trifle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 noun
a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
Types & categories
- pud hypernym
- tipsy cake hyponym
Sense 2 verb
waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
Types & categories
- expend hypernym
Related & opposite
- dalliance derivation
Sense 3 noun
a detail that is considered insignificant
Types & categories
- detail hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
act frivolously
Types & categories
- behave hypernym
Related & opposite
- trifler derivation
Sense 5 noun
something of small importance
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
consider not very seriously
He is trifling with her
Types & categories
- look at hypernym
Related & opposite
- toy verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | pud |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tipsy cake |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dalliance |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | expend |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | trivial |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | technical |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | detail |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | trifler |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | behave |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fiddling |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | trivial |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | object |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | frippery |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | toy |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | look at |