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petty
Overview of noun petty
The noun petty has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. petit larceny, petty larceny, petty -- (larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale))
Overview of adj petty
The adj petty has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. junior-grade, inferior, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary, subaltern, subordinate -- (inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary")
2. fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial -- ((informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction")
3. petty, small-minded -- (contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun petty
1 sense of petty
Sense 1
petit larceny, petty larceny, petty
=> larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
=> felony
=> crime, law-breaking
=> transgression, evildoing
=> wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun petty
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun petty
1 sense of petty
Sense 1
petit larceny, petty larceny, petty
=> larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
Antonyms of noun petty
Member Holonyms of noun petty
Substance Holonyms of noun petty
Part Holonyms of noun petty
Member Meronyms of noun petty
Substance Meronyms of noun petty
Part Meronyms of noun petty
Meronyms of noun petty
Holonyms of noun petty
Attributes of noun petty
Derived Forms of noun petty
Domain of noun petty
Domain Terms of noun petty
Familiarity of noun petty
petty used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun petty
1 sense of petty
Sense 1
petit larceny, petty larceny, petty
> larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
=> breach of trust with fraudulent intent
=> embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation
=> pilferage
=> shoplifting, shrinkage
=> robbery
=> biopiracy
=> grand larceny, grand theft
=> petit larceny, petty larceny, petty
=> skimming
=> rustling
Meronyms of noun petty
1 sense of petty
Holonyms of noun petty
Grep of noun petty
chief petty officer
petty
petty apartheid
petty bourgeoisie
petty cash
petty criticism
petty juror
petty jury
petty larceny
petty morel
petty officer
petty spurge
petty whin
Antonyms of adj petty
3 senses of petty
Sense 1
junior-grade, inferior, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(prenominal), secondary, subaltern, subordinate
INDIRECT (VIA junior) -> senior
Sense 2
fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial
INDIRECT (VIA unimportant) -> important, of import
Sense 3
petty, small-minded
INDIRECT (VIA narrow-minded) -> broad-minded
Similarity of adj petty
3 senses of petty
Sense 1
junior-grade, inferior, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(prenominal), secondary, subaltern, subordinate
=> junior (vs. senior)
Sense 2
fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial
=> unimportant (vs. important)
Sense 3
petty, small-minded
=> narrow-minded (vs. broad-minded), narrow
Pertainyms of adj petty
Attributes of adj petty
Domain of adj petty
1 of 3 senses of petty
Sense 2
fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial
USAGE>(noun) colloquialism#1
Domain Terms of adj petty
Familiarity of adj petty
petty used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Grep of adj petty
petty
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