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Definitions for Petty

[1] of little or no importance or consequence: petty grievances.
[2] of lesser or secondary importance, merit, etc.; minor: petty considerations.
[3] having or showing narrow ideas, interests, etc.: petty minds.
[4] mean or ungenerous in small or trifling things: a petty person.
[5] showing or caused by meanness of spirit: a petty revenge.
[6] of secondary rank, especially in relation to others of the same class or kind: petty states; a petty tyrant.
[7] Richard, born 1937, U.S. racing-car driver.
[8] William, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne. William Petty Fitzmaurice Lansdowne.
[9] trivial; trifling; inessential petty details
[10] of a narrow-minded, mean, or small-natured disposition or character petty spite
[11] minor or subordinate in rank petty officialdom
[12] law of lesser importance

Words related to Petty

lesser, narrow-minded, frivolous, minor, little, slight, scratch, shallow, inessential, lower, base, peanut, light, small, subordinate, secondary, junior, inferior, trifling, shoestring

Words nearby Petty

pettish, pettiskirt, pettislip, pettitoes, pettle, petty, petty bourgeois, petty bourgeoisie, petty cash, petty jury, petty larceny

Origin of Petty

1325–75; Middle English peti(t ) small, minor < Old French petit < Gallo-Romance *pittīttus, of expressive orig.

Other words from Petty

pet·ti·ly , adverb
pet·ti·ness , noun

Word origin for Petty

C14: from Old French petit

Synonyms for Petty

frivolous, lesser, minor, narrow-minded, base, inessential, inferior, junior, light, little, lower, peanut, scratch, secondary, shallow, shoestring, slight, small, subordinate, trifling, casual, cheap, contemptible, inconsequent, inconsiderable, irrelevant, measly, negligible, nickel-and-dime, niggling, paltry, penny-ante, pettifogging, picayune, piddling, shabby, small-minded, two-bit, unimportant