petty
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
Types & categories
- larceny hypernym
Related & opposite
- grand larceny antonym
Sense 2 adjective
(informal) small and of little importance
a fiddling sum of money
Related & opposite
- trivia derivation
- pettiness derivation
- triviality derivation
- trivialize derivation
- colloquialism domain usage
- unimportant similar to
Sense 3 adjective
contemptibly narrow in outlook
petty little comments
Related & opposite
- pettiness derivation
- narrow-minded similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | grand larceny |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | larceny |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | trivia |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pettiness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | triviality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | trivialize |
| 2 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unimportant |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pettiness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | narrow-minded |