Synonyms and Antonyms of trifling
1
lacking importance
- deciding what you want to do for a living is no trifling matter
fiddling, foolish, frivolous, incidental, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, little, Mickey Mouse, minor, minute, negligible, nugatory, slight, small, small-fry, 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
- trifling differences between the theatrical and DVD versions of the movie
chicken, de minimis, footling, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, measly, Mickey Mouse, minute, negligible, niggling, no-account, nominal, paltry, peanut, petty, picayune, piddling, piddly, piffling, pimping, slight, trivial
serious, substantial, weighty
eventful, momentous, pivotal
conspicuous, noteworthy, outstanding, prominent, remarkable, striking
appreciable, discernible (also discernable), measurable
