insignificant
Not worth mentioning
Insignificant means too small or unimportant to matter: an insignificant detail, an insignificant amount of money.
It often carries a dismissive tone—calling someone insignificant suggests they have no power or consequence worth considering.
The word can express genuine smallness or deliberate belittlement: He made her feel insignificant.
Extremely small in size
- minusculeExtremely small in size
- microscopicToo small for eyes
- infinitesimalQuantity approaching zero
- slightMinor or thin
minimal · small · negligible · imperceptible · minute · unnoticeable · puny · meager
Lacking significance or weight
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- minorScale with lowered third
- pettyOf little importance
- frivolousNot worthy of attention
secondary · peripheral · incidental · nonessential · dispensable · expendable · forgettable · unremarkable
Having no worth
- worthlessLacking any value
- nugatoryWithout worth or effect
- futileIncapable of producing results
- pointlessLacking any purpose
meaningless · hollow · empty · vapid · inane · useless · fruitless · vain
Lacking physical form; unimportant
- beside the pointUnrelated to the matter
- unrelatedHaving no link
- extraneousNot pertinent or essential
- inapplicableNot relevant to this
off-topic · tangential · disconnected · moot · neither here nor there · academic · superfluous · unconnected
Lacking breadth of thought
- pettyOf little importance
- nitpickingExcessive focus on trivialities
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- picayuneOf trivial importance
mean-spirited · begrudging · grudging · resentful · vindictive · spiteful · catty · snide
tiny
Extremely small in size
- minusculeExtremely small in size
- microscopicToo small for eyes
- infinitesimalQuantity approaching zero
slight · minimal · small · negligible · imperceptible · minute · unnoticeable · puny · meager · paltry
trivial
Lacking significance or weight
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- minorScale with lowered third
- pettyOf little importance
frivolous · secondary · peripheral · incidental · nonessential · dispensable · expendable · forgettable · unremarkable · ordinary
valueless
Having no worth
pointless · meaningless · hollow · empty · vapid · inane · useless · fruitless · vain · bootless
immaterial
Lacking physical form; unimportant
- beside the pointUnrelated to the matter
- unrelatedHaving no link
- extraneousNot pertinent or essential
inapplicable · off-topic · tangential · disconnected · moot · neither here nor there · academic · superfluous · unconnected · out of place
small-minded
Lacking breadth of thought
- pettyOf little importance
- nitpickingExcessive focus on trivialities
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
picayune · mean-spirited · begrudging · grudging · resentful · vindictive · spiteful · catty · snide · narrow
- statusstatus, prestige, ranking, reputation, elite
- futilefutile, useless, pointless, fruitless, vain
- nonessentialunnecessary, unneeded, nonessential, inessential, dispensable
- size wordsbig, small, short, large, huge
- smallnesssmall, little, tiny, mini, miniature
- height variationstall, short, average, towering, petite
insignificantsignificant
Having notable importance
important · consequential · momentous · meaningful · weighty
insignificantprominent
Easily noticed or distinguished
notable · noteworthy · remarkable · outstanding · famous
- pale into insignificanceBecome negligible by contrast
- not insignificant
insignificance, insignificantly, insignificances, insignificancy