| 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 |
| Notes: | paltry means not worth considering or contemptibly small in amount; petty means inferior in rank or status or contemptibly narrow in outlook |
Antonyms: |
consequential, important, major, necessary, prominent, significant, useful |
| Main Entry: | inconsiderable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | petty |
Synonyms: |
base, casual, cheap, contemptible, frivolous, inconsequent, inessential, inferior, irrelevant, junior, lesser, light, little, lower, measly, minor, narrow-minded, negligible, nickel-and-dime, niggling, nugatory, of no account, paltry, peanut, penny-ante, pettifogging, picayune, piddling, scratch, secondary, shabby, shallow, shoestring, slight, small, small-minded, subordinate, trifling, two-bit, unimportant |