THESAURUS
fribble
Beau Brummel, Sunday painter, a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, airy, amateur, asinine, bagatelle, bauble, bean, beau, beguile the time, bibelot, bit, blade, blood, boulevardier, brass farthing, bric-a-brac, burn daylight, button, catchpenny, cent, clotheshorse, consume time, coquet, coxcomb, curio, dabble, dabbler, dallier, dally, dally away, dandy, diddle, diddle away, dilettante, dizzy, doodle, dribble away, drivel away, dude, empty, exquisite, farce, farthing, fashion plate, fatuous, feather, featherbrained, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle-faddle, fidget with, fig, fine gentleman, finger with, fleabite, flighty, flimsy, flirt, folderol, fool, fool around, fool away, fool with, foolish, footle, fop, fribbling, frippery, fritter away, fritter away time, frivol, frivolous, frothy, futile, gallant, gaud, gewgaw, giddy, gimcrack, hair, halfpenny, harebrained, hill of beans, horse around, idle, idle away, inane, jack-a-dandy, jackanapes, jerk off, jest, joke, kickshaw, kid around, kill time, knack, knickknack, knickknackery, lady-killer, light, light-headed, loiter, lose time, macaroni, man-about-town, masher, mess around, minikin, mockery, molehill, monkey, monkey around, muddle away, nugacious, nugatory, otiose, pass the time, peppercorn, picayune, piddle, piddler, pin, pinch of snuff, pinprick, piss away, play, play around, play with, potter, potter away, potterer, puppy, putter, putterer, rap, red cent, row of pins, rush, shallow, shit, silly, slender, slight, smatter, smatterer, snap, sneeshing, sou, spark, sport, straw, superficial, swell, tinker, toy, toy with, trifle, trifle away, trifler, trifling, trinket, trite, trivial, triviality, tuppence, twiddle, two cents, twopence, vacuous, vain, vapid, waste time, while away, whim-wham, windy
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fribble
Unimportance
N
unimportance, insignificance, nothingness, immateriality, triviality, levity, frivolity, paltriness, poverty, smallness, vanity, matter of indifference, no object, nothing, nothing to signify, nothing worth speaking of, nothing particular, nothing to boast of, nothing to speak of, small matter, no great matter, trifling matter, mere joke, mere nothing, hardly anything, scarcely anything, nonentity, small beer, cipher, no great shakes, peu de chose, child's play, kinderspiel, toy, plaything, popgun, paper pellet, gimcrack, gewgaw, bauble, trinket, bagatelle, Rickshaw, knickknack, whim-wham, trifle, trifles light as air, yankee notions, trumpery, trash, rubbish, stuff, fatras, frippery, leather or prunello, chaff, drug, froth bubble smoke, cobweb, weed, refuse, scum, joke, jest, snap of the fingers, fudge, fiddlestick, fiddlestick end, pack of nonsense, mere farce, straw, pin, fig, button, rush, bulrush, feather, halfpenny, farthing, brass farthing, doit, peppercorn, jot, rap, pinch of snuff, old son, cent, mill, picayune, pistareen, red cent, minutiae, details, minor details, small fry, dust in the balance, feather in the scale, drop in the ocean, flea-bite, molehill, nine days' wonder, ridiculus mus, flash in the pan, much ado about nothing, unimportant, of little account, of small account, of no account, of little importance, of no importance, immaterial, unessential, nonessential, indifferent, subordinate, mediocre, passable, fair, respectable, tolerable, commonplace, uneventful, mere, common, ordinary, inconsiderable, so-so, insignificant, inappreciable, trifling, trivial, slight, slender, light, flimsy, frothy, idle, puerile, airy, shallow, weak, powerless, frivolous, petty, niggling, piddling, peddling,
fribble, inane, ridiculous, farcical, finical, finikin, fiddle-faddle, fingle-fangle, namby-pamby, wishy-washy, milk and water, poor, paltry, pitiful, contemptible, sorry, mean, meager, shabby, miserable, wretched, vile, scrubby, scrannel, weedy, niggardly, scurvy, putid, beggarly, worthless, twopennyhalfpenny, cheap, trashy, catchpenny, gimcrack, trumpery, one- horse, not worth the pains, not worth while, not worth mentioning, not worth speaking of, not worth a thought, not worth a curse, not worth a straw, beneath notice, unworthy of notice, beneath regard, unworthy of regard, beneath consideration, unworthy of consideration, de lana caprina, vain, slightly, rather, somewhat, pretty well, tolerably, for aught one cares, Int, no matter!, pish!, tush!, tut!, pshaw!, pugh!, pooh, pooh-pooh!, fudge!, bosh!, humbug!, fiddlestick, fiddlestick end!, fiddlededee!, never mind!, n'importe!, what signifies it, what boots it, what of it, what of that, what matter, what's the odds, a fig for', stuff!, nonsense!, stuff and nonsense, magno conatu magnas nugas, le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle, it matters not, it does not signify, it is of no consequence, it is of no importance, elephantus non capit murem, tempete dans un verre d'eau.
Fop
N
fop, fine gentleman, swell, dandy, dandiprat, exquisite, coxcomb, beau, macaroni, blade, blood, buck, man about town, fast man,
fribble, milliner, Jemmy Jessamy, carpet knight, masher, dude, fine lady, coquette, flirt, vamp.
Neglect
VB
be negligent, take no care of &c (take care of), neglect, let slip, let go, lay aside, set aside, cst aside, put aside, keep out of sight, put out of sight, lose sight of, overlook, disregard, pass over, pas by, let pass, blink, wink at, connive at, gloss over, take no note of, take no thought of, take no account of, take no notice of, pay no regard to, laisser aller, scamp, trifle,
fribble, do by halves, cut, slight, play with, trifle with, slur, skim, skim the surface, effleurer, take a cursory view of, slur over, skip over, jump over, slip over, pretermit, miss, skip, jump, omit, give the go-by to, push aside, pigeonhole, shelve, sink, table, ignore, shut one's eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a deaf ear to, leave out of one's calculation, not attend to, not mind, not trouble oneself about, not trouble one's head about, not trouble oneself with, forget, be caught napping, leave a loose thread, let the grass grow under one's feet, render neglectful, put off one's guard, throw off one's guard, distract, divert.
