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| anal-retentive |
in psychoanalysis, having or showing unusual obstinacy, frugality, or an excessive concern with trivial details that supposedly results from conflict over toilet training in childhood. [2 definitions] |
| back formation |
in linguistics, a word that appears to be the base of, but was actually formed from, another word, as "trivia" from "trivial". |
| doggerel |
of verse, trivial or mundane in thought, or crude in form. [2 definitions] |
| fib |
a trivial or unimportant lie. [1/2 definitions] |
| fig |
a trivial or worthless amount; virtually nothing. [1/3 definitions] |
| flunky |
one who does unskilled, menial, or trivial tasks. [1/3 definitions] |
| flyspeck |
a tiny spot or mark, or something similarly trivial or insignificant. [1/3 definitions] |
| frivolous |
unworthy of serious consideration or merit; trivial or silly. [1/2 definitions] |
| froth |
anything that is light or trivial. [1/5 definitions] |
| frothy |
light and trivial. [1/2 definitions] |
| fussbudget |
(informal) one who is excessively worried or tends to find fault over trivial details. |
| futile |
unimportant; trivial. [1/2 definitions] |
| inconsequent |
not important; trivial. [1/4 definitions] |
| indiscretion |
an act considered immoral or improper by society and yet often excused or considered trivial. [1/3 definitions] |
| insignificant |
having no value, importance, or significance; trivial. [1/3 definitions] |
| little |
insignificant; trivial or petty. [1/8 definitions] |
| lollygag |
to waste time in trivial or pointless activity or in inactivity. |
| make light of |
to treat as or consider trivial or unimportant. |
| Mickey Mouse1 |
(sometimes l.c.) trivial; petty. [1/3 definitions] |
| mock-heroic |
satirizing a person, thing, or event that is trivial or unworthy by portraying it with heroic language, ceremony, or manners. [1/3 definitions] |
| nonsense |
anything useless or trivial. [1/4 definitions] |
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