Synonyms of inconsiderable

inconsiderable

adjective

ˌin-kən-ˈsi-dər-(ə-)bəl 

1

as in small

lacking importance

the duties of the club's vice president are inconsiderable by any standard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• small
• minor
• little
• slight
• unimportant
• insignificant
• trifling
• trivial
• worthless
• negligible
• incidental
• inconsequential
• nugatory
• frivolous
• foolish
• petty
• minute
• small-fry
• neither here nor there
• Mickey Mouse
• fiddling
• one-horse
• obscure
• unknown
• paltry
• anonymous
• jerkwater
• small-time
• uncelebrated
• nameless
• nickel-and-dime

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• significant
• substantial
• major
• important
• big
• momentous
• meaningful
• consequential
• fatal
• weighty
• decisive
• eventful
• remarkable
• principal
• material
• chief
• impressive
• outstanding
• dominant
• prominent
• valuable
• exceptional
• fateful
• worthy
• distinctive
• great
• overriding
• worthwhile
• overbearing
• unfrivolous
• eminent
• distinguished
• overmastering
• illustrious
• essential
• fundamental
• famous
• basic
• prestigious
• notorious
• key
• renowned
• all-important
• preeminent

2

as in slight

so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention

an inconsiderable number of complaints about the car seat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slight
• nominal
• insignificant
• trifling
• petty
• tiny
• negligible
• trivial
• piffling
• inconsequential
• piddling
• paltry
• niggling
• minute
• measly
• footling
• picayune
• piddly
• inappreciable
• pimping
• Mickey Mouse
• chicken
• imperceptible
• de minimis
• peanut
• puny
• no-account
• little
• inferior
• mean
• pettifogging
• small-fry
• one-horse
• quibbling
• nitpicking
• hairsplitting
• two-bit

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• considerable
• significant
• important
• substantial
• big
• serious
• material
• remarkable
• consequential
• outstanding
• prominent
• conspicuous
• noteworthy
• striking
• appreciable
• weighty
• momentous
• pivotal
• measurable
• eventful
• discernible

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inconsiderable

The skyscraper will rise to 210 m (689 ft), which isn't an inconsiderable height, but is nowhere near the massive Dubai buildings like the Burj Khalifa mentioned and the Tiger Sky Tower. — New Atlas, 21 Jan. 2026

But the transporting power of this festival—weirdly enhanced, even, by the not-inconsiderable hassle of navigating it—has always felt inextricable from the transporting power of its movies. — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025

The base Taycan, which starts at a not-inconsiderable $86,700 for the 2023 model year makes do with just a single electric motor driving the rear wheels. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Dec. 2022

Writing in The Washington Post, Adam Taylor explains that although the British government usually collects a not-inconsiderable 40 percent on inheritances exceeding $380,000, Charles won’t pay a cent because he’s exempted. — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 14 Sep. 2022