List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 402

SYNONYMS: . trivial, trifling, paltry, petty, picayune.
These adjectives all apply to what is small and unimportant.

Trivial refers principally to what is so insignificant as to be utterly commonplace or unremarkable: I think all Christians . . . agree in the essential articles, and that their differences are trivial, and rather political than religious.
Something trifling is so unimportant or so small as to be scarcely worth notice: I regret the trifling narrow contracted education of the females of my own country.
Paltry especially describes what falls so far short of what is required or desired that it arouses contempt: He considered the prize too paltry for the lives it cost.
Petty can refer to what is of minor or secondary significance or size; the term can suggest meanness of spirit: Our knights are limited to petty enterprises. Always give your best, never get discouraged, never be petty.
What is picayune is of negligible value or importance: Giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction.