Synonyms for trivial
ˈtrɪv i əltriv·ial

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1. trivial

   Vain (Latin vanus, empty) keeps the etymological idea through all changes of meaning; a vain endeavor is empty of result, or of adequate power to produce a result, a vain pretension is empty or destitute of support, a vain person has a conceit that is empty or destitute of adequate cause or reason. That which is bootless, fruitless, or profitless fails to accomplish any valuable result; that which is abortive, ineffectual, or unavailing fails to accomplish a result that it was, or was supposed to be, adapted to accomplish. That which is useless, futile, or vain is inherently incapable of accomplishing a specified result. Useless, in the widest sense, signifies not of use for any valuable purpose, and is thus closely similar to valueless and worthless. Fruitless is more final than ineffectual, as applying to the sum or harvest of endeavor. That which is useless lacks actual fitness for a purpose; that which is vain lacks imaginable fitness. Compare VACANT; OSTENTATION; PRIDE.

   Compare synonyms for UTILITY.

   Synonyms:
   abortive, baseless, bootless, deceitful, delusive, empty, fruitless, futile, idle, inconstant, ineffectual, nugatory, null, profitless, shadowy, trifling, unavailing, unimportant, unprofitable, unreal, unsatisfying, unserviceable, unsubstantial, useless, vain, vapid, visionary, worthless

   Antonyms:
   adequate, advantageous, beneficial, competent, effective, efficient, expedient, potent, powerful, profitable, real, serviceable, solid, sound, substantial, sufficient, useful, valid, valuable, worthy

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1. trivial

   Synonyms:
   trifling, trite, common, unimportant, useless, nugatory, paltry, inconsiderable

   Antonyms:
   important, weighty, critical, original, novel

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1. 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, picayune, diminutive, tiny, footling, petite, lowly, petty(a), lilliputian, slight, bantam, lower-ranking, small-minded, fiddling, petty, minuscule, short, midget, little(a), flyspeck, secondary, small, little, piffling, niggling

   Antonyms:
   of import, serious, important, significant

2. superficial, trivialadjective

   of little substance or significance

   "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections"

   Synonyms:
   niggling, picayune, piffling, footling, superficial, petty, fiddling, lilliputian, little, piddling

   Antonyms:
   significant, important, serious, of import

3. trivialadjective

   concerned with trivialities

   "a trivial young woman"; "a trivial mind"

   Synonyms:
   niggling, picayune, piffling, footling, superficial, petty, fiddling, lilliputian, little, piddling

   Antonyms:
   important, significant, serious, of import

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1. trivialadjective

   Synonyms:
   [Rare.] common, ordinary, vulgar

2. trivialadjective

   Synonyms:
   trifling, petty, small, frivolous, slight, light, nugatory, worthless, paltry, unimportant, inconsiderable, insignificant, immaterial, of little value, of little consequence

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1. trivialadjective

   Synonyms:
   trifling, frivolous, insignificant, unimportant

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1. List of paraphrases for "trivial":

   banal, mundane, insignificant, trite, tacky, futile, negligible, frivolous, petty, commonplace, derisory, minor, unimportant, irrelevant

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1. White House:

   The president will describe this as one of the rare moments in a country’s history when time stops and the essential is immediately ripped away from the trivial, and that Cobb County Election officials have to ensure January 6th does n’t mark the end of democracy but the beginning of a renaissance for Cobb County Election officials democracy, where Cobb County Election officials stand up for the right to vote and to have that voted counted fairly – not undermined by partisans afraid of who you voted for.

2. Information Commissioner:

   The start point for any award might be between 10,000 and 12,500 ($14,191 to $17,743). This will vary of course if the personal information is comparatively trivial or very serious and damaging.

3. George Jean Nathan:

   Politics is the pursuit of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.

4. Robert West:

   If you've got a big problem( people think) you need a big solution, face touching [ appears to be ] such a trivial thing. It's almost silly, and it just doesn't feel right that stopping face touching could make much of a difference.

5. Roberto Perli:

   These are not trivial amounts.