small change

small change

noun

: coins that are not worth a lot of money

: an amount of money that is not large or important

: something or someone that is not important

Full Definition of SMALL CHANGE

1

:  coins of low denomination

2

:  trifle 1

Examples of SMALL CHANGE

1. a pocket full of small change
2. The fine is a lot of money to some people, but to him it's small change.
3. My problems are small change compared to yours.
4. He wasn't a major criminal. He was strictly small change.

First Known Use of SMALL CHANGE

1819

Related to SMALL CHANGE

Synonyms

bagatelle, child's play, frippery, nonproblem, nothing, picayune, shuck(s), small beer, trifle, triviality

Related Words

naught (also nought), nothingness, smoke, zero; peanuts, pittance, song, straw, two bits; bunk, claptrap, drivel, folly, fribble, fudge, hogwash, humbug, humbuggery, nonsense, piffle, rot, trash, trivia; bit, crumb, dab, dram, lick, mite, ounce, particle, pinhead, scintilla, shred, smidgen (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), soupçon, speck, spot, tad, touch, trace

Rhymes with SMALL CHANGE

arrange, chump change, derange, downrange, estrange, exchange, free-range, gearchange, home range, long-range, outrange, sea change, short-range, shortchange