Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant |
| Synonyms: | imperceptible, inconsequential, minor, minute, off*, outside, petty, remote, slender, slight, slim, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant |
| Notes: | neglectful means not showing due care or attention, heedless; negligent means marked by insufficient care or attention; negligible means so small as to be meaningless or insignificant |
| Antonyms: | important, major, significant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | few |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hardly any |
| Synonyms: | exiguous, few and far between, imperceptible, inconsequential, inconsiderable, infrequent, insufficient, lean, less, meager, middling, minor, minority, minute, negligible, not many, not too many, occasional, paltry, petty, piddling, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, scarcely any, scattered, scattering, seldom, semioccasional, short, skimpy, slender, slight, slim, some, sparse, sporadic, stingy, straggling, thin, trifling, uncommon, unfrequent, widely spaced |
| Antonyms: | many, much |
| Main Entry: | inconsequential/inconsiderable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | of no significance |
| Synonyms: | casual, dinky, entry-level, exiguous, immaterial, inadequate, inappreciable, inconsequent, insignificant, insufficient, light, little, measly, minor, negligible, paltry, petty, picayune, puny, runt, scanty, shoestring, skimpy, small, small potatoes, small-time, trifling, trivial, two-bit, unconsidered, unimportant, wimpy, worthless |
| Antonyms: | consequential, considerable, important, significant |
| Main Entry: | infinitesimal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small |
| Synonyms: | atomic, imperceptible, inappreciable, inconsiderable, insignificant, little, microscopic, miniature, minuscule, minute, negligible, teeny, tiny, unnoticeable |
| Antonyms: | big, huge, large, significant, substantial |
| Main Entry: | insignificant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not important; of no consequence |
| Synonyms: | casual, immaterial, inappreciable, inconsequential, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, irrelevant, lesser, light, lightweight, little, meager, meaningless, minim, minimal, minor, minuscule, minute, negligible, nondescript, nonessential, not worth mentioning, nugatory, paltry, petty, pointless, purportless, scanty, secondary, senseless, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unsubstantial |
| Antonyms: | consequential, important, significant, substantial, valuable |
| Main Entry: | little |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not important |
| Synonyms: | casual, inconsiderable, insignificant, light, minor, minute, negligible, paltry, petty, shoestring, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant |
| Antonyms: | great, important, magnificent |
| Main Entry: | marginal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | borderline; slight |
| Synonyms: | bordering, insignificant, low, minimal, minor, negligible, on the edge, peripheral, rimming, small, verging |
| Antonyms: | central, core, interior, internal |
| Main Entry: | microscopic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiny, almost undetectable |
| Synonyms: | atomic, diminutive, imperceptible, infinitesimal, invisible, little, minuscule, minute, negligible, teeny, wee |
| Antonyms: | big, huge, large, macroscopic |
| Main Entry: | minor |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant, small |
| Synonyms: | accessory, below the mark, bush-league, casual, dependent, dinky, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inferior, junior, lesser, light, low, minus, negligible, paltry, petty, piddling, second-string, secondary, slight, small-fry, small-time, smaller, subordinate, subsidiary, tacky, trifling, trivial, two-bit, unimportant, younger |
| Antonyms: | adult, greater, large, major, significant |
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