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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1. Sir Thomas Browne:

   I could be content that we might procreate, without conjunction, or that there were any way to perpetuate the world without this trivial and vulgar way of coition it is the most foolish act a wise man commits in all his life.

2. George Jean Nathan:

   Politics is the pursuit of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.

3. John Fellows Akers:

   After a heated argument on some trivial matter Nancy Astor . shouted, If I were your wife I would put poison in your coffee Whereupon Winston Churchill answered, And if I were your husband I would drink it.

4. Clifton Fadiman:

   A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.

5. 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.'.