Synonyms for trifling
- adjective
- noun
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Adjective
1. Paltry — trivial, or of little importance
paltry, insignificant, trivial, worthless, inconsiderable, petty, unimportant, piddling, silly, foolish, frivolous, inconsequential, negligible, slight, picayune US, immaterial, contemptible, vain, minor, small, futile, idle
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Trivial, or of little importance.
- n. 1
The act of one who trifles; frivolous behaviour.
Related words
- Word family
- triflingness trifle
Forms
- Plural
- triflings → dalliances, quibblings, frivolities…
Example sentences
- trivial The conclusion may seem trivial: Esperanto exists.
- insignificant There is no such thing as an insignificant detail.
- paltry These shoes cost me the paltry sum of ten euros.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| trifling | steady | |
| trivial | rising | |
| insignificant | falling | |
| paltry | rising | |
| inconsiderable | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- vain1, idle2
- 5 letters
- small1, minor2, silly2, petty2
- 6 letters
- slight1, futile2, paltry2
- 7 letters
- foolish2, trivial3
- 8 letters
- picayune3, piddling3
- 9 letters
- worthless2, frivolous3, frivolity4, dalliance3, quibbling3
- 10 letters
- negligible4, immaterial5
- 11 letters
- unimportant4
- 12 letters
- contemptible4
- 13 letters
- insignificant5
- 14 letters
- inconsiderable
- 15 letters
- inconsequential5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idle2 = 2 syllables).