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trifle

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of trifle

something of little importance

  • let us not speak of trifles when our nation may be going to war
Synonyms of trifle

bagatelle, childʼs play, frippery, nonproblem, nothing, picayune, shuck(s), small beer, small change, triviality
Words Related to trifle

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), soupçon, speck, spot, tad, touch, trace

trifle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of trifle

1 to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun

  • do not trifle with me unless you mean to ask me to marry you
Synonyms of trifle

coquet (or coquette), dally, flirt, frivol, mess around, toy
Words Related to trifle

vamp

court, mash, woo

josh, kid, put on, razz, rib, tease

fool, lead on, string along

manipulate, play (with)

2 to spend time in aimless activity

  • spent a lazy afternoon trifling on the front porch
Synonyms of trifle

doodle, fiddle (around), fool around, fribble, goof (around), hang about [British], kick around, mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around)
Words Related to trifle

dally, dawdle, dillydally, hang (around or out), idle, loaf, loll, lounge

clown (around), horse around

diddle (with), tinker
Near Antonyms of trifle

buckle (down), knuckle down, set (to), settle (down)

Synonym Discussion of trifle

trifle, toy, dally, flirt, coquet mean to deal with or act toward without serious purpose. trifle may imply playfulness, unconcern, indulgent contempt.
    • to trifle with a lover's feelings
toy implies acting without full attention or serious exertion of one's powers.
    • a political novice toying with great issues
dally suggests indulging in thoughts or plans merely as an amusement.
    • dallying with the idea of building a boat someday
flirt implies an interest or attention that soon passes to another object.
    • flirted with one fashionable ism after another
coquet implies attracting interest or admiration without serious intention.
    • companies that coquet with environmentalism solely for public relations

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