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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trivial |
| Synonyms: | diminutive, everyday, frivolous, immaterial, incidental, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, irrelevant, little, meager, mean, meaningless, minor, minute, negligible, nonessential, of no account, paltry, petty, piddling, puny, slight, small, superficial, trifling, trite, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | secondary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | subordinate; less important |
| Synonyms: | accessory, alternate, auxiliary, backup, bush-league, collateral, consequential, contingent, dependent, dinky, extra, inconsiderable, inferior, insignificant, lesser, lower, minor, minor-league, petty, relief, reserve, second, second-rate, small, small-fry, small-time, subject, subservient, subsidiary, substract, supporting, tributary, trivial, under, unimportant |
| Antonyms: | first-class, first-rate, important, primary, superior |
| Main Entry: | slight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant, small |
| Synonyms: | fat, feeble, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meager, minor, modest, negligible, off, outside, paltry, petty, piddling, remote, scanty, slender, slim, sparse, superficial, trifling, trivial, unessential, unimportant, weak |
| Antonyms: | big, great, important, large, significant |
| Main Entry: | small |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unimportant |
| Synonyms: | bush-league, inadequate, inconsiderable, ineffectual, inferior, insignificant, lesser, light, limited, lower, mean, minor, minor-league, minute, narrow, negligible, paltry, petty, secondary, set, small-fry, small-time, trifling, trivial, unessential |
| Antonyms: | distinguished, excellent, famous, fine, important, untrivial |
| Main Entry: | specialty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distinctive feature; concentration |
| Synonyms: | career, claim to fame, cup of tea, distinguishing feature, field of concentration, forte, game*, hobby, job, long suit, magnum opus, major, masterpiece, minor, number, object of attention, object of study, occupation, pièce de résistance, practice, profession, pursuit, racket, special, special project, speciality, thing*, vocation, weakness, work |
| Antonyms: | generalization |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | subordinate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lesser, supplementary |
| Synonyms: | accessory, adjuvant, ancillary, auxiliary, baser, below par, collateral, contributory, dependent, inferior, insignificant, junior, low, lower, minor, paltry, satellite, second-fiddle, second-string, secondary, smaller, sub, subaltern, subalternate, subject, submissive, subnormal, subservient, subsidiary, substract, tributary, under, underaverage, unequal |
| Antonyms: | chief, important, major, necessary, superior, vital |
| Main Entry: | subservient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secondary, useful |
| Synonyms: | accessory, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary, bush-league, collateral, conducive, contributory, flunky, helpful, inferior, instrumental, minor, serviceable, subordinate, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary |
| Antonyms: | unhelpful, unnecessary, useless |
| Main Entry: | subsidiary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secondary, helpful |
| Synonyms: | accessory, adjuvant, aiding, ancillary, appurtenant, assistant, assisting, auxiliary, backup, branch, collateral, contributory, cooperative, lesser, minor, serviceable, subject, subordinate, subservient, supplemental, supplementary, tributory, useful |
| Antonyms: | chief, important, necessary |
| Main Entry: | teenager |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adolescent |
| Synonyms: | juvenile, minor, stripling, sweet sixteen, teen, teenybopper, youngster, youth |
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