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Synonyms for piffling

  • adjective

Most common

petty trivial trifling piddling

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Piddling — petty; unimportant

piddling, little, petty, trivial, trifling, picayune US, niggling, fiddling, lilliputian, footling, picayunish

Other

piffly informal

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    petty; unimportant

Example sentences

  • petty Sami started getting into trouble for petty theft.
  • trivial The conclusion may seem trivial: Esperanto exists.
  • trifling Their trouble stems from a trifling matter.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
pifflingsteady
pettysteady
trivialrising
triflingsteady
piddlingsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
petty2
6 letters
little2, piffly
7 letters
trivial3
8 letters
fiddling2, trifling2, picayune3, niggling, piddling3, footling
10 letters
picayunish
11 letters
lilliputian4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (petty2 = 2 syllables).