trivial in English dictionary

  • trivial

    Meanings and definitions of "trivial"

    • Of little significance or value.
    • Common, ordinary.
    • Concerned with or involving trivia.
    • (biology) Relating to or designating the name of a species; specific as opposed to generic.
    • (mathematics) Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case.
    • (mathematics) Self-evident.
    • Pertaining to the trivium.
    • adjective
      Ignorable; of little significance or value.
    • adjective
      Commonplace, ordinary.
    • adjective
      Concerned with or involving trivia.
    • adjective
      (taxonomy)
      Relating to or designating the name of a species; specific as opposed to generic.
    • adjective
      (mathematics)
      Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case.
    • adjective
      (mathematics)
      Self-evident.
    • adjective
      Pertaining to the trivium.
    • adjective
      (philosophy)
      Indistinguishable in case of truth or falsity.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      Any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.
    • of little significance or value
    • common, ordinary
    • concerned with or involving trivia
    • (biology) relating to, or designating a species
    • (mathematics) of being the simplest possible case
    • (mathematics) self-evident
    • adjective
      concerned with trivialities; "a trivial young woman"; "a trivial mind"
    • adjective
      (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
    • adjective
      of little substance or significance; "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections"

    Synonyms of "trivial" in English dictionary

    insignificant, inconsiderable, petty are the top synonyms of "trivial" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of trivial

    • trivial ( comparative more trivial, superlative most trivial)
    • trivial (comparative more trivial, superlative most trivial)
    • trivial (plural trivials)
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