petty

petty is a 5-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.
2. noun. larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
3. adjective. contemptibly narrow in outlook

   "petty little comments"

   "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

4. adjective. (informal) small and of little importance

   "a fiddling sum of money"

   "a footling gesture"

   Synonyms: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial

5. adjective. inferior in rank or status

   "the junior faculty"

   "a lowly corporal"

   Synonyms: lowly, secondary, subaltern

Synonyms

fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial, lowly, secondary, subaltern

Common word forms

pettier, pettily, pettiest

Words from these letters

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