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. Christen Kuikoua:

   As a high schooler, I learned that sometimes it's okay for your enemies to be many and your equals to be none. By adopting this mindset, their criticisms become insignificant

2. Sri da Avabhas:

   All doubt, despair, and fear become insignificant once the intention of life becomes love, rather than dependence on love.

3. Friedrich Nietzsche:

   For a significant manwoman, the one thought he values greatly, to the laughter and scorn of insignificant men, is a key to hidden treasure chambers; for those others, it is nothing but a piece of old iron.

4. Banksy:

   If you feel dirty, insignificant and unloved, then rats are a good role model. They exist without permission, they have no respect for the hierarchy of society, and they have sex fifty times a day.

5. Chaim Potok:

   A span of life is nothing. But the man who lives that span, he is something. He can fill that tiny span with meaning, so its quality is immeasurable though its quantity may be insignificant.