
  • hardly
  • minor
  • modest
  • petite
  • slender
  • stunted
  • tiny
  • fraction
  • mini
  • minute
  • not much
  • petty
  • stumpy
  • teeny
  • trifling
3 syllables
  • minuscule
  • not a lot
  • not very
  • modicum
  • not enough
  • trivial
4 syllables
  • a small amount
  • miniature
  • unimportant
5 syllables
  • insignificant
  • not sufficiently
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What rhymes with little

1 syllable
  • it'll
    2 syllables
    • brittle
    • kittle
    • skittle
    • spital
    • tittle
    • whittle
    • kittel
    • knittle
    • smittle
    • spittle
    • victual
    • wittol
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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