| Main Entry: | measly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | skimpy |
Synonyms: |
beggarly, contemptible, insignificant, meager, mean, miserable, miserly, niggling, paltry, pathetic, petty, picayune, piddling, pitiful, poor, puny, scanty, stingy, trifling, trivial, ungenerous, unimportant, valueless, worthless |
Antonyms: |
abundant, plenty, proficient, satisfactory, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | humble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor, inferior |
Synonyms: |
base, beggarly, common, commonplace, contemptible, humdrum, ignoble, inglorious, insignificant, little, low, low-born, low-ranking, lowly, meager, mean, measly, menial, miserable, modest, obscure, ordinary, paltry, petty, pitiful, plebeian, proletarian, puny, rough, scrubby, seemly, servile, severe, shabby, simple, small, sordid, trivial, unassuming, uncouth, underprivileged, undistinguished, unfit, unimportant, unpretentious, unrefined, vulgar, wretched |
Antonyms: |
luxurious, rich, superior |
| 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: | paltry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor; worthless |
Synonyms: |
base, beggarly, cheap, common, contemptible, derisory, despicable, inconsiderable, ineffectual, insignificant, limited, low, low-down, meager, mean, measly, minor, miserable, narrow, petty, picayune, piddling, pitiful, puny, set, shabby, shoddy, sleazy*, slight, small, sorry*, trashy, trifling, trivial, unconsequential, unimportant, vile, wretched |
| Notes: | paltry means not worth considering or contemptibly small in amount; petty means inferior in rank or status or contemptibly narrow in outlook |
Antonyms: |
important, rich, significant, substantial, wealthy, worthy |
| Main Entry: | petty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trivial, insignificant |
Synonyms: |
base, casual, cheap, contemptible, frivolous, inconsequent, inconsiderable, inessential, inferior, irrelevant, junior, lesser, light, little, lower, measly, minor, narrow-minded, negligible, nickel-and-dime, niggling, paltry, peanut, penny-ante, pettifogging, picayune, piddling, scratch, secondary, shabby, shallow, shoestring, slight, small, small-minded, subordinate, trifling, two-bit, unimportant |
Antonyms: |
consequential, important, major, necessary, prominent, significant, useful |
| Main Entry: | piddling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant |
Synonyms: |
derisory, little, measly, niggling, paltry, peanut, pettifogging, petty, picayune, puny, trifling, trivial, unimportant, useless, worthless |
Antonyms: |
important, major, significant |
| Main Entry: | piddly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | meager, trivial |
Synonyms: |
barren, deficient, diddly, flimsy, inconsiderable, insubstantial, insufficient, little, measly, mere, microscopic, minute, negligible, paltry, petty, puny, rinky-dink, scant, scrimpy, short, skimpy, slight, small, sparse, superficial, too little too late, two-bit, unproductive, worthless |
| Main Entry: | puny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small, insignificant |
Synonyms: |
diminutive, feeble, fragile, frail, half-pint, inconsequential, inferior, infirm, little, measly, minor, niggling, nothing, paltry, peanut, peewee, petty, picayune, piddling, pint-sized, runt, shrimp, small time, small-fry, stunted, tiny, trifling, trivial, two-bit, unconsequential, underfed, undersized, undeveloped, unsound, unsubstantial, weak, weakly, wee, worthless, zero*, zilch |
Antonyms: |
big, giant, huge, large |
| Main Entry: | stunted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kept from growing |
Synonyms: |
bantam, diminutive, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, half-pint, little, measly, mite, peanut, peewee, pint-sized, runted, runtish, runty, scrub, short, shot, shrimp, small, small fry, tiny, undergrown, undersized, wee, yea big, yea high |
Antonyms: |
developing, growing |
| Main Entry: | trifling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant, worthless |
Synonyms: |
banal, dinky, empty, forget it, frivolous, hollow, idle, idling, inane, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insipid, jejune, loitering, measly, minuscule, negligible, niggling, no big deal, no big thing, nugatory, paltry, petty, picayune, piddling, puny, shallow, silly, slight, small, tiny, trivial, unimportant, vain, valueless, vapid |
Antonyms: |
important, significant, useful, worthwhile |