Thesaurus:insignificant
English
Adjective
Sense: insignificant; not important; not having a noticeable effect.
Synonyms
- base
- contemptible
- foolish [⇒ thesaurus]
- for the birds (informal)
- futile [⇒ thesaurus]
- frivolous
- idle
- ignorable
- immaterial
- inconsequential
- inconsiderable
- indifferent
- insignificant
- like a fart in a windstorm
- meager
- mean [⇒ thesaurus]
- minor [⇒ thesaurus]
- negligible
- nothingburger (originally and chiefly US, informal)
- nondescript
- paltry
- petty
- picayune
- picayunish
- piddly
- pissant
- pitiful
- pointless
- silly
- simple (archaic)
- slight
- tin-pot (informal)
- trifling
- trivial
- two-bit (US, slang)
- unimportant
- unweighty
- vain [⇒ thesaurus]
- worthless [⇒ thesaurus]
- wretched
Antonyms
See also
Further reading
- “643. unimportance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “insignificant” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.