nonentities

People without importance

Nonentities are people or things of no significance or importance.

The word dismisses someone as beneath notice—a nobody, a nothing: The meeting was full of nonentities trying to look important.

Less commonly, nonentity refers to something that doesn't exist or has no real being.

obscurity

nobodies

Unimportant, unknown persons

anonymous · unrecognized · invisible · overlooked · ignored · unnoticed · forgotten · shadowy · hidden · undistinguished

insignificance

nobodies

Unimportant, unknown persons

small fry · lightweights · bit players · footnotes · afterthoughts · trivialities · trifles · nothingness · nullity · inconsequence

transience

ephemeral

Lasting very briefly

passing · short-lived · temporary · impermanent · forgettable · unmemorable · evanescent · fading · vanishing · brief

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social prominence/fame

nonentitiescelebrities

Well-known public figures

stars · VIPs · notables · luminaries · personages

importance/significance

nonentitiessomebodies

People of importance

big shots · heavy hitters · powerhouses · movers and shakers · bigwigs

significance and consequence

nonentitiesentities

Things that exist

somebodies · historical figures · legends · giants · greats

Family

essence, existence, existential, entity, essentially, existent, nonentity, entities, essentiality

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G