Synonyms for slightness
Most common
pettiness triviality littleness puniness slimness slenderness delicacy
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Pettiness
2. Slimness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The property of being slight, smallness, petiteness
Poor nutrition explained his slightness.
Forms
- Plural
- slightnesses → pettinesses, trivialities, littlenesses, slimnesses…
Example sentences
- pettiness I'll never fall to your level of pettiness.
- triviality We shouldn't waste our time in triviality.
- slimness Her striped dress accentuates her slimness.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| slightness | falling | |
| pettiness | steady | |
| triviality | steady | |
| littleness | steady | |
| puniness | steady | |
| slimness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- delicacy4, slimness, puniness
- 9 letters
- pettiness3
- 10 letters
- triviality5, littleness
- 11 letters
- slenderness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (delicacy4 = 4 syllables).