Synonyms of piddling

piddling 1 of 2

adjective

ˈpid-lən 

as in nominal

so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention

raised one final, piddling objection to the plan

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

piddling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of piddle

as in trifling

Related Words

• trifling
• messing
• mucking
• monkeying
• fooling
• idling
• dawdling
• loafing
• fiddling (around)
• lazing
• lounging
• bumming
• footling
• puttering (around)
• droning
• playing
• hanging (around or out)
• pottering (around)
• dozing
• lingering
• hibernating
• lolling
• goofing (off)
• hacking (around)
• chilling
• dallying
• lagging
• kicking back
• hanging about
• loitering
• dillydallying
• lazying
• strolling
• resting
• sauntering
• estivating
• poking
• ambling
• vegging out
• relaxing
• kicking around
• tarrying
• moseying
• swanning
• malingering
• goldbricking
• truanting
• furloughing

Dissimilar Words

• working
• laboring
• toiling
• grinding
• grubbing
• sweating
• plowing
• plodding
• plugging
• slaving
• humping
• hustling
• pegging
• applying
• drudging
• buckling (down)
• moiling
• exerting
• travailing
• putting out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of piddling

Adjective

Chris regards his role in the deaths and disappearances of thousands of innocents with a weary shrug—and, on rare dark nights of the soul, a piddling note of regret. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026

Then, the pandemic reduced the schedule to 60 games and Eddie got a piddling 37%. — Star Tribune, 3 Dec. 2020

Millions of additional claims are expected to stream in from around the country over the coming weeks, while hiring remains piddling. — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2020

What’s particularly baffling is that Syria now produces a piddling amount of oil—about as much as Utah. — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2019

That will make the current economic uncertainty look piddling. — Daniel W. Drezner, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2019

In the battle for mind share, in the Trumpian quest to be part of every conversation, the Pixel far outweighs its piddling sales. — Vlad Savov, The Verge, 16 Oct. 2018

Of those, only four rather piddling victories went the liberals’ way. — The Economist, 30 June 2018