Synonyms for insignificant
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Trivial
trivial, unimportant, little, small, meaningless, inconsequential, trifling, slight, negligible, minor, petty, piddling, paltry, immaterial, inconsiderable, pitiful, non-significant, frivolous, pointless, ignorable, light, picayune US
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Not significant; not important, inconsequential, or having no noticeable effect.
Such things are insignificant details compared to the main goal.
Related words
- Word family
- insignificance insignificantly
Example sentences
- meaningless Absolutely meaningless; everything is meaningless.
- trivial The conclusion may seem trivial: Esperanto exists.
- unimportant This detail is unimportant. You can safely omit it.
- inconsequential The things he says are entirely inconsequential.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| insignificant | falling | |
| meaningless | steady | |
| trivial | rising | |
| unimportant | falling | |
| inconsequential | steady | |
| unnotable | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- small1, light1, minor2, petty2
- 6 letters
- little2, slight1, paltry2
- 7 letters
- trivial3, pitiful3
- 8 letters
- trifling2, picayune3, piddling3
- 9 letters
- pointless2, frivolous3, ignorable, unnotable
- 10 letters
- negligible4, immaterial5
- 11 letters
- meaningless3, unimportant4
- 14 letters
- inconsiderable
- 15 letters
- inconsequential5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (minor2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- insignifiant
- Italiano
- insignificante