Synonyms of piffling

piffling 1 of 2

adjective

ˈpi-flən 

as in nominal

so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention

from his perspective as a billionaire, what the governor got paid was a piffling amount

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nominal
• slight
• petty
• piddling
• trifling
• tiny
• trivial
• inconsiderable
• insignificant
• footling
• inconsequential
• niggling
• paltry
• negligible
• piddly
• picayune
• minute
• measly
• pimping
• chicken
• Mickey Mouse
• peanut
• no-account
• puny
• inappreciable
• little
• de minimis
• imperceptible
• pettifogging
• mean
• inferior
• small-fry
• quibbling
• nitpicking
• one-horse
• hairsplitting
• two-bit

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• considerable
• significant
• important
• big
• serious
• substantial
• material
• consequential
• momentous
• remarkable
• outstanding
• weighty
• noteworthy
• prominent
• conspicuous
• pivotal
• striking
• appreciable
• discernible
• measurable
• eventful
• discernable

piffling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of piffle

as in blundering

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blundering
• muddling
• boggling
• bungling
• bumbling
• gumming (up)
• murdering
• botching
• blighting
• fumbling
• damaging
• mangling
• butchering
• fluffing
• impairing
• foozling
• harming
• blowing
• mutilating
• booting
• goofing (up)
• messing (up)
• screwing up
• bobbling
• dubbing
• vitiating
• ruining
• wrecking
• spoiling
• buggering (up)
• injuring
• muffing
• flubbing
• fouling up
• mucking up
• bollixing (up)
• destroying
• flawing
• hurting
• marring
• lousing up
• blemishing
• mismanaging
• mishandling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improving
• bettering
• ameliorating
• enhancing
• remedying
• helping
• reforming
• rectifying
• refining
• fixing
• meliorating
• repairing
• patching
• revamping
• reconditioning
• doctoring
• renovating