trivial

Speech parts

1. trivial - Noun

2. trivial - Adjective

3. trivial - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Found anywhere; common.

Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar.

Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair.

Of or pertaining to the trivium.

One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

negligible superficial petty trifling small little lilliputian minor slight shallow insignificant futile pointless inconsequential fiddling
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Antonyms

important significant fundamental royal supreme arch
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Phrases with the word

trivial matter trivial task most trivial trivial untruth trivial amount of money trivial sum

Anagrams

triavil vitrail

Examples

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. Bertrand Russell

Women are systematically degraded by receiving the trivial attentions which men think it manly to pay to the sex, when, in fact, men are insultingly supporting their own superiority. Mary Wollstonecraft

God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again. Federico Fellini

Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up. Max Beerbohm

The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity will not attain great prosperity. Tibetan Proverb

From trivial things great arguments often arise. Dutch Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Trivette trivia triviaholic trivial absolute value trivial amount of money trivial conversation