Synonyms for trivial
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Unimportant — ignorable; of little significance or value
unimportant, insignificant, petty, frivolous, trifling, inconsequential, little, picayune informal US, piddling, meaningless, puerile, immaterial, paltry, simple, inconsiderable, ignorable, vain, small, negligible, worthless, light, slight
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Ignorable; of little significance or value.
Related words
- Word family
- trivia trivialization trivialize triviality trivially trivialness
- Phrases
- trivial name
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Aside from its technical ecclesiastical use, venial is always understood as marking some fault comparatively slight or trivial.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- petty Sami started getting into trouble for petty theft.
- insignificant There is no such thing as an insignificant detail.
- unimportant This detail is unimportant. You can safely omit it.
- frivolous Tom doesn't spend his money on frivolous things.
- superficial He has only a superficial knowledge of the matter.
- trite The "twin tiger cubs get separated ..." story felt a bit trite.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| trivial | rising | |
| petty | steady | |
| insignificant | falling | |
| unimportant | falling | |
| frivolous | steady | |
| superficial | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- vain1
- 5 letters
- small1, light1, petty2, trite1
- 6 letters
- little2, simple2, slight1, paltry2, venial
- 7 letters
- puerile2
- 8 letters
- trifling2, picayune3, piddling3
- 9 letters
- worthless2, frivolous3, ignorable
- 10 letters
- negligible4, immaterial5
- 11 letters
- meaningless3, superficial4, unimportant4
- 13 letters
- insignificant5, unchallenging
- 14 letters
- inconsiderable
- 15 letters
- inconsequential5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (petty2 = 2 syllables).