Synonyms for insignificant
ˌɪn sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kəntin·signif·i·cant

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1. insignificantadjective

   Antonyms:
   significant

2. insignificantadjective

   Such things are insignificant details compared to the main goal.

   Antonyms:
   significant

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. insignificant

   Synonyms:
   brief, diminutive, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, limited, little, mean, microscopic, minute, narrow, paltry, petty, scanty, short, slender, slight, small, tiny, trifling, trivial

   Antonyms:
   abundant, ample, big, broad, bulky, capacious, coarse, colossal, commodious, considerable, enormous, extensive, gigantic, grand, great, huge, immense, large, long, massive, spacious, vast, wide

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.7 / 6 votes

1. insignificant, undistinguishedadjective

   not worthy of notice

   Synonyms:
   peanut, undistinguished, unimportant

   Antonyms:
   significant, remarkable, probatory, epoch-making, probative, profound, major, monumental, noticeable, operative, fundamental, earthshaking, momentous, large, evidential, epochal, important, world-shattering, world-shaking, evidentiary, meaningful, prodigious, noteworthy, portentous

2. insignificantadjective

   signifying nothing

   "insignificant sounds"

   Synonyms:
   peanut, undistinguished, unimportant

   Antonyms:
   epoch-making, fundamental, remarkable, monumental, world-shaking, evidentiary, evidential, operative, meaningful, significant, noticeable, important, large, profound, probative, momentous, major, epochal, noteworthy, portentous, prodigious, probatory, earthshaking, world-shattering

3. insignificant, peanutadjective

   of little importance or influence or power; of minor status

   "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"

   Synonyms:
   peanut, undistinguished, unimportant

   Antonyms:
   evidentiary, momentous, noteworthy, prodigious, world-shaking, probative, probatory, noticeable, remarkable, earthshaking, fundamental, portentous, profound, important, monumental, operative, world-shattering, major, meaningful, epoch-making, epochal, significant, large, evidential

4. insignificant, unimportantadjective

   devoid of importance, meaning, or force

   Synonyms:
   peanut, undistinguished, unimportant

   Antonyms:
   significant, profound, world-shattering, operative, evidentiary, probative, large, meaningful, noteworthy, epoch-making, momentous, fundamental, monumental, important, world-shaking, noticeable, remarkable, major, prodigious, probatory, portentous, evidential, earthshaking, epochal

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1. kaffeeklatsch

   secondary importance, coffee not essential

   to describe a meeting without the alleged depth of important agenda, or less than is called for

   Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. insignificantadjective

   Synonyms:
   without meaning, not significant

2. insignificantadjective

   Synonyms:
   unimportant, paltry, petty, empty, trivial, trifling, immaterial, unessential, of little consequence, of little account, of no moment

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1. insignificantnoun

   Synonyms:
   meaningless, unimportant, immaterial, petty, trivial, paltry

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1. List of paraphrases for "insignificant":

   negligible, unimportant, nonsignificant, trivial, non-significant, inconsiderable, meaningless, minimal, irrelevant, minimum, immaterial, trifling, inconsequential, minor, paltry, inane, marginal, petty

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1. Charles A. Cerami:

   Most great men and women are not perfectly rounded in their personalities, but are instead people whose one driving enthusiasm is so great it makes their faults seem insignificant.

2. Banksy:

   If you feel dirty, insignificant and unloved, then rats are a good role model. They exist without permission, they have no respect for the hierarchy of society, and they have sex fifty times a day.

3. Caroline Schroeder:

   I ’d like to express how little faith I have in this board to do the right thing today or in the months to come, i genuinely hope that I’ve effectively insulted at least a few of you right now, because that insignificant and fleeting feeling that you’re experiencing in this particular moment is absolutely nothing in comparison to the persistent and often debilitating fear that survivors at LSU suffer on a daily basis as a direct result of your deliberate indifference to abuse on this campus.

4. Brigitte Macron:

   Brigitte Macron has spoken out about the age difference between Brigitte Macron and Brigitte Macron husband toElle France. There are times in your life where you need to make vital choices. And for me, that was it. So, what has been said over the 20 years, it's insignificant, of course, we have breakfast together, me and my wrinkles, him with his youth, but it's like that. If I did not make that choice, I would have missed out on my life. I had a lot of happiness with my children and, at the same time, felt I had to live' this love' as Prevert used to say, to be fully happy.

5. Nic Talbott:

   Not only was my career being ripped away from me, but it made me feel so insignificant to have that announcement made on that platform by the president of the United States. It was absolutely awful.