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Synonyms of trifle

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Another word for trifle is toy. Other synonyms of trifle are ticky-tack, bagatelle, triviality and niff-naff.

Synonyms and similar words for trifle

nounA very small amount (of something).

  • smidgenChiefly in the form a smidgen of: a very small amount or quantity; a bit, a trace.
  • aceA very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
  • atomA very small amount; a whit.
  • thought
  • atomyA tiny particle; an atom, a mote, a speck.
  • bisselA small amount; a bit.
  • continental
  • bitA small amount of something.
  • crumbA bit, small amount.
  • glimpse
  • dabA small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.
  • damnA small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.
  • dashA small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.
  • diddlyA small amount of no worth.
  • glint
  • dotAnything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.
  • spatter
  • dropA very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
  • dusting
  • fleckA small amount.
  • glimmer
  • hintA small, barely detectable amount.
  • flipA whit or jot; the tiniest amount.
  • flyspeckAnything tiny or insignificant.
  • grain
  • halfpennyworth BritishA negligible amount.
  • hootA small particle; a whit or jot.
  • hooterThe tiniest amount; a whit or jot.
  • inch
  • iotaA jot; a very small, insignificant quantity.
  • jotA small, or the smallest, amount of a thing; a bit, a whit.
  • lickA small amount; a whit.
  • miteAnything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
  • modicumA modest, small, or trifling amount.
  • moleculeA tiny amount.
  • morceauA small bit; a morsel or snippet.
  • morselA very small amount.
  • mote
  • oochA small amount by which something has changed or moved.
  • ounce
  • particleA little bit.
  • pennyworth BritishA small quantity or value.
  • piece
  • pinchA small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
  • semblance
  • scent
  • scintillaA small or trace amount.
  • scoochA small amount; a skosh.
  • scrapThe smallest amount.
  • scrupleA very small quantity; a particle.
  • shredA fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount.
  • skerrick AustraliaA very small amount or portion; the least bit.
  • skooshA smidge, a small amount.
  • skoshA tiny amount; a little bit.
  • sliverA small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.
  • smatteringA small amount or number of something.
  • smidgeSynonym of smidgen.
  • smidget
  • smidgySynonym of smidgen.
  • smitch USA tiny amount; a smidge or smidgen.
  • smithereen
  • soupçonA very small amount; a hint; a trace, slight idea; an inkling.
  • spark figurativelyA small amount of something, such as an idea or romantic affection, that has the potential to become something greater...
  • speckA very small amount; a particle; a whit.
  • speckle
  • spotA small, unspecified amount or quantity.
  • sprinkle
  • sprinklingA small thinly distributed amount, e.g. of some liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled on to...
  • strain
  • tadA small amount; a little bit.
  • tidbit
  • tidgeA very small amount.
  • tinge
  • tittle
  • toddickA very small quantity of something.
  • touchA little bit; a small amount.
  • traceA very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material.
  • tuppence worth BritishA small amount.
  • vestige
  • whiff
  • whitThe smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.
  • aught archaicWhit, the smallest part, iota.
  • relish obsoleteA small amount; a tinge, a trace.
  • scantling archaicA small portion, a scant amount.

verbTo inconsequentially toy with something.

verbTo squander or waste.

nounMore synonyms

  • bagatelleA trifle; an insubstantial thing.
  • bag of shellsA trifle.
  • bric-a-brac
  • dicky British
  • dicky-bird British
  • fig
  • minuityA trifle; a thing of little importance or worth; something small.
  • niff-naffSomething or someone insignificant; a trifle.
  • picayune USA person regarded as unworthy of respect or useless; also, something of very little value; a trifle.
  • sop
  • ticky-tackSomething of low value; (by extension) something meaningless or insignificant.
  • toyA thing of little importance or value; a trifle.
  • trickA toy; a trifle; a plaything.
  • trivialitySomething which is trivial or unimportant.
  • whiffleSomething small or insignificant; a trifle.
  • white chipAnything of little significance or worth.
  • fico archaicA fig; an insignificant trifle.
  • flamfew Scotland, obsoleteA worthless thing; a trifle or bauble.
  • scuddick obsoleteSomething of little or no importance; a whit or jot.

Meaning of trifle

  1. noun An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.
  2. noun Anything that is of little importance or worth.
  3. noun An insignificant amount of money.

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Questions about synonyms of trifle

What is another word for trifle?
Trifle has 106 synonyms on Word.ws, such as toy, ticky-tack, bagatelle, triviality and niff-naff.
What does trifle mean?
Trifle means an English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.

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