lil
/lɪl/
lil is the alternative form of li'l.
Meaning of li'l
Adjective
li'l
- Generic intensifier.
- This li'l puppy is adorable!
Noun
lil (plural lils)
- A book.
- [H]e'll have quite enough to do in writing his own lils, and telling the world how handsome and clever he was; and who can blame him? Not I. If I could write lils, every word should be about myself and my own tacho Rommanis — my own lawful wedded wife, which is the same thing.1851, George Borrow, Lavengro: The Scholar-The Gypsy-The Priest
Proper noun capitalized: Lil
Lil
- A diminutive of the female given name Lilian/Lillian/Lily.
Forms of lil
| plural | lils |
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Origin of lil
Shortening of Lilian or Lillian.
Words formed from lil
Phrases with lil
Words that rhyme with lil
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- chill
- drill
- Seville
- will
- skill
- still
- frill
- mil
- sill
- swill
- fulfill
- goodwill
- till
- until
- brazil
- downhill
- prill
- quadrille
- shill
- shrill
- thrill
- Chapel Hill
- jill
- McGill
- nill
- squill
- trill
- uphill
- Walton-on-the-Hill
- Baskerville
- dill
- grille
- he'll
- instill
- Ithkuil
- krill
- manille
- nil
- phil
- purple pill
- refill
- remill
- rill
- thill
- twill
- vill
- vril
- 'til
Questions about lil
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lil (page history and authors); Lil (page history and authors); li'l (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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