What is another word for petty?
1066 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ pˈɛti], [ pˈɛti], [ p_ˈɛ_t_i]Table of Contents
Similar words for petty:- empty (adjective)
- exiguous (adjective)
- few (adjective)
- fine (adjective)
- frivolous (adjective)
- hateful (adjective)
- humble (adjective)
- ignoble (adjective)
- inconsequent (adjective)
- inconsequential (adjective)
- inconsequential/inconsiderable (adjective)
- insignificant (adjective)
- insubstantial (adjective)
- insular (adjective)
- irritable (adjective)
- light (adjective)
- lightweight (adjective)
- little (adjective)
- malicious (adjective)
- mean (adjective)
- minor (adjective)
- minor-league (adjective)
- narrow-minded (adjective)
- negligible (adjective)
- nonessential (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- paltry (adjective)
- parochial (adjective)
- pathetic (adjective)
- piddling (adjective)
- piddly (adjective)
- pinching (adjective)
- provincial (adjective)
- puerile (adjective)
- puny (adjective)
- secondary (adjective)
- shallow (adjective)
- slight (adjective)
- small (adjective)
- small-minded (adjective)
- small-time (adjective)
- stingy (adjective)
- trifling (adjective)
- trivial, insignificant (adjective)
- unfair (adjective)
- ungenerous (adjective)
- unimportant (adjective)
- unscrupulous (adjective)
- vain (adjective)
- weightless (adjective)
- fiddling (noun)
- footling (noun)
- inferior (noun)
- junior-grade (noun)
- lilliputian (noun)
- lower (noun)
- lower-ranking (noun)
- lowly (noun)
- narrow (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- mean (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- Mickey Mouse
- frivolous
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Petty:
adj.
•empty (adjective)- meaningless,
- in sincere,
- dis honest,
- in-expressive,
- un-substantial,
- de-void,
- in-sincere,
- insincere,
- in sincerer,
- un intelligent,
- empty,
- un satisfactory,
- un-real,
- de void,
- in expressive,
- in-sincerer,
- in effectual,
- un substantial,
- un-satisfactory,
- un real,
- in-sincerest,
- in-effectual,
- dis-honest,
- in sincerest,
- in sipid,
- in-sipid,
- un-intelligent.
- occasional,
- widely spaced,
- some,
- not many,
- not too many,
- middling,
- insufficient,
- Unfrequent,
- few and far between,
- scarcely any,
- few,
- semioccasional.
- un polluted,
- more fine-spun,
- most fine-spun,
- fine spun,
- un adulterated,
- most hairline,
- more hairline,
- most fine spun,
- more fine spun,
- re fined,
- most unpolluted,
- un-adulterated,
- most enigmatic,
- most hairsplitting,
- more hairsplitting,
- more unpolluted,
- un-polluted.
- light-minded,
- tongue-in-cheek,
- sportive,
- un profoundest,
- un-profoundest,
- most light minded,
- un-profounder,
- more light-minded,
- more nonserious,
- non serious,
- flippest,
- light minded,
- empty headed,
- ill considered,
- non-serious,
- un profounder,
- unprofoundest,
- unprofounder,
- un profound,
- more lightminded,
- flighty,
- illconsidered,
- nonserious,
- lightminded,
- unprofound,
- playful,
- more light minded,
- un-profound,
- most light-minded,
- most sportive,
- ill-considered,
- most lightminded,
- most nonserious,
- facetious.
- de-graded,
- dis-graceful,
- de generate,
- scurvier,
- dis-honorable,
- de graded,
- scurviest,
- de-generate,
- dis graceful,
- un washed,
- in famous,
- most peasant,
- un-washed,
- dis honorable,
- more peasant.
- more entry-level,
- in appreciable,
- runter,
- more entrylevel,
- in considerable,
- more shoestring,
- runtest,
- in-considerable,
- wimpiest,
- most entry level,
- un considered,
- un-considered,
- in-appreciable,
- most shoestring,
- most entry-level,
- wimpier,
- entrylevel,
- most entrylevel,
- twobit,
- more entry level.
- irrelevant,
- more minim,
- most minimal,
- in-significant,
- in significant,
- more purportless,
- most purportless,
- most minim.
- in firmer,
- un-sounder,
- in-substantial,
- in firmest,
- too little too late,
- in substantial,
- in-tangible,
- fly by night,
- un-sound,
- in tangible,
- meta-physical,
- un sound,
- un-soundest,
- in-firmest,
- in-corporeal,
- un sounder,
- in firm,
- in-firmer,
- meta physical,
- in corporeal.
- more circumscribed,
- more inward-looking,
- inward-looking,
- most contracted,
- more inwardlooking,
- inward looking,
- most inward looking,
- inwardlooking,
- more contracted,
- most inward-looking,
- more sequestered,
- most sequestered,
- most inwardlooking,
- more inward looking,
- most circumscribed.
- cantankerous,
- prickly,
- huffy,
- touchy,
- snappish,
- crusty,
- cross,
- peevish,
- petulant,
- caustic,
- bellicose,
- bitchy,
- acrimonious,
- sour,
- irritable,
- irascible,
- surly,
- spiteful,
- bitter,
- tart,
- cranky,
- bearish,
- crabbed,
- churlish,
- acid,
- acerbic.
- unheavy,
- Imponderous,
- featherweight,
- light-footed,
- Gossamery,
- lightest,
- lithe,
- sylphlike,
- Floatable,
- weightless,
- frothy,
- tissuelike.
- evil minded,
- most illdisposed,
- bad natured,
- more ill-disposed,
- un-cool,
- most cussed,
- de-spiteful,
- more cussed,
- un cool,
- greeneyed,
- most ill-disposed,
- more badnatured,
- more uncool,
- most badnatured,
- more illdisposed,
- venomous,
- most uncool,
- green eyed,
- more bad natured,
- most bad natured,
- evilminded,
- badnatured,
- illdisposed,
- beastliest,
- ill disposed,
- most ill disposed,
- more ill disposed,
- most bad-natured,
- de spiteful,
- beastlier,
- more bad-natured.
- second-rate,
- secondrate,
- down-at-heel,
- second rate,
- second-class,
- lowborn,
- down at heel,
- second class.
- more secondstring,
- most accessory,
- most small-fry,
- bushleague,
- more smallfry,
- more small-fry,
- most junior,
- more accessory,
- most second-string,
- below mark,
- smallfry,
- more small fry,
- most smallfry,
- de-pendent,
- more second-string,
- more younger,
- most small fry,
- de pendent,
- most younger,
- most secondstring,
- sub ordinate,
- most second string,
- secondstring,
- sub-ordinate,
- more second string.
- in essential,
- un-necessary,
- non essential,
- more deadwood,
- un necessary,
- in-essential,
- most deadwood.
- narrow-minded,
- exploitative,
- ungenerous,
- parochial,
- below the mark,
- piddly,
- Non-essential,
- shrimp,
- smalltime,
- pennypinching,
- light as a feather,
- under-sized,
- ignoble,
- exiguous,
- casuistic,
- paltry,
- minor,
- babylike,
- vain,
- mean,
- beside point,
- nonessential,
- picayune,
- flipper,
- insignificant,
- tongue in cheek,
- insubstantial,
- measly,
- big zero,
- small-fry,
- lightweight,
- niggling,
- half-pint,
- shoestring,
- peewee,
- shrimper,
- niggardly,
- humble,
- Substract,
- niggard,
- secondary,
- stingy,
- entry-level,
- lowdown,
- scrimpy,
- unscrupulous,
- unconscientious,
- ill-disposed,
- not serious,
- unfair,
- puerile,
- no biggie,
- uncool,
- light,
- emptyheaded,
- frivolous,
- small,
- pint-sized,
- Commiserable,
- unsporting,
- unrightful,
- hairline,
- pathetic,
- ungrown,
- rinkydink,
- puny,
- low-down,
- slight,
- hardfisted,
- Deadwood,
- unimportant,
- Purportless,
- inconsequential,
- provincial,
- derisory,
- negligible,
- Fine-spun,
- wimpy,
- not worth mentioning,
- unpolluted,
- bad-natured,
- scurvy,
- unfledged,
- Unconsequential,
- second-string,
- excess baggage,
- small fry,
- small-time,
- no big deal.
- most derisory,
- more lowdown,
- low down,
- most low-down,
- more derisory,
- most unconsequential,
- un-consequential,
- most low down,
- more low down,
- un consequential,
- more low-down,
- most lowdown,
- more unconsequential.
- most rinky-dink,
- more rinkydink,
- diddlier,
- rinky dink,
- diddliest,
- scrimpiest,
- un-productive,
- most rinkydink,
- more rinky dink,
- un productive,
- more rinky-dink,
- scrimpier,
- most rinky dink.
- more unfledged,
- un-fledged,
- more ungrown,
- most babylike,
- un grown,
- more babylike,
- in-experienced,
- most unfledged,
- un fledged,
- most ungrown,
- in experienced,
- un-grown.
- more halfpint,
- most half pint,
- more pint sized,
- most peewee,
- more nothing,
- most nothing,
- zilchest,
- most halfpint,
- halfpint,
- half pint,
- most pint sized,
- most half-pint,
- most zero,
- more half-pint,
- more peewee,
- zilcher,
- most pint-sized,
- un-developed,
- shrimpest,
- under sized,
- more zero,
- more half pint,
- more pint-sized,
- pint sized.
- most backup,
- reliefest,
- re liefest,
- most reserve,
- more under,
- more substract,
- more backup,
- re-liefest,
- most under,
- re-serve,
- more reserve,
- reliefer,
- re-liefer,
- re serve,
- re liefer,
- re lief,
- re-lief,
- most substract.
- closefisted,
- ironfisted,
- thrifty,
- frugal,
- cheeseparing,
- austere,
- abstemious,
- Pinchpenny,
- parsimonious,
- pennywise,
- ascetic,
- Ungiving,
- narrow-fisted,
- tight,
- spartan,
- penny-pinching,
- Hard-fisted,
- miserly.
- un due,
- in-equitable,
- one sided,
- un just,
- un-justifiable,
- un lawful,
- dis criminatory,
- dis-creditable,
- un-fairest,
- most unrightful,
- un-duest,
- un-reasonable,
- dis creditable,
- un-rightful,
- most unsporting,
- more unsporting,
- un-fair,
- in excusable,
- un-sporting,
- onesided,
- un justifiable,
- un-justest,
- un rightful,
- most cheating,
- in equitable,
- un sporting,
- un duest,
- un fair,
- un fairest,
- more cheating,
- un ethical,
- un-duer,
- un-principled,
- in-excusable,
- un fairer,
- un-juster,
- un justest,
- un-ethical,
- un-just,
- un juster,
- un-fairer,
- dis-criminatory,
- un-lawful,
- uncalledfor,
- un-due,
- more unrightful,
- un-warranted,
- un principled,
- un reasonable.
- zipper,
- diminished,
- of no consequence,
- meretricious,
- of no consequence/of little consequence,
- Podunk.
- more casuistic,
- selfseeking,
- most casuistic,
- un scrupulous,
- under-handed,
- more unconscientious,
- un worthier,
- de-grading,
- two faced,
- un-conscionable,
- de grading,
- un-worthier,
- under handed,
- more exploitative,
- self seeking,
- un worthiest,
- most unconscientious,
- un-worthiest,
- under-hand,
- un-scrupulous,
- un worthy,
- un conscionable,
- most exploitative,
- twofaced,
- un conscientious,
- un-conscientious,
- under hand.
n.
•fiddling (noun) •footling (noun) •inferior (noun) •junior-grade (noun) •lilliputian (noun) •lower (noun) •lower-ranking (noun) •lowly (noun) •narrow (noun) •Other relevant words: (noun)v.
•mean (verb) •Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
•Mickey Mouse-
•
- costive,
- close-fisted,
- Pinching.
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•
- junior,
- inconsiderable,
- nugatory,
- penurious,
- shallow,
- tightfisted,
- lesser,
- minor league,
- trifling,
- poor.
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- under.
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- close.
- fussy,
- unequal,
- dwarfish,
- bush-league,
- sou,
- underage,
- stuffy,
- fulsome,
- arrant,
- choplogic,
- constricted,
- little child,
- Cashbook,
- microscopic,
- good sum,
- pedestrian,
- closed,
- unworthy,
- paltering,
- uncultivated,
- incompetent,
- imperceptible,
- ancillary,
- commonplace,
- lumpen,
- penny ante,
- newspaper,
- squat,
- rouleau,
- Court-baron,
- subordinate,
- minute,
- cramped,
- journal,
- cramp,
- airy,
- literal-minded,
- piffling,
- corny,
- unfit,
- substandard,
- fraud,
- scrubby,
- evasive,
- ephemeris,
- finicky,
- fundamentalist,
- slim,
- unprofessional,
- impertinent,
- no great shakes,
- court of record,
- intolerant,
- partial,
- dapper,
- imperfect,
- gazetteer,
- almanac,
- dwarf,
- squalid,
- namby-pamby,
- heinous,
- runty,
- unintelligent,
- isolated,
- Trinal,
- unoriginal,
- carping,
- money-grubbing,
- literature,
- fanatical,
- Depthless,
- mangy,
- nice,
- farcical,
- ineligible,
- twopenny,
- baseborn,
- bigoted,
- unmerited,
- near-sighted,
- stereotyped,
- common,
- mercenary,
- obnoxious,
- debased,
- pocket money,
- fastidious,
- bickering,
- prejudiced,
- rank,
- maladroit,
- pocket,
- in quantity,
- sorry,
- pardonable,
- abject,
- short-sighted,
- regional,
- scientific literature,
- hairsplitting,
- shilling,
- unchanging,
- unprogressive,
- ridiculous,
- tight-fisted,
- miniature,
- rap,
- Borne,
- unworldly,
- unmentionable,
- meagre,
- mediocre,
- illiberal,
- rigid,
- ordinary,
- high treason,
- pitiable,
- shoddy,
- assize,
- Fribble,
- wampum,
- Picayunish,
- small change,
- selfish,
- incidental,
- mingy,
- wee,
- shuffling,
- grudging,
- pollard,
- hackneyed,
- bigot,
- nefarious,
- Eyre,
- very small,
- jerkwater,
- court of appeal,
- gazette,
- daybook,
- unessential,
- authoritarian,
- mite,
- hedging,
- banal,
- dogmatic,
- spare,
- tester,
- calendar,
- idle,
- peculation,
- Stiver,
- powerless,
- conventional,
- hair-splitting,
- twopenny-halfpenny,
- venial,
- deaf,
- shyster,
- quibbling,
- trivial,
- tinhorn,
- peanut,
- narrow gauge,
- remittable,
- Cavilling,
- two-bit,
- unsubstantial,
- beggarly,
- stock,
- inane,
- lowercase,
- secession,
- review article,
- platitudinous,
- Fingle-fangle,
- foolish,
- petite,
- inappreciable,
- Barmote,
- minuscule,
- wretched,
- gross,
- stiff,
- near,
- unsophisticated,
- hack,
- unqualified,
- defection,
- forgivable,
- almanack,
- unconsidered,
- non-objective,
- Court-leet,
- unimaginative,
- sectarian,
- treason,
- modest,
- tired,
- scanty,
- Fault-finding,
- vile,
- two-by-four,
- despicable,
- disreputable,
- crummy,
- foul,
- excusable,
- sedition,
- Tolerated,
- meritless,
- deficient,
- scratch,
- dishonourable,
- uncharitable,
- immovable,
- old-fogyish,
- teeny,
- shabby,
- flimsy,
- worthless,
- restricted,
- casual,
- uncultured,
- Duodecimo,
- sessions,
- peripheral,
- ledger,
- shoplifting,
- pigmy,
- cheesy,
- round sum,
- younger,
- embezzlement,
- short,
- Mutinousness,
- frail,
- elfin,
- unaccommodating,
- chicken,
- jejune,
- groat,
- small beer,
- useless,
- everyday,
- disgusting,
- slender,
- unskillful,
- petit larceny,
- strait-laced,
- Dwarfed,
- police court,
- scummy,
- Pimping,
- conservative,
- base,
- trite,
- one-sided,
- Mean-spirited,
- subaltern,
- myopic,
- skin-deep,
- caviling,
- nickel-and-dime,
- Portative,
- Petit,
- hypercritical,
- red-necked,
- feeble,
- immaterial,
- mini,
- unsatisfactory,
- inadequate,
- pettifogging,
- pitiful,
- stunted,
- reactionary,
- flagrant,
- out of it,
- intractable,
- puritanical,
- inessential,
- tolerable,
- dirty,
- pygmy,
- nearsighted,
- depraved,
- atrocious,
- midget,
- odious,
- Flyspeck,
- Premunire,
- smaller,
- piddling,
- log,
- marginal,
- closed-minded,
- stiff-necked,
- fine,
- shortsighted,
- lump sum,
- reptilian,
- rinky-dink,
- obscure,
- superficial,
- peddling,
- dull,
- monstrous,
- guinea,
- diary,
- magazine,
- abominable,
- ultra-conservative,
- grave,
- captious,
- Burghmote,
- brief,
- valueless,
- small-scale,
- Ungifted,
- stinting,
- Doit,
- miniscule,
- daily,
- blinkered,
- contemptible,
- dinky,
- mere,
- curmudgeonly,
- Minikin,
- fiddle-faddle,
- penny,
- nitty-gritty,
- humdrum,
- biased,
- unchangeable,
- pokey,
- Equivocatory,
- county court,
- old fashioned,
- remote,
- scabby,
- skimpy,
- poky,
- change,
- silly,
- grand larceny,
- scruffy,
- pussyfooting,
- punk,
- one-horse,
- local,
- discreditable,
- wishy-washy,
- execrable,
- farthing,
- stereotypical,
- weensy,
- bantam,
- straitlaced,
- square,
- undeserving,
- district court,
- miserable,
- petticoat,
- low-level,
- Remissible,
- Wardmote,
- lese majeste,
- finical,
- stolid,
- dumpy,
- degraded,
- potty,
- purblind,
- portable,
- petty larceny,
- nominal,
- unchivalrous,
- snide,
- nit-picking,
- quarter sessions,
- cursory,
- expendable,
- plum,
- inferior,
- article,
- stubborn,
- Finikin,
- diminutive,
- cheese-paring,
- misprision of treason.
Paraphrases for Petty:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
trivial.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
petty-minded.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
insignificant, slight, paltry, tiny, narrow, miserly, miniature, negligible, miserable, small-sized, inconsiderable, small-time, pathetic, meaningless, unimportant, modest, shabby, derisory, out-of-pocket, measly.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
small-minded, small-scale, narrow-minded.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Petty:
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adj.
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trivial, insignificant
first-rate, enormous, necessary, important, great, greater, large, useful, significant, big, consequential, immense, major, superior, first-class, huge.
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Other antonyms:
measurable, open-minded, senior, catholic, objective, noteworthy, outstanding, discernible, prominent, appreciable, unbiased, nonpartisan, serious, cosmopolitan, impartial, of import, remarkable, conspicuous, striking, receptive, unprejudiced, pivotal, tolerant, weighty, freethinking.
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trivial, insignificant
Homophones for Petty:
- Petit, petie, Pettey, pettie, petti.