insignificancy

insignificancy

noun

Definition of INSIGNIFICANCY

1

a person of no importance or influence <forced to face the fact that he would always be an insignificancy in such a large law firm, he decided to strike out on his own>

Synonyms cipher, dwarf, half-pint, insect, insignificancy, lightweight, morsel, nonentity, nothing, nullity, number, pip-squeak, pygmy (also pigmy), shrimp, snippersnapper, twerp, whippersnapper, zero, zilch

Related Words no-name, noncelebrity; least; inferior, mediocrity, obscurity; figurehead, puppet; nonperson

Near Antonyms chief, head, lead, leader; celebrity, luminary, notable, personality, planet, star, superstar; authority, superior; great power, party, power

Antonyms big shot, big wheel, bigwig, eminence, figure, kahuna, kingpin, magnate, nabob, personage, somebody, VIP

2

the quality or state of being unimportant <we shouldn't even be talking about a matter of such patent insignificancy>

Synonyms immateriality, inconsequence, inconsequentiality, inconsiderableness, insignificancy, littleness, negligibility, nullity, pettiness, slightness, smallness, triviality

Related Words emptiness, valuelessness, worthlessness

Near Antonyms substance, value, worth

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