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trivial
Overview of adj trivial
The adj trivial has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (4) fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial -- ((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")
2. (3) trivial -- (obvious and dull; "trivial conversation"; "commonplace prose")
3. superficial, trivial -- (of little substance or significance; "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections")
4. trivial -- (concerned with trivialities; "a trivial young woman"; "a trivial mind")
5. insignificant, trivial -- (not large enough to consider or notice)
Grep of noun trivial
triviality
Grep of verb trivial
trivialise
trivialize
Antonyms of adj trivial
5 senses of trivial
Sense 1
fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial
INDIRECT (VIA unimportant) -> important, of import
Sense 2
trivial
INDIRECT (VIA ordinary) -> extraordinary
Sense 3
superficial, trivial
INDIRECT (VIA insignificant) -> significant, important
Sense 4
trivial
INDIRECT (VIA frivolous) -> serious
Sense 5
insignificant, trivial
INDIRECT (VIA inconsiderable) -> considerable
Similarity of adj trivial
5 senses of trivial
Sense 1
fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial
=> unimportant (vs. important)
Sense 2
trivial
=> ordinary (vs. extraordinary)
Sense 3
superficial, trivial
=> insignificant (vs. significant), unimportant
Sense 4
trivial
=> frivolous (vs. serious)
Sense 5
insignificant, trivial
=> inconsiderable (vs. considerable)
Pertainyms of adj trivial
Attributes of adj trivial
Domain of adj trivial
1 of 5 senses of trivial
Sense 1
fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial
USAGE>(noun) colloquialism#1
Domain Terms of adj trivial
Familiarity of adj trivial
trivial used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =5)
Grep of adj trivial
trivial
Grep of adv trivial
trivially
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