All lightweight synonyms
light·weight
L l adj lightweight
- inconsequential — of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial.
- failing — Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way.
- incompetent — not competent; lacking qualification or ability; incapable: an incompetent candidate.
- trifling — of very little importance; trivial; insignificant: a trifling matter.
- featherweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a bantamweight and a lightweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 126 pounds (57 kg).
- slight — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- foolish — resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
- insignificant — unimportant, trifling, or petty: Omit the insignificant details.
- paltry — ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum.
- trivial — of very little importance or value; insignificant: Don't bother me with trivial matters.
- unimportant — of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
- worthless — without worth; of no use, importance, or value; good-for-nothing: a worthless person; a worthless contract.
- weightless — being without apparent weight, as a freely falling body or a body acted upon by a force that neutralizes gravitation.
adjective lightweight
- frivolous — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- insubstantial — not substantial or real; lacking substance: an insubstantial world of dreams.
- frothy — of, like, or having froth; foamy.
- imponderous — (obsolete) imponderable.
noun lightweight
- small fry — child
- little man — the common or ordinary person.
- pawn — to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker: He raised the money by pawning his watch.