Synonyms of trivial

trivial

adjective

ˈtri-vē-əl 

1

as in minor

lacking importance

why spend so much time on trivial decisions, like whether the soda should be regular or diet?

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in slight

so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention

figured that restaurant customers wouldn't notice such a trivial surcharge on their bill

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of trivial

One of the most interesting and useful things that romantic drama, classic or modern, can do is to distinguish essential characteristics from trivial ones. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2026

Most of these alterations are trivial, although one major change, coming near the end, is a very bad idea. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

If Vance were to renounce Carlson over a matter as trivial as, say, Carlson’s oddly positive assessment of Adolf Hitler, what hope is there for society? — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026

Getting that apparently trivial behavior working involved Home Assistant, MQTT, custom software, and more Claude, Codex and ChatGPT tokens than one should reasonably associate with boiling pasta. — New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2026

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