triviality

triv·i·al·i·ty

noun \ˌtri-vē-ˈa-lə-tē\

plural triv·i·al·i·ties

Definition of TRIVIALITY

1

: the quality or state of being trivial

2

: something trivial : trifle

Examples of TRIVIALITY

1. We shouldn't spend time on such trivialities.
2. the triviality of the problem

First Known Use of TRIVIALITY

1598

Related to TRIVIALITY

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

bigness, consequence, import, importance, magnitude, moment, significance, weight, weightiness

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

Near Antonyms

substance, value, worth

Rhymes with TRIVIALITY

abnormality, actuality, amorality, animality, atonality, axiality, bestiality, bilinguality, bimodality, bipedality, cardinality, classicality, coevality, comicality, commonality, communality, conjugality, cordiality, corporality, criminality, criticality, ethicality, externality, factuality, farcicality, fictionality, functionality, generality, geniality, hospitality, ideality, illegality, immorality, immortality, informality, integrality, internality, irreality, joviality, lexicality, liberality, lineality, literality, logicality, lognormality, marginality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, notionality, nuptiality, optimality, parfocality, partiality, personality, physicality, practicality, principality, prodigality, punctuality, quizzicality, rationality, seasonality, sensuality, sexuality, siege mentality, sociality, speciality, subnormality, surreality, technicality, temporality, textuality, topicality, typicality, unmorality, unreality, verticality, virtuality, whimsicality