small change

small change

noun

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

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Rhymes with SMALL CHANGE

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