Synonyms for picayunish
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
petty, trivial, slight, insignificant, inconsequential, trifling, picayune US, inconsiderable, piddling, idle, indifferent, negligible, unimportant, frivolous, meager US CA, meagre UK, immaterial, piffling informal
Definitions
- adj. 1
Petty; paltry; mean.
Example sentences
- slight Tom suffered just a slight injury in the accident.
- petty Sami started getting into trouble for petty theft.
- trivial The conclusion may seem trivial: Esperanto exists.
- insignificant There is no such thing as an insignificant detail.
- inconsequential The things he says are entirely inconsequential.
- trifling Their trouble stems from a trifling matter.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| picayunish | falling | |
| slight | falling | |
| petty | steady | |
| trivial | rising | |
| insignificant | falling | |
| inconsequential | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- idle2
- 5 letters
- petty2
- 6 letters
- slight1, meager2, meagre
- 7 letters
- trivial3
- 8 letters
- trifling2, picayune3, piddling3, piffling
- 9 letters
- frivolous3
- 10 letters
- negligible4, immaterial5
- 11 letters
- indifferent3, unimportant4
- 13 letters
- insignificant5
- 14 letters
- inconsiderable
- 15 letters
- inconsequential5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idle2 = 2 syllables).