INSIGNIFICANT
Dictionary entry overview: What does insignificant mean?
• INSIGNIFICANT (adjective)
The adjective INSIGNIFICANT has 5 senses:
1. not large enough to consider or notice
2. not worthy of notice
3. signifying nothing
4. of little importance or influence or power; of minor status
5. not important or noteworthy
Familiarity information: INSIGNIFICANT used as an adjective is common.
Dictionary entry details
• INSIGNIFICANT (adjective)
Meaning:
Not large enough to consider or notice
Synonyms:
insignificant; trivial
Similar:
inconsiderable (too small or unimportant to merit attention)
Meaning:
Not worthy of notice
Synonyms:
undistinguished; insignificant
Similar:
unnoticeable (not noticeable; not drawing attention)
Meaning:
Signifying nothing
Synonyms:
unmeaning; insignificant
Context examples:
insignificant sounds / his response...is picayune and unmeaning
Similar:
meaningless; nonmeaningful (having no meaning or direction or purpose)
Meaning:
Of little importance or influence or power; of minor status
Synonyms:
peanut; insignificant
Context examples:
a minor, insignificant bureaucrat / peanut politicians
Similar:
minor (of lesser importance or stature or rank)
Meaning:
Not important or noteworthy
Synonyms:
unimportant; insignificant
Similar:
light (having little importance)
inappreciable (too small to make a significant difference)
hole-and-corner; hole-in-corner (relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life)
superficial; trivial (of little substance or significance)
Also:
meaningless; nonmeaningful (having no meaning or direction or purpose)
unimportant (not important)
Attribute:
significance (the quality of being significant)
Antonym:
significant (important in effect or meaning)
