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Grep of noun trivial triviality Overview of adj trivial The adj trivial has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (4) fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial -- ((informal terms) 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"; "Mickey Mouse regulations"; "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) banal, commonplace, 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) Antonyms of adj trivial 5 senses of trivial Sense 1 fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial INDIRECT (VIA unimportant) -> important, of import Sense 2 banal, commonplace, 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, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial => unimportant (vs. important) Sense 2 banal, commonplace, 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) Attributes of adj trivial Familiarity of adj trivial trivial used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj trivial trivial Overview of adj trivial The adj trivial has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (4) fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial -- ((informal terms) 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"; "Mickey Mouse regulations"; "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) banal, commonplace, 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)
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