Synonyms for insignificant
ˌɪn sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kəntin·signif·i·cant

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1. insignificantadjective

   Antonyms:
   significant

2. insignificantadjective

   Such things are insignificant details compared to the main goal.

   Antonyms:
   significant

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. insignificant

   Synonyms:
   brief, diminutive, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, limited, little, mean, microscopic, minute, narrow, paltry, petty, scanty, short, slender, slight, small, tiny, trifling, trivial

   Antonyms:
   abundant, ample, big, broad, bulky, capacious, coarse, colossal, commodious, considerable, enormous, extensive, gigantic, grand, great, huge, immense, large, long, massive, spacious, vast, wide

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.7 / 6 votes

1. insignificant, undistinguishedadjective

   not worthy of notice

   Synonyms:
   peanut, undistinguished, unimportant

   Antonyms:
   significant, remarkable, probatory, epoch-making, probative, profound, major, monumental, noticeable, operative, fundamental, earthshaking, momentous, large, evidential, epochal, important, world-shattering, world-shaking, evidentiary, meaningful, prodigious, noteworthy, portentous

2. insignificantadjective

   signifying nothing

   "insignificant sounds"

   Synonyms:
   peanut, undistinguished, unimportant

   Antonyms:
   epoch-making, fundamental, remarkable, monumental, world-shaking, evidentiary, evidential, operative, meaningful, significant, noticeable, important, large, profound, probative, momentous, major, epochal, noteworthy, portentous, prodigious, probatory, earthshaking, world-shattering

3. insignificant, peanutadjective

   of little importance or influence or power; of minor status

   "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"

   Synonyms:
   peanut, undistinguished, unimportant

   Antonyms:
   evidentiary, momentous, noteworthy, prodigious, world-shaking, probative, probatory, noticeable, remarkable, earthshaking, fundamental, portentous, profound, important, monumental, operative, world-shattering, major, meaningful, epoch-making, epochal, significant, large, evidential

4. insignificant, unimportantadjective

   devoid of importance, meaning, or force

   Synonyms:
   peanut, undistinguished, unimportant

   Antonyms:
   significant, profound, world-shattering, operative, evidentiary, probative, large, meaningful, noteworthy, epoch-making, momentous, fundamental, monumental, important, world-shaking, noticeable, remarkable, major, prodigious, probatory, portentous, evidential, earthshaking, epochal

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1. kaffeeklatsch

   secondary importance, coffee not essential

   to describe a meeting without the alleged depth of important agenda, or less than is called for

   Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. insignificantadjective

   Synonyms:
   without meaning, not significant

2. insignificantadjective

   Synonyms:
   unimportant, paltry, petty, empty, trivial, trifling, immaterial, unessential, of little consequence, of little account, of no moment

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1. insignificantnoun

   Synonyms:
   meaningless, unimportant, immaterial, petty, trivial, paltry

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1. List of paraphrases for "insignificant":

   negligible, unimportant, nonsignificant, trivial, non-significant, inconsiderable, meaningless, minimal, irrelevant, minimum, immaterial, trifling, inconsequential, minor, paltry, inane, marginal, petty

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1. Callahan Walsh:

   [A] member of the public may have that one little piece of information. However, they may think it's insignificant to the case, or it doesn't make sense, or it's stupid, and they don't want to call it out, but oftentimes that's exactly the key that unlocks the door to justice.

2. Auguste Renoir:

   In painting, as in the other arts, there's not a single process, no matter how insignificant, which can be reasonably made into a formula. You come to nature with your theories, and she knocks them all flat.

3. Donald Trump:

   I have wonderful children that are in the business and I have wonderful executives -- they'd run it, i would not even think about this business. It would be so insignificant to me, compared to making our country great again.

4. Bernard Clair:

   These two have been separated for a not insignificant time, and I would assume ... they would have used the time to reach a private, confidential agreement.

5. Og Mandino:

   If I feel depressed I will sing. If I feel sad I will laugh. If I feel ill I will double my labor. If I feel fear I will plunge ahead. If I feel inferior I will wear new garments. If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice. If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come. If I feel incompetent I will think of past success. If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals. Today I will be the master of my emotions.