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Synonyms for petty
adj trivial, insignificant- frivolous
- lesser
- minor
- narrow-minded
- base
- inessential
- inferior
- junior
- light
- little
- lower
- peanut
- scratch
- secondary
- shallow
- shoestring
- slight
- small
- subordinate
- trifling
- casual
- cheap
- contemptible
- inconsequent
- inconsiderable
- irrelevant
- measly
- negligible
- nickel-and-dime
- niggling
- paltry
- penny-ante
- pettifogging
- picayune
- piddling
- shabby
- small-minded
- two-bit
- unimportant
Antonyms for petty
- greater
- major
- big
- enormous
- first-class
- first-rate
- great
- huge
- immense
- important
- large
- significant
- superior
- consequential
- necessary
- prominent
- useful
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Philip Lief Group.
More words related to petty
empty
adjective. fruitless, ineffective
- aimless
- banal
- barren
- cheap
- dead
- deadpan
- devoid
- dishonest
- dumb
- expressionless
- fatuous
- flat
- frivolous
- futile
- hollow
- idle
- ignorant
- inane
- ineffectual
- inexpressive
- insincere
- insipid
- jejune
- meaningless
- nugatory
- otiose
- paltry
- petty
- purposeless
- senseless
- silly
- trivial
- unintelligent
- unreal
- unsatisfactory
- unsubstantial
- vacuous
- vain
- valueless
- vapid
- worthless
exiguous
adjective. scanty
few
adjective. hardly any
- exiguous
- few and far between
- imperceptible
- inconsequential
- inconsiderable
- infrequent
- insufficient
- lean
- less
- meager
- middling
- minor
- minority
- minute
- negligible
- not many
- not too many
- occasional
- paltry
- petty
- piddling
- rare
- scant
- scanty
- scarce
- scarcely any
- scattered
- scattering
- seldom
- semioccasional
- short
- skimpy
- slender
- slight
- slim
- some
- sparse
- sporadic
- stingy
- straggling
- thin
- trifling
- uncommon
- unfrequent
- widely spaced
fewer
adjective. hardly any
- exiguous
- few and far between
- imperceptible
- inconsequential
- inconsiderable
- infrequent
- insufficient
- lean
- less
- meager
- middling
- minor
- minority
- minute
- negligible
- not many
- not too many
- occasional
- paltry
- petty
- piddling
- rare
- scant
- scanty
- scarce
- scarcely any
- scattered
- scattering
- seldom
- semioccasional
- short
- skimpy
- slender
- slight
- slim
- some
- sparse
- sporadic
- stingy
- straggling
- thin
- trifling
- uncommon
- unfrequent
- widely spaced
fewest
adjective. hardly any
- exiguous
- few and far between
- imperceptible
- inconsequential
- inconsiderable
- infrequent
- insufficient
- lean
- less
- meager
- middling
- minor
- minority
- minute
- negligible
- not many
- not too many
- occasional
- paltry
- petty
- piddling
- rare
- scant
- scanty
- scarce
- scarcely any
- scattered
- scattering
- seldom
- semioccasional
- short
- skimpy
- slender
- slight
- slim
- some
- sparse
- sporadic
- stingy
- straggling
- thin
- trifling
- uncommon
- unfrequent
- widely spaced
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.