What is another word for trifling?
1162 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ tɹˈa͡ɪflɪŋ], [ tɹˈaɪflɪŋ], [ t_ɹ_ˈaɪ_f_l_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for trifling:
- few (adjective)
- fine (adjective)
- flimsy (adjective)
- futile (adjective)
- immaterial (adjective)
- inane (adjective)
- inconsequent (adjective)
- inconsequential (adjective)
- inconsequential/inconsiderable (adjective)
- insignificant (adjective)
- lazy (adjective)
- light (adjective)
- light-headed (adjective)
- lightheaded (adjective)
- lightweight (adjective)
- lilliputian (adjective)
- little (adjective)
- low (adjective)
- meaningless (adjective)
- measly (adjective)
- minor (adjective)
- minor-league (adjective)
- moderate (adjective)
- negligible (adjective)
- no-account (adjective)
- no-good (adjective)
- nominal (adjective)
- nonchalant (adjective)
- nugatory (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- paltry (adjective)
- petty (adjective)
- piddling (adjective)
- pintsized (adjective)
- poor (adjective)
- puny (adjective)
- shallow (adjective)
- slight (adjective)
- small (adjective)
- sorry (adjective)
- teensy-weensy (adjective)
- teeny-weeny (adjective)
- tiny (adjective)
- trifling (adjective)
- unavailing (adjective)
- unimportant (adjective)
- unimposing (adjective)
- vain (adjective)
- weightless (adjective)
- worthless (adjective)
- dalliance (noun)
- dawdling (noun)
- flirtation (noun)
- flirting (noun)
- fooling (noun)
- frivolity (noun)
- idleness (noun)
- inaction (noun)
- inoperativeness (noun)
- levity (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- sport (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- trifle (verb)
- other synonyms
- jocular
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Trifling:
adj.
• few (adjective)- scarcely any,
- skimpy,
- occasional,
- less,
- minute,
- Unfrequent,
- scattering,
- widely spaced,
- infrequent,
- sparse,
- insufficient,
- scant,
- straggling,
- semioccasional,
- scattered,
- scanty,
- imperceptible,
- few,
- slim,
- sporadic,
- not many,
- thin,
- meager,
- exiguous,
- short,
- uncommon,
- lean,
- not too many,
- seldom,
- rare,
- middling,
- slender,
- minority,
- few and far between,
- scarce,
- stingy,
- some.
- subtle,
- enigmatic,
- precise,
- cryptic,
- fastidious,
- clear,
- obscure,
- distinct,
- keen,
- sterling,
- abstruse,
- unadulterated,
- pure,
- quick,
- tasteful,
- sensitive,
- hairsplitting,
- esoteric,
- critical,
- recondite,
- intelligent,
- refined,
- nice,
- strict,
- acute,
- delicate,
- tenuous,
- sharp.
- assailable,
- baseless,
- lame,
- inept,
- inadequate,
- weakly,
- unreasonable,
- superficial,
- unbelievable,
- groundless,
- wishful,
- incredible,
- weak,
- unsatisfactory,
- puerile,
- inconceivable,
- feeble,
- contemptible,
- illogical,
- false,
- unsubstantial,
- fallacious,
- transparent,
- improbable.
- unreal,
- ineffective,
- unsuccessful,
- forlorn,
- sterile,
- impractical,
- barren,
- unprofitable,
- abortive,
- useless,
- otiose,
- unproductive,
- exhausted,
- ineffectual,
- unneeded,
- delusive,
- profitless,
- impracticable,
- fruitless,
- bootless.
- no never mind,
- matter of indifference,
- of no account,
- no big deal,
- of no importance,
- inapposite,
- Irrelative,
- of no consequence.
- in nocuous,
- in-nocuous,
- un-intelligent,
- wishy-washy,
- un intelligent,
- wishy washy,
- wishywashy,
- in sipid,
- in-sipid.
- more entry-level,
- runter,
- more shoestring,
- wimpiest,
- most entry level,
- more entry level,
- runtest,
- most shoestring,
- twobit,
- un-considered,
- most entrylevel,
- more entrylevel,
- un considered,
- entrylevel,
- in-appreciable,
- in appreciable,
- most entry-level,
- wimpier.
- in significant,
- more minim,
- most minimal,
- irrelevant,
- most minim,
- most purportless,
- non essential,
- in-significant,
- more purportless.
- un-concerned,
- laggard,
- most unenergetic,
- in-attentive,
- slowmoving,
- most unready,
- more slowmoving,
- unindustrious,
- un industrious,
- most dallying,
- most slowmoving,
- in attentive,
- un-persevering,
- more unenergetic,
- un-energetic,
- most slow moving,
- un-ready,
- somnolent,
- neglectful,
- most unpersevering,
- snoozier,
- most slow-moving,
- snooziest,
- un-industrious,
- more procrastinating,
- asleep the job,
- unpersevering,
- in different,
- un ready,
- un energetic,
- un concerned,
- more slow-moving,
- more laggard,
- un persevering,
- out it,
- slow moving,
- most laggard,
- most procrastinating,
- asleep job,
- more dallying,
- in-different,
- more unindustrious,
- more unready,
- more slow moving,
- most unindustrious,
- more unpersevering.
- wee,
- unheavy,
- chirpiest,
- tissuelike,
- weightless,
- fragmentary,
- Floatable,
- sunny-side up,
- Imponderous,
- frothy,
- up-beat,
- not rich,
- sylphlike,
- chirpier,
- hardly enough,
- lightest,
- light-footed,
- lithe,
- not much,
- perky,
- hardly any,
- Gossamery,
- featherweight,
- chirpy,
- sunny side up.
- secondstring,
- more small fry,
- smallfry,
- de-pendent,
- more smallfry,
- below mark,
- de pendent,
- most small fry,
- more younger,
- most secondstring,
- more second-string,
- most junior,
- junior,
- more secondstring,
- most smallfry,
- most second-string,
- most younger,
- more accessory,
- sub ordinate,
- most small-fry,
- most second string,
- bushleague,
- more second string,
- sub-ordinate,
- more small-fry,
- most accessory.
- un-excited,
- un-perturbed,
- un emotional,
- un-ruffled,
- un impressible,
- most unimpressible,
- un-impressible,
- un-emotional,
- in-curious,
- effortless,
- dis interested,
- un perturbed,
- insouciant,
- more unimpressible,
- most disimpassioned,
- dis passionate,
- dis-impassioned,
- in curious,
- un-caring,
- un troubled,
- more unexcited,
- un excited,
- un-troubled,
- un feeling,
- un ruffled,
- un flappable,
- more disimpassioned,
- dis-passionate,
- dis impassioned,
- most unexcited,
- dis-interested,
- un caring.
- no purpose,
- entry-level,
- yea big,
- low,
- worthless,
- asleep on job,
- unready,
- scratcher,
- unimposing,
- light,
- moderate,
- Non-essential,
- big zero,
- nugatory,
- below the mark,
- futile,
- little,
- to no effect,
- unimportant,
- inane,
- petty,
- second-string,
- nickel-and-dime,
- negligible,
- unexcited,
- to no purpose,
- sorry,
- small fry,
- inconsequential,
- poor,
- low-down,
- save one's breath,
- niggling,
- wimpy,
- measly,
- itsy-bitsy,
- insignificant,
- teensy,
- teensy-weensy,
- Fine-spun,
- beside point,
- penny-ante,
- snoozy,
- unpolluted,
- Unimpressible,
- in vain,
- under-sized,
- out the window,
- no biggie,
- out of it,
- pocketsize,
- counter-productive,
- suboptimal,
- in firm,
- flimsy,
- no dice,
- unpersuasive,
- small-fry,
- slight,
- small,
- no-good,
- pintsize,
- minor,
- lazy,
- peewee,
- smalltime,
- nominal,
- bitsy,
- to no avail,
- not worth mentioning,
- unenergetic,
- ungrounded,
- puny,
- derisory,
- no effect,
- counterproductive,
- Purportless,
- on a treadmill,
- light as a feather,
- Disimpassioned,
- on treadmill,
- shrimp,
- no-account,
- penny ante,
- asleep on the job,
- itty-bitty,
- Minikin,
- shrimper,
- pocket-size,
- Controvertible,
- shoestring,
- weeny,
- Resultless,
- nonchalant,
- pint-sized,
- light-headed,
- half-pint,
- small time,
- lightweight,
- pintsized,
- picayune,
- lowdown,
- no avail,
- vain,
- tiny,
- lightheaded,
- hairline,
- minuscular,
- Unconsequential,
- immaterial,
- pee-wee,
- paltry,
- slow-moving,
- unavailing.
- un consequential,
- more derisory,
- more low-down,
- more lowdown,
- most unconsequential,
- most lowdown,
- un-consequential,
- most low-down,
- more unconsequential,
- most derisory,
- low down,
- most low down,
- more low down.
- scratchest,
- more peanut,
- pennyante,
- most pennyante,
- more nickel-and-dime,
- narrowminded,
- most penny-ante,
- most penny ante,
- smallminded,
- most pettifogging,
- more pennyante,
- most nickel-and-dime,
- more nickel and dime,
- more penny-ante,
- nickel and dime,
- more penny ante,
- most nickel and dime,
- most peanut,
- small minded,
- more pettifogging,
- narrow minded.
- un-sounder,
- half pint,
- under sized,
- more zero,
- zilchest,
- more pint-sized,
- more halfpint,
- most zero,
- in-firmer,
- most peewee,
- more pint sized,
- un-sound,
- un sound,
- un-developed,
- more half-pint,
- in firmer,
- in firmest,
- most halfpint,
- un-soundest,
- zilcher,
- more peewee,
- shrimpest,
- in-firmest,
- most pint sized,
- most pint-sized,
- halfpint,
- most half pint,
- un sounder,
- most half-pint,
- more half pint.
- deficient,
- dwarfish,
- smallish,
- runty,
- modest,
- baby,
- petite,
- spare,
- scrawny,
- bantam,
- Toyer,
- ungenerous,
- miserly,
- teeny-weeny,
- toy,
- diminutive,
- minimal,
- beggarly,
- sparing,
- compact,
- teeny,
- pocket,
- miniature,
- microscopic,
- bitty.
- most pocket size,
- itsybitsy,
- most itsybitsy,
- itsy bitsy,
- most itty-bitty,
- more pocketsize,
- most itty bitty,
- more itty bitty,
- more pocket-size,
- more itty-bitty,
- most pee wee,
- itty bitty,
- more pocket size,
- most ittybitty,
- more pee-wee,
- pee wee,
- more minuscular,
- most itsy-bitsy,
- most pocket-size,
- more itsybitsy,
- more itsy-bitsy,
- more itsy bitsy,
- most minikin,
- most pocketsize,
- ittybitty,
- most itsy bitsy,
- more pee wee,
- bitsier,
- more ittybitty,
- pocket size,
- most minuscular,
- most pee-wee,
- more minikin,
- bitsiest.
n.
• dalliance (noun)- Puttering,
- playing,
- Delaying,
- Procrastinating,
- Dabbling,
- loafing,
- Frittering,
- dilly-dallying,
- poking,
- delay,
- toying.
- volatility,
- frippery,
- lightness,
- giddiness,
- game,
- Dallying,
- folly,
- lightheartedness,
- gaiety,
- flippancy,
- whimsy,
- fun,
- Coquetting,
- flightiness,
- triviality.
- un-employments,
- time on ones hand,
- time ones hand,
- time on one's hand,
- time wastings,
- otiosities,
- goofoff times,
- timewastings,
- time one's hand,
- joblessnesses,
- goof off times,
- un employments,
- un-employment,
- time one hand,
- time one's hands,
- unemployments,
- time on ones hands,
- time on one hands,
- vegetatings,
- time on hand,
- own sweet times,
- time wasting,
- timewasting,
- time on one hand,
- un employment,
- goof-off times,
- time ones hands,
- time-wastings,
- time kill,
- goof off time,
- time one hands,
- dawdlings,
- time hands,
- dronings,
- time burn,
- goofoff time,
- time on hands,
- lazings,
- potterings,
- time hand.
- levity,
- puerility,
- roughhouse,
- time to burn,
- buffoonery,
- unemployment,
- flummery,
- flirtation,
- sport,
- idleness,
- Otiosity,
- Hibernations,
- own sweet time,
- spoofing,
- whimsicality,
- goof-off time,
- joblessness,
- procrastinations,
- frivolousness,
- time-wasting,
- Buffooneries,
- playings,
- Fribble,
- beguilement,
- frivolity,
- leisure,
- mockery,
- idling,
- Puerilities,
- time on one's hands,
- dalliance,
- Clownishness,
- roughhousing,
- Skylarking,
- trifling,
- teasing,
- time to kill,
- procrastination,
- shallowness,
- Frolicking,
- Fooling,
- Ogling,
- frivoling,
- superficialities,
- Pottering,
- Romancing,
- jest,
- pokings,
- superficiality,
- nonsense,
- flirting,
- making light,
- rowdiness,
- hibernation,
- whimsicalities,
- oglings,
- beguilements.
v.
• Other relevant words: (verb) • trifle (verb)- futz around,
- putter,
- lead on,
- fidget,
- horse around,
- play with,
- palter,
- indulge in,
- dawdle,
- wanton,
- dilly-dally,
- lollygag,
- waste time,
- play games with,
- monkey,
- lounge,
- dally,
- dabble,
- twiddle,
- waste,
- monkey with,
- fool with,
- fool,
- coquet,
- potter,
- mess with,
- doodle,
- be insincere,
- philander,
- loiter,
- fool around,
- string along,
- fritter,
- amuse oneself,
- misuse,
- wink at,
- use up.
Other synonyms:
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•
- flimflam.
- inconsistency,
- miserable,
- representing,
- nitty-gritty,
- carelessness,
- loaded,
- brimful,
- markedly,
- first,
- fiddle-faddle,
- shuffling,
- minutely,
- trifling matter,
- unessential,
- farcical,
- particularly,
- apart,
- undirected,
- insignificance,
- indifferent,
- Recreating,
- Laches,
- skin-deep,
- inconstant,
- doubtful,
- Luxuriating,
- valueless,
- pussyfooting,
- kidding around,
- pocket-sized,
- Wantoning,
- pitiful,
- crowded,
- pigmy,
- lilliputian,
- eccentricity,
- monkeying,
- inefficacious,
- nebulous,
- detention,
- fidgeting,
- suffer,
- choplogic,
- cipher,
- riddle,
- urinating,
- Noncompletion,
- asunder,
- snug,
- fatuous,
- improvidence,
- coquette,
- acrostic,
- insensibility,
- flirt,
- recklessness,
- inefficient,
- precisely,
- vamp,
- uncluttered,
- minx,
- default,
- caviling,
- windy,
- small-scale,
- classy,
- impotent,
- ambiguity,
- imprudence,
- potty,
- evasive,
- humble,
- ancillary,
- parsimonious,
- omission,
- childish,
- peculiarly,
- Encountering,
- disorder,
- pathetic,
- specifically,
- purposeless,
- pissing,
- of no effect,
- limited,
- airy,
- sketchy,
- hawking,
- guide,
- uncharitable,
- conceive,
- expressly,
- goofing off,
- secondary,
- selfish,
- dainty,
- inessential,
- tight,
- independently,
- shipshape,
- holdup,
- bare,
- moderately,
- Tinkering,
- nothing particular,
- oversight,
- Picayunish,
- hazy,
- curiously,
- lingering,
- micro,
- Equivocatory,
- smart,
- twopenny,
- absurdity,
- smattering,
- individually,
- Dolce Far Niente,
- consume,
- piffling,
- perceptible,
- trim,
- neat,
- close,
- quibbling,
- vague,
- dirt,
- jeu de mots,
- Tarrying,
- convey,
- silly,
- cheap,
- messing around,
- paltering,
- scrimpy,
- jejune,
- base,
- catchpenny,
- slightly,
- nonentity,
- peanut,
- assume,
- Crammed,
- rashness,
- playacting,
- thinly,
- close-fisted,
- calculate,
- quibble,
- snappy,
- philandering,
- asinine,
- spend,
- lesser,
- pitiable,
- null,
- Fingle-fangle,
- unfruitful,
- ineptitude,
- infinitesimal,
- jammed,
- unimpressive,
- playing around,
- supineness,
- think,
- slovenliness,
- two-bit,
- behave,
- reduced,
- unconsidered,
- dinky,
- lightly,
- foolish,
- undergo,
- inconsequence,
- diminished,
- Wagering,
- Fribbling,
- detailing,
- separately,
- bear,
- grudging,
- child's play,
- analyze,
- cogitate,
- frail,
- unemployed,
- error,
- diddling,
- bickering,
- but for,
- lead,
- subordinate,
- Pimping,
- double acrostic,
- stillborn,
- break down,
- captious,
- brimming,
- no great shakes,
- undistinguished,
- evanescent,
- twopenny-halfpenny,
- finical,
- lowercase,
- insubstantial,
- elfin,
- chipper,
- chicken,
- dillydallying,
- tracing,
- somewhat,
- contemplate,
- neglect,
- slimly,
- inappreciable,
- trig,
- mini,
- addle,
- well-groomed,
- chaffy,
- negligence,
- conceit,
- peeing,
- lounging,
- reckon,
- orderly,
- Puddling,
- tidy,
- chic,
- small beer,
- fine,
- meagre,
- Depthless,
- trifle,
- lolling,
- circumstantially,
- regard,
- unpretentious,
- small-time,
- sporting,
- indolent,
- nit-picking,
- token,
- irrationality,
- extravagance,
- mean,
- shaky,
- wretched,
- spick-and-span,
- acting,
- fussy,
- ridiculous,
- punning,
- cursory,
- bush-league,
- chitter-chatter,
- unimportance,
- squandering,
- nonchalance,
- dashing,
- inferior,
- stinting,
- incidental,
- footling,
- break to pieces,
- piddly,
- jerking off,
- conundrum,
- trace,
- vacuous,
- squander,
- Mashing,
- tight-fisted,
- monkeying around,
- Nugacity,
- pointless,
- consider,
- midget,
- of easy virtue,
- inexactness,
- peddling,
- mingy,
- biting,
- Loitering,
- roleplaying,
- fooling around,
- peripheral,
- dubious,
- spotting,
- of no moment,
- sophistry,
- minuscule,
- commonplace,
- inattention,
- rather,
- modish,
- spieling,
- empty,
- play upon words,
- swank,
- Discretely,
- vapid,
- hollow,
- word-play,
- reflect,
- mickey mouse,
- butterflying,
- if not,
- fashionable,
- pun,
- marginal,
- expend,
- namby-pamby,
- Lazing,
- hedging,
- mere,
- severally,
- pettiness,
- senseless,
- minor league,
- slenderly,
- chitchat,
- worthlessness,
- packed,
- nothing,
- powerless,
- Finikin,
- anagram,
- venial,
- wasting time,
- idle.
Paraphrases for Trifling:
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marginal, meaningless, minimal, minor, paltry, unimportant.
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inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, insubstantial, negligible, slight, small, trivial.
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