Synonyms and Antonyms of inconsequential
1
lacking importance
- that's an inconsequential problem compared to the other issues
fiddling, foolish, frivolous, incidental, inconsiderable, insignificant, little, Mickey Mouse, minor, minute, negligible, nugatory, slight, small, small-fry, trifling, trivial, unimportant
decisive, fatal, fateful
chief, dominant, overbearing, overmastering, overriding, principal
distinctive, exceptional, impressive, outstanding, prominent, remarkable
valuable, worthwhile, worthy
distinguished, eminent, great, illustrious, preeminent, prestigious
famous, notorious, renowned
all-important, basic, essential, fundamental, key
big, consequential, eventful, important, major, material, meaningful, momentous, significant, substantial, unfrivolous, weighty
2
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
- an inconsequential error that does nothing to lessen the value of the report
chicken, de minimis, footling, inconsiderable, insignificant, measly, Mickey Mouse, minute, negligible, niggling, no-account, nominal, paltry, peanut, petty, picayune, piddling, piddly, piffling, pimping, slight, trifling, trivial
serious, substantial, weighty
eventful, momentous, pivotal
conspicuous, noteworthy, outstanding, prominent, remarkable, striking
appreciable, discernible (also discernable), measurable
3
not using or following good reasoning
- an inconsequential line of argument that did little to further the prosecution's case
fallacious, illegitimate, illogical, inconsequent, invalid, irrational, nonrational, unreasonable, unreasoning, unsound, weak
eristic (also eristical), misleading, sophistic (or sophistical), specious
half-baked, ill-advised, misguided, unconsidered, unreasoned
inconsistent
absurd, asinine, foolish, meaningless, nonsensical, preposterous, reasonless, senseless, silly
Kafkaesque, odd, peculiar, strange, surreal, unusual, weird
insane, mad, nutty, wacky (also whacky)
disordered, disorganized, rambling, random
unconvincing
inexplicable, unaccountable, unexplainable
commonsense, sane, sensible, sober, wise
enlightened, informed, just, justified, reasoned
ordered, organized
clear, cogent, compelling, convincing, credible, persuasive, plausible, satisfying, solid
certain, sure, true
confirmed, corroborated, demonstrated, established, substantiated, validated
