Synonyms for insignificance
All synonyms
Noun
Definitions
- n. 1
the state of being insignificant
Related words
- Phrases
- pale into insignificance
Forms
- Plural
- insignificances → trivialities, nothingnesses, pettinesses, emptinesses…
Example sentences
- nothingness The human mind cannot conceive of absolute nothingness.
- pettiness I'll never fall to your level of pettiness.
- triviality We shouldn't waste our time in triviality.
- indifference The path to Auschwitz was paved with indifference.
- emptiness One sometimes looks around and sees only emptiness.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| insignificance | steady | |
| nothingness | rising | |
| pettiness | steady | |
| triviality | steady | |
| unimportance | falling | |
| indifference | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- inanity
- 9 letters
- emptiness3, pettiness3
- 10 letters
- triviality5, littleness
- 11 letters
- nothingness3
- 12 letters
- indifference4, unimportance
- 13 letters
- immateriality
- 14 letters
- unsignificance
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (emptiness3 = 3 syllables).