| 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 |
| Notes: | pindling means frail or puny; piddling means trivial or trifling |
Antonyms: |
important, major, significant |
| 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: | least |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slightest, smallest |
Synonyms: |
atomic, bottom, entry-level, feeblest, fewest, finical, first, gutter, infinitesimal, last, lowest, meanest, microcosmic, microscopic, minimal, minimum, minute, minutest, molecular, most trivial, nadir, next to nothing, niggling, piddling, poorest, second, short-end, third, tiniest, trivial, unimportant |
| Notes: | leased means to use or allow someone else to use something for an agreed period of time in exchange for a payment; least is lowest in importance, rank, magnitude, or degree |
Antonyms: |
most |
| Main Entry: | loaf |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be idle, lazy |
Synonyms: |
be inactive, be indolent, be slothful, be unoccupied, bum around, bum*, dally, dillydally, dream, drift, evade, fool around, fritter away, goldbrick, hang out*, idle, kill time, knock around, laze, let down, lie, loiter, loll, lounge, lounge around, malinger, not lift a finger, pass time, piddle, relax, saunter, shirk, sit around, slack, slow down, stall, stand around, stroll, take it easy, trifle, twiddle thumbs, vegetate, waste time, while away hours |
Antonyms: |
achieve, do, energize, labor, work hard |
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | minute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very small |
Synonyms: |
atomic, diminutive, exact, exiguous, fine, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, insignificant, invisible, little, microbic, microscopic, miniature, minim, minimal, minuscule, molecular, peewee, piddling, precise, puny, slender, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee |
Antonyms: |
big, giant, gigantic, huge, large, mighty |
| Main Entry: | minute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unimportant |
Synonyms: |
immaterial, inconsiderable, insignificant, light, little, minor, negligible, nonessential, paltry, petty, picayune, piddling, puny, slight, small, trifling, trivial |
Antonyms: |
consequential, considerable, important, substantial |
| Main Entry: | moderate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fair, average, so-so |
Synonyms: |
bland, fair to middling, fairish, inconsequential, inconsiderable, indifferent, intermediate, mean, mediocre, medium, middling, ordinary, paltry, passable, piddling, trifling, trivial, unexceptional |
Antonyms: |
considerable, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, liberal, 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 |
Antonyms: |
important, rich, significant, substantial, wealthy, worthy |