Thesaurus:insignificant

Thesaurus

insignificant

English

Adjective

Sense: insignificant; not important; not having a noticeable effect.

Synonyms

• base
• contemptible
• foolish    [⇒ thesaurus]
• futile    [⇒ thesaurus]
• frivolous
• 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
• silly
• slight
• tin-pot (informal)
• trifling
• trivial
• two-bit (US, slang)
• unimportant
• unweighty
• worthless    [⇒ thesaurus]
• wretched

Antonyms

• important    [⇒ thesaurus]
• significant
• weighty
• noteworthy
• consequential

See also

• small    [⇒ thesaurus]
• tiny    [⇒ thesaurus]
• nothing    [⇒ thesaurus]
• nonentity    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “643. unimportance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “insignificant” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.