Antonyms for petty
ˈpɛt ipet·ty

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. petty

   Antonyms:
   bountiful, chivalrous, disinterested, free, free-handed, free-hearted, generous, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, noble, open-handed, open-hearted

   Synonyms:
   avaricious, close, covetous, greedy, ignoble, illiberal, mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, rapacious, stingy

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. petty

   Antonyms:
   large, large-hearted, noble, generous, chivalrous, magnificent, liberal, broad

   Synonyms:
   small, mean, paltry, ignoble, trifling, narrow, trivial, contemptible

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. petit larceny, petty larceny, pettyadjective

   larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)

   Antonyms:
   of import, senior, important, broad-minded

   Synonyms:
   petit larceny, petty larceny

2. junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subalternadjective

   inferior in rank or status

   "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"

   Antonyms:
   senior, of import, broad-minded, important

3. fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivialadjective

   (informal) small and of little importance

   "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

   Antonyms:
   senior, important, broad-minded, of import

   Synonyms:
   subaltern, junior-grade, piddling, superficial, trivial, picayune, diminutive, tiny, footling, petite, lowly, petty(a), lilliputian, slight, bantam, lower-ranking, small-minded, fiddling, minuscule, short, midget, little(a), flyspeck, secondary, small, little, piffling, niggling

4. petty, small-mindedadjective

   contemptibly narrow in outlook

   "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

   Antonyms:
   broad-minded, senior, of import, important

   Synonyms:
   junior-grade, piddling, trivial, picayune, footling, lowly, petty(a), lilliputian, subaltern, small-minded, fiddling, secondary, lower-ranking, little, piffling, niggling

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1. pettyadjective

   Synonyms:
   small, insignificant, trivial, trifling

How to use petty in a sentence?

1. Craig Johnson:

   We don't play those petty games. But to insult us, that we're either being racist or we're being uncaring. That is insulting, the governor owes our community an apology, and I'll be waiting to hear that.

2. Chuang-tzu, On Leveling All Things:

   Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.

3. Mitch McConnell:

   We will pledge to rise above petty factionalism and do justice for our institutions, for our states, and for the nation.

4. Brandon Scott:

   We also have to continue to impress upon everyone… to really lift up how we can be better and how we can be a place where we don't continuously allow people that we know to be so weak that they will shoot six people, that they be so weak, they're afraid that their basic little conflict that could have bruised their ego for some petty dispute can end in the loss of life.

5. Jaime Harrison:

   Here's a guy who will say anything to stay in office, lindsey Graham can't lead us in any direction because Lindsey Graham traded Lindsey Graham moral compass for petty political gain.

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