What is another word for insignificant?
Synonyms for insignificant
ˌɪn sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kəntin·signif·i·cant
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Wiktionary
insignificantadjective
Antonyms:
significantinsignificantadjective
Such things are insignificant details compared to the main goal.
Antonyms:
significant
English Synonyms and Antonyms
insignificant
Synonyms:
brief, diminutive, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, limited, little, mean, microscopic, minute, narrow, paltry, petty, scanty, short, slender, slight, small, tiny, trifling, trivialAntonyms:
abundant, ample, big, broad, bulky, capacious, coarse, colossal, commodious, considerable, enormous, extensive, gigantic, grand, great, huge, immense, large, long, massive, spacious, vast, wide
Princeton's WordNet
insignificant, undistinguishedadjective
not worthy of notice
Synonyms:
peanut, undistinguished, unimportantAntonyms:
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, portentousinsignificantadjective
signifying nothing
"insignificant sounds"
Synonyms:
peanut, undistinguished, unimportantAntonyms:
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-shatteringinsignificant, peanutadjective
of little importance or influence or power; of minor status
"a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"
Synonyms:
peanut, undistinguished, unimportantAntonyms:
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, evidentialinsignificant, unimportantadjective
devoid of importance, meaning, or force
Synonyms:
peanut, undistinguished, unimportantAntonyms:
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
Editors Contribution
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 Synonymes
insignificantadjective
Synonyms:
without meaning, not significantinsignificantadjective
Synonyms:
unimportant, paltry, petty, empty, trivial, trifling, immaterial, unessential, of little consequence, of little account, of no moment
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
insignificantnoun
Synonyms:
meaningless, unimportant, immaterial, petty, trivial, paltry
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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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#350 | small | |
#398 | little | |
#746 | short | |
#751 | limited | |
#1008 | mean | |
#1654 | minimum | |
#1981 | minute | |
#2436 | brief | |
#2673 | minor | |
#3889 | narrow | |
#4106 | tiny | |
#5479 | minimal | |
#7516 | slight | |
#11024 | marginal | |
#12511 | peanut | |
#12556 | trivial | |
#13150 | irrelevant | |
#13331 | petty | |
#19838 | microscopic | |
#19887 | meaningless | |
#19897 | negligible | |
#19918 | slender | |
#20267 | insignificant | |
#32026 | unimportant | |
#41631 | immaterial | |
#50848 | diminutive | |
#51242 | inane | |
#57224 | paltry | |
#57684 | inconsequential | |
#58405 | infinitesimal | |
#67164 | scanty | |
#69037 | trifling | |
#105070 | nonsignificant | |
#118861 | inconsiderable | |
#131081 | undistinguished |
How to use insignificant in a sentence?
In painting, as in the other arts, there's not a single process, no matter how insignificant, which can be reasonably made into a formula. You come to nature with your theories, and she knocks them all flat.
People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.
411 usage is not insignificant.
The reasons for doing this range from people wanting to know themselves more, to people who want to rest, reset and relax, to those who want to explore consciousness and deepen their meditation practice, when someone goes into the darkness, all these things that were important to them like money, fame, power, status, being worthy – they all become insignificant and meaningless in the dark.
Insignificant moments of' normal' are now monumentally important, the USPS may have had a hard year, but there's no doubt in the Erin Jones house that the Christmas spirit is alive and well because of one of their best employees.
Translations for insignificant
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- تافهArabic
- insignificantCatalan, Valencian
- nevýznamnýCzech
- bedeutungslos, unbedeutendGerman
- ασήμαντοςGreek
- insignificanteSpanish
- merkityksetön, samantekevä, vähäpätöinen, mitätönFinnish
- insignifiante, insignifiantFrench
- jelentéktelenHungarian
- insignificanteItalian
- 些細, 無意味Japanese
- មិនគួរឱ្យកត់សម្គាល់, មិនសំខាន់Khmer
- 하찮은Korean
- hauwarea, whetowhetoMāori
- onbelangrijk, onbelangrijkeDutch
- nieistotnyPolish
- insignificantePortuguese
- neimportant, nesemnificant, nesemnificativ, nesemnificantăRomanian
- незначительныйRussian
- безначајанSerbo-Croatian
- betydelselös, obetydligSwedish
- முக்கியமற்றTamil
- మిగిలారుTelugu
- anlamsız, önemsiz, manasız, ehemmiyetsizTurkish
- 微不Chinese
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