Synonyms for petty
ˈpɛt ipet·ty

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. petty

   Synonyms:
   avaricious, close, covetous, greedy, ignoble, illiberal, mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, rapacious, stingy

   Antonyms:
   bountiful, chivalrous, disinterested, free, free-handed, free-hearted, generous, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, noble, open-handed, open-hearted

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. petty

   Synonyms:
   small, mean, paltry, ignoble, trifling, narrow, trivial, contemptible

   Antonyms:
   large, large-hearted, noble, generous, chivalrous, magnificent, liberal, broad

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. petit larceny, petty larceny, pettyadjective

   larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)

   Synonyms:
   petit larceny, petty larceny

   Antonyms:
   of import, senior, important, broad-minded

2. junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subalternadjective

   inferior in rank or status

   "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"

   Antonyms:
   senior, of import, broad-minded, important

3. fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivialadjective

   (informal) small and of little importance

   "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

   Synonyms:
   subaltern, junior-grade, piddling, superficial, trivial, picayune, diminutive, tiny, footling, petite, lowly, petty(a), lilliputian, slight, bantam, lower-ranking, small-minded, fiddling, minuscule, short, midget, little(a), flyspeck, secondary, small, little, piffling, niggling

   Antonyms:
   senior, important, broad-minded, of import

4. petty, small-mindedadjective

   contemptibly narrow in outlook

   "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

   Synonyms:
   junior-grade, piddling, trivial, picayune, footling, lowly, petty(a), lilliputian, subaltern, small-minded, fiddling, secondary, lower-ranking, little, piffling, niggling

   Antonyms:
   broad-minded, senior, of import, important

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pettyadjective

   Synonyms:
   little, small, trifling, trivial, frivolous, inconsiderable, unimportant, insignificant, slight, of small moment, of small account

2. pettyadjective

   Synonyms:
   inferior, of a low grade

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1. pettyadjective

   Synonyms:
   small, insignificant, trivial, trifling

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1. List of paraphrases for "petty":

   marinier, small-minded, minor, small, trivial, narrow, insignificant, patti, small-volume, petty-minded

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1. Charles Leazott:

   This is the most petty piece of art I have ever created.

2. Aleister Crowley:

   If one had to worry about one's actions in respect of other people's ideas, one might as well be buried alive in an antheap or married to an ambitious violinist. Whether that man is the prime minister, modifying his opinions to catch votes, or a bourgeois in terror lest some harmless act should be misunderstood and outrage some petty convention, that man is an inferior man and I do not want to have anything to do with him any more than I want to eat canned salmon.

3. Theophrastus:

   Petty ambition would seem to be a mean craving after distinction.

4. President Barack Obama:

   They may think that they can chalk up some quick victories, but our reach is long. We do not give up. You threaten America, you will have no safe haven. We will find you and like petty tyrants and terrorists before you, the world is going to leave you behind and keep moving on without you, because we will get you.

5. Friday Navy:

   The government will not be dropping premeditated murder charges against Chief Petty Officer Gallagher, despite petty officer Scott's testimony, the credibility of a witness is for the jury to decide.