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Synonyms for trivial
ˈtrɪv i əltriv·ial
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
trivial
Vain (Latin vanus, empty) keeps the etymological idea through all changes of meaning; a vain endeavor is empty of result, or of adequate power to produce a result, a vain pretension is empty or destitute of support, a vain person has a conceit that is empty or destitute of adequate cause or reason. That which is bootless, fruitless, or profitless fails to accomplish any valuable result; that which is abortive, ineffectual, or unavailing fails to accomplish a result that it was, or was supposed to be, adapted to accomplish. That which is useless, futile, or vain is inherently incapable of accomplishing a specified result. Useless, in the widest sense, signifies not of use for any valuable purpose, and is thus closely similar to valueless and worthless. Fruitless is more final than ineffectual, as applying to the sum or harvest of endeavor. That which is useless lacks actual fitness for a purpose; that which is vain lacks imaginable fitness. Compare VACANT; OSTENTATION; PRIDE.
Compare synonyms for UTILITY.
Synonyms:
abortive, baseless, bootless, deceitful, delusive, empty, fruitless, futile, idle, inconstant, ineffectual, nugatory, null, profitless, shadowy, trifling, unavailing, unimportant, unprofitable, unreal, unsatisfying, unserviceable, unsubstantial, useless, vain, vapid, visionary, worthlessAntonyms:
adequate, advantageous, beneficial, competent, effective, efficient, expedient, potent, powerful, profitable, real, serviceable, solid, sound, substantial, sufficient, useful, valid, valuable, worthy
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
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"
Synonyms:
subaltern, junior-grade, piddling, superficial, picayune, diminutive, tiny, footling, petite, lowly, petty(a), lilliputian, slight, bantam, lower-ranking, small-minded, fiddling, petty, minuscule, short, midget, little(a), flyspeck, secondary, small, little, piffling, nigglingAntonyms:
of import, serious, important, significantsuperficial, trivialadjective
of little substance or significance
"a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections"
Synonyms:
niggling, picayune, piffling, footling, superficial, petty, fiddling, lilliputian, little, piddlingAntonyms:
significant, important, serious, of importtrivialadjective
concerned with trivialities
"a trivial young woman"; "a trivial mind"
Synonyms:
niggling, picayune, piffling, footling, superficial, petty, fiddling, lilliputian, little, piddlingAntonyms:
important, significant, serious, of import
Dictionary of English Synonymes
trivialadjective
trivialadjective
Synonyms:
trifling, petty, small, frivolous, slight, light, nugatory, worthless, paltry, unimportant, inconsiderable, insignificant, immaterial, of little value, of little consequence
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
trivialadjective
Synonyms:
trifling, frivolous, insignificant, unimportant
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "trivial":
banal, mundane, insignificant, trite, tacky, futile, negligible, frivolous, petty, commonplace, derisory, minor, unimportant, irrelevant
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#350 | small | |
#398 | little | |
#736 | common | |
#746 | short | |
#2578 | null | |
#2673 | minor | |
#2766 | secondary | |
#2964 | empty | |
#4106 | tiny | |
#7516 | slight | |
#9013 | idle | |
#9143 | petite | |
#10226 | useless | |
#12556 | trivial | |
#13150 | irrelevant | |
#13230 | unreal | |
#13331 | petty | |
#15690 | vain | |
#18292 | midget | |
#19590 | visionary | |
#19703 | superficial | |
#19897 | negligible | |
#20267 | insignificant | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#22810 | bantam | |
#24522 | mundane | |
#26975 | futile | |
#27935 | commonplace | |
#30439 | frivolous | |
#32026 | unimportant | |
#37657 | lowly | |
#38672 | tacky | |
#38689 | shadowy | |
#43443 | picayune | |
#44547 | fiddling | |
#48116 | fruitless | |
#50848 | diminutive | |
#54520 | trite | |
#55524 | deceitful | |
#55539 | unprofitable | |
#57224 | paltry | |
#57722 | banal | |
#60134 | baseless | |
#61666 | ineffectual | |
#69037 | trifling | |
#71006 | minuscule | |
#72180 | abortive | |
#90731 | unsatisfying | |
#94014 | vapid | |
#109464 | unavailing | |
#118861 | inconsiderable | |
#123625 | subaltern | |
#131299 | unserviceable | |
#133580 | niggling | |
#146779 | inconstant | |
#203636 | delusive | |
#208631 | piddling | |
#244598 | unsubstantial | |
#245515 | nugatory | |
#248286 | lilliputian | |
#251648 | derisory | |
#291737 | profitless |
How to use trivial in a sentence?
Politics is the pursuit of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.
Time has a wonderful way of weeding out the trivial.
In the near term it's unlikely to be a takeover target unless it gets down to a bargain basement price. It's a big number. It's not a trivial amount of money.
Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.
Our life is characterized by a constant dialogue between our self and consumption-- consumption as biological waste, of ourselves and others, but also the trivial destruction of products.
Translations for trivial
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- تافهArabic
- banal, trivialCatalan, Valencian
- druhový, bezvýznamný, triviálníCzech
- trivieltDanish
- ασήμαντοςGreek
- trivialSpanish
- tühine, tavaline, argineEstonian
- ناچیزPersian
- yksinkertainen, tyhjänpäiväinen, tavallinen, turhanaikainen, mitätön, triviaaliFinnish
- anodin, banal, trivialFrench
- cumanta, suarachScottish Gaelic
- nyilvánvaló, jelentéktelen, közönséges, útszéli, triviális, magától értetődőHungarian
- augljósIcelandic
- ordinario, banale, insignificanteItalian
- קַטנוּנִיHebrew
- 末梢的, 枝葉, ありふれた, ささいな, 自明, 通称, 些細, つまらない, 蛇足Japanese
- trivial, levisLatin
- kūrapa, meroitiMāori
- trywialny, błahyPolish
- trivialPortuguese
- тривиальный, банальный, незначительный, обычный, мелкий, ничтожныйRussian
- trivijalanSerbo-Croatian
- enkel, uppenbar, vanlig, trivial, ordinärSwedish
- அற்பமானTamil
- önemsizTurkish
- معمولیUrdu
- 不重要的Chinese
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