SMALL BEER Synonyms

• devoid of importance, meaning, or force

• signifying nothing

• of little importance or influence or power; of minor status

• small and unimpressive

• less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

• being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension

• used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency

• British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)

• an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation

• a low level or position or degree

• the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

• in a low position; near the ground

• very low in volume

• unrefined in character

• of the most contemptible kind

• low or inferior in station or quality

• no longer sufficient

• subdued or brought low in condition or status

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• make a low noise, characteristic of bovines

• low or inferior in station or quality

• inferior in rank or status

• used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

• of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

• deficient in amount or quality or extent

• of lesser importance or stature or rank

• lesser in scope or effect

• inferior in number or size or amount

• (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees

• not of legal age

• of lesser seriousness or danger

• of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization

• a young person of either sex

• of the younger of two boys with the same family name

• warranting only temporal punishment

• relatively moderate, limited, or small

• have as one's secondary field of study

• so small as to be meaningless; insignificant

• not worth considering

• not worth considering

• contemptibly small in amount

• larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)

• inferior in rank or status

• (informal) small and of little importance

• contemptibly narrow in outlook

• (informal) small and of little importance

• lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center

• not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply

• a stretch of shallow water

• lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious

• make shallow

• become shallow

• the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working

• not worth considering

• (informal) small and of little importance

• of little substance or significance

• concerned with trivialities

• not important

• devoid of importance, meaning, or force

• a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate

• a detail that is considered insignificant

• something of small importance

• waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently

• act frivolously

• consider not very seriously

• something of small importance

• the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous

• a detail that is considered insignificant

• something of small importance