Synonyms for triviality
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Unimportance
unimportance, insignificance, pettiness, indifference, foolishness, slightness, puniness
2. Trifle — something which is trivial or unimportant
3. Small beer
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Something which is trivial or unimportant.
- n. 2
The quality of being trivial or unimportant.
Forms
- Plural
- trivialities → insignificances, pettinesses, indifferences, foolishnesses…
Example sentences
- indifference The path to Auschwitz was paved with indifference.
- pettiness I'll never fall to your level of pettiness.
- trifle He said he wanted to put an end to such a trifle.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| triviality | steady | |
| indifference | steady | |
| pettiness | steady | |
| insignificance | steady | |
| unimportance | falling | |
| trifle | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- toy1, fig1
- 6 letters
- detail2, vanity3, trivia3, fiddle2, trifle2, bathos
- 7 letters
- trinket2
- 8 letters
- futility4, picayune3, puniness
- 9 letters
- emptiness3, pettiness3, frivolity4, bagatelle
- 10 letters
- slightness, paltriness
- 11 letters
- foolishness3, trivialness
- 12 letters
- indifference4, unimportance
- 14 letters
- insignificance5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (detail2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- trivialité
- Català
- trivialitat