Synonyms for insignificant
ˌɪn sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kəntin·signif·i·cant

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1. insignificantadjective

   Antonyms:
   significant

2. insignificantadjective

   Such things are insignificant details compared to the main goal.

   Antonyms:
   significant

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1. insignificant

   Synonyms:
   brief, diminutive, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, limited, little, mean, microscopic, minute, narrow, paltry, petty, scanty, short, slender, slight, small, tiny, trifling, trivial

   Antonyms:
   abundant, ample, big, broad, bulky, capacious, coarse, colossal, commodious, considerable, enormous, extensive, gigantic, grand, great, huge, immense, large, long, massive, spacious, vast, wide

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1. insignificant, undistinguishedadjective

   not worthy of notice

   Synonyms:
   peanut, undistinguished, unimportant

   Antonyms:
   significant, remarkable, probatory, epoch-making, probative, profound, major, monumental, noticeable, operative, fundamental, earthshaking, momentous, large, evidential, epochal, important, world-shattering, world-shaking, evidentiary, meaningful, prodigious, noteworthy, portentous

2. insignificantadjective

   signifying nothing

   "insignificant sounds"

   Synonyms:
   peanut, undistinguished, unimportant

   Antonyms:
   epoch-making, fundamental, remarkable, monumental, world-shaking, evidentiary, evidential, operative, meaningful, significant, noticeable, important, large, profound, probative, momentous, major, epochal, noteworthy, portentous, prodigious, probatory, earthshaking, world-shattering

3. insignificant, peanutadjective

   of little importance or influence or power; of minor status

   "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"

   Synonyms:
   peanut, undistinguished, unimportant

   Antonyms:
   evidentiary, momentous, noteworthy, prodigious, world-shaking, probative, probatory, noticeable, remarkable, earthshaking, fundamental, portentous, profound, important, monumental, operative, world-shattering, major, meaningful, epoch-making, epochal, significant, large, evidential

4. insignificant, unimportantadjective

   devoid of importance, meaning, or force

   Synonyms:
   peanut, undistinguished, unimportant

   Antonyms:
   significant, profound, world-shattering, operative, evidentiary, probative, large, meaningful, noteworthy, epoch-making, momentous, fundamental, monumental, important, world-shaking, noticeable, remarkable, major, prodigious, probatory, portentous, evidential, earthshaking, epochal

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1. kaffeeklatsch

   secondary importance, coffee not essential

   to describe a meeting without the alleged depth of important agenda, or less than is called for

   Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. insignificantadjective

   Synonyms:
   without meaning, not significant

2. insignificantadjective

   Synonyms:
   unimportant, paltry, petty, empty, trivial, trifling, immaterial, unessential, of little consequence, of little account, of no moment

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1. insignificantnoun

   Synonyms:
   meaningless, unimportant, immaterial, petty, trivial, paltry

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1. List of paraphrases for "insignificant":

   negligible, unimportant, nonsignificant, trivial, non-significant, inconsiderable, meaningless, minimal, irrelevant, minimum, immaterial, trifling, inconsequential, minor, paltry, inane, marginal, petty

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1. Mahathma Gandhi:

   Almost anything you do is insignificant, But it is very important that you do it.

2. Banksy:

   If you feel dirty, insignificant and unloved, then rats are a good role model. They exist without permission, they have no respect for the hierarchy of society, and they have sex fifty times a day.

3. David Keating:

   I don't think there are any efficiency gains from doing it this way -- the accounting headaches are not insignificant having been on that end of trying to report stuff like this, it seems like a big hassle.

4. Caroline Schroeder:

   I ’d like to express how little faith I have in this board to do the right thing today or in the months to come, i genuinely hope that I’ve effectively insulted at least a few of you right now, because that insignificant and fleeting feeling that you’re experiencing in this particular moment is absolutely nothing in comparison to the persistent and often debilitating fear that survivors at LSU suffer on a daily basis as a direct result of your deliberate indifference to abuse on this campus.

5. Tyler Crenshaw:

   Charlie is a healthy baby girl and we are blessed. Her hemangioma is just as insignificant to who she is as a freckle on her arm, she’s just a normal little girl who does everything every other baby does. Except that she’s cuter in our eyes.