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trifle
Overview of noun trifle
The noun trifle has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. trifle -- (sponge cake spread with jam and soaked in wine; served with a custard sauce)
2. technicality, trifle, triviality -- (a detail that is considered insignificant)
3. triviality, trivia, trifle, small beer -- (something of small importance)
Overview of verb trifle
The verb trifle has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle -- (waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently)
2. frivol, trifle -- (act frivolously)
3. dally, trifle, play -- (consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun trifle
3 senses of trifle
Sense 1
trifle
=> dessert, sweet, afters
=> course
=> nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals
=> food, nutrient
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
technicality, trifle, triviality
=> detail, item, point
=> fact
=> information
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
triviality, trivia, trifle, small beer
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun trifle
2 of 3 senses of trifle
Sense 1
trifle
=> tipsy cake
Sense 3
triviality, trivia, trifle, small beer
=> bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolity
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun trifle
3 senses of trifle
Sense 1
trifle
=> dessert, sweet, afters
Sense 2
technicality, trifle, triviality
=> detail, item, point
Sense 3
triviality, trivia, trifle, small beer
=> object, physical object
Antonyms of noun trifle
Member Holonyms of noun trifle
Substance Holonyms of noun trifle
Part Holonyms of noun trifle
Member Meronyms of noun trifle
Substance Meronyms of noun trifle
Part Meronyms of noun trifle
Meronyms of noun trifle
Holonyms of noun trifle
Attributes of noun trifle
Derived Forms of noun trifle
Domain of noun trifle
Domain Terms of noun trifle
Familiarity of noun trifle
trifle used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun trifle
3 senses of trifle
Sense 1
trifle
> dessert, sweet, afters
=> ambrosia
=> baked Alaska
=> blancmange
=> charlotte
=> compote, fruit compote
=> dumpling
=> flan
=> frozen dessert
=> junket
=> mousse
=> peach melba
=> whip
=> pudding
=> syllabub, sillabub
=> tiramisu
=> trifle
=> zabaglione, sabayon
Sense 2
technicality, trifle, triviality
> detail, item, point
=> minutia
=> nook and cranny, nooks and crannies
=> respect, regard
=> sticking point
=> technicality, trifle, triviality
Sense 3
triviality, trivia, trifle, small beer
> object, physical object
=> whole, unit
=> living thing, animate thing
=> location
=> charm, good luck charm
=> curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity
=> draw, lot
=> film
=> hoodoo
=> je ne sais quoi
=> keepsake, souvenir, token, relic
=> makeweight, filler
=> part, portion
=> property, prop
=> snake
=> stuff
=> triviality, trivia, trifle, small beer
=> paring
=> catch
=> commemorative
=> discard
=> finding
=> floater
=> fomite, vehicle
=> geological formation, formation
=> growth
=> head
=> ice
=> land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma
=> land, ground, soil
=> moon
=> neighbor, neighbour
=> remains
=> ribbon, thread
=> shiner
=> vagabond
=> wall
=> web
Meronyms of noun trifle
3 senses of trifle
Sense 1
trifle
=> dessert, sweet, afters
=> course
=> nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals
=> food, nutrient
HAS PART: food, solid food
Holonyms of noun trifle
Grep of noun trifle
trifle
trifler
Antonyms of verb trifle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb trifle
3 senses of trifle
Sense 1
piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle
=> spend, pass
Sense 2
frivol, trifle
=> act, behave, do
Sense 3
dally, trifle, play
=> consider, take, deal, look at
=> think about
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb trifle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb trifle
3 senses of trifle
Sense 1
piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle
=> spend, pass
Sense 2
frivol, trifle
=> act, behave, do
Sense 3
dally, trifle, play
=> consider, take, deal, look at
'Cause To' of verb trifle
Derived Forms of verb trifle
2 of 3 senses of trifle
Sense 1
piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle
RELATED TO>(noun) trifling#1
=> dalliance, dawdling, trifling
Sense 2
frivol, trifle
RELATED TO>(noun) trifler#1
=> trifler
Domain of verb trifle
Domain Terms of verb trifle
Familiarity of verb trifle
trifle used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb trifle
3 senses of trifle
Sense 1
piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 2
frivol, trifle
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 3
dally, trifle, play
EX: Sam wants to trifle with Sue
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb trifle
3 senses of trifle
Sense 1
piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle
> spend, pass
=> soldier
=> lead
=> sunday
=> christmas
=> put in
=> weekend
=> piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle
=> misspend
=> vacation, holiday
=> serve, do
=> while away, get through
=> sojourn
=> winter, overwinter
=> summer
Sense 2
frivol, trifle
> act, behave, do
=> act involuntarily, act reflexively
=> fall over backwards, bend over backwards
=> presume
=> vulgarize, vulgarise
=> optimize, optimise
=> quack
=> menace
=> make
=> swagger, bluster, swash
=> freeze
=> wanton
=> romanticize
=> sentimentalise, sentimentalize, sentimentize, sentimentise
=> bungle
=> play, toy
=> act, play, act as
=> stooge
=> joke, jest
=> piffle
=> make
=> make as if
=> break down, lose it, snap
=> dally, dawdle
=> backslap
=> hugger mugger
=> sauce
=> footle
=> frivol, trifle
=> swell, puff up
=> follow
=> relax, loosen up
=> ramp, rage, storm
Sense 3
dally, trifle, play
> consider, take, deal, look at
=> contemplate
=> dally, trifle, play
=> abstract
=> warm to
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb trifle
Sense 1
piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle
=> spend, pass
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Sense 2
frivol, trifle
=> act, behave, do
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Sense 3
dally, trifle, play
=> consider, take, deal, look at
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Grep of verb trifle
trifle
trifle away
Grep of adv trifle
a trifle
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