Synonyms for trivial
ˈtrɪv i əltriv·ial

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1. trivial

   Vain (Latin vanus, empty) keeps the etymological idea through all changes of meaning; a vain endeavor is empty of result, or of adequate power to produce a result, a vain pretension is empty or destitute of support, a vain person has a conceit that is empty or destitute of adequate cause or reason. That which is bootless, fruitless, or profitless fails to accomplish any valuable result; that which is abortive, ineffectual, or unavailing fails to accomplish a result that it was, or was supposed to be, adapted to accomplish. That which is useless, futile, or vain is inherently incapable of accomplishing a specified result. Useless, in the widest sense, signifies not of use for any valuable purpose, and is thus closely similar to valueless and worthless. Fruitless is more final than ineffectual, as applying to the sum or harvest of endeavor. That which is useless lacks actual fitness for a purpose; that which is vain lacks imaginable fitness. Compare VACANT; OSTENTATION; PRIDE.

   Compare synonyms for UTILITY.

   Synonyms:
   abortive, baseless, bootless, deceitful, delusive, empty, fruitless, futile, idle, inconstant, ineffectual, nugatory, null, profitless, shadowy, trifling, unavailing, unimportant, unprofitable, unreal, unsatisfying, unserviceable, unsubstantial, useless, vain, vapid, visionary, worthless

   Antonyms:
   adequate, advantageous, beneficial, competent, effective, efficient, expedient, potent, powerful, profitable, real, serviceable, solid, sound, substantial, sufficient, useful, valid, valuable, worthy

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1. trivial

   Synonyms:
   trifling, trite, common, unimportant, useless, nugatory, paltry, inconsiderable

   Antonyms:
   important, weighty, critical, original, novel

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1. fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivialadjective

   (informal) small and of little importance

   "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

   Synonyms:
   subaltern, junior-grade, piddling, superficial, picayune, diminutive, tiny, footling, petite, lowly, petty(a), lilliputian, slight, bantam, lower-ranking, small-minded, fiddling, petty, minuscule, short, midget, little(a), flyspeck, secondary, small, little, piffling, niggling

   Antonyms:
   of import, serious, important, significant

2. superficial, trivialadjective

   of little substance or significance

   "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections"

   Synonyms:
   niggling, picayune, piffling, footling, superficial, petty, fiddling, lilliputian, little, piddling

   Antonyms:
   significant, important, serious, of import

3. trivialadjective

   concerned with trivialities

   "a trivial young woman"; "a trivial mind"

   Synonyms:
   niggling, picayune, piffling, footling, superficial, petty, fiddling, lilliputian, little, piddling

   Antonyms:
   important, significant, serious, of import

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1. trivialadjective

   Synonyms:
   [Rare.] common, ordinary, vulgar

2. trivialadjective

   Synonyms:
   trifling, petty, small, frivolous, slight, light, nugatory, worthless, paltry, unimportant, inconsiderable, insignificant, immaterial, of little value, of little consequence

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1. trivialadjective

   Synonyms:
   trifling, frivolous, insignificant, unimportant

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1. List of paraphrases for "trivial":

   banal, mundane, insignificant, trite, tacky, futile, negligible, frivolous, petty, commonplace, derisory, minor, unimportant, irrelevant

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How to use trivial in a sentence?

1. Sir. Barron Qasem II:

   Life's most trivial aspect? Life itself.

2. Maurizio Savini:

   Our life is characterized by a constant dialogue between our self and consumption-- consumption as biological waste, of ourselves and others, but also the trivial destruction of products.

3. Jonathan Feeney:

   These are significant streams of cash flow to these companies, it's not trivial for them to say 'OK we'll just do this ourselves.'.

4. Steve Baker:

   If the Prime Minister is not able to persuade the EU nation states to give us the four-year wait on migrant benefits then it really will be trivial, my expectation is that by the time we get to February something will be offered which will be presented as a great success, but that it will still be inconsequential.

5. Bertrand Russell:

   Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.