Synonyms for trifler

Grammar : Noun

Spell : trahy-fuhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtraɪ fəl

Top 10 synonyms for trifler

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Définition of trifler

Origin : early 13c., trufle "false or idle tale," later "matter of little importance" (late 13c.), from Old French trufle "mockery," diminutive of truffe "deception," of uncertain origin.

As in dabbler : noun amateur
As in dilettante : noun amateur
As in flirt : noun person who makes advances

Example sentences :

He cannot afford to be a trifler or a loiterer on the way, but must push on continually.
Extract from : « A Book for All Readers » by Ainsworth Rand Spofford

As long as you are no trifler you will be welcome at my wagon.
Extract from : « Desert Dust » by Edwin L. Sabin

What was to be done in Ireland was not work for a trifler or a dupe.
Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay

Last night, and most of the time to-day, you were the trifler, the incorrigible jester.
Extract from : « A Pessimist » by Robert Timsol

“I know at least four sorts of kisses,” reflected the Mexican trifler.
Extract from : « Red Men and White » by Owen Wister

He is a moth singed, that is all—the trifler with women thought he was a wasp.
Extract from : « The Gilded Age, Complete » by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner

Oh, Mr. Westrip, I wish you'd try to find the last number of the Trifler.
Extract from : « The Big Drum » by Arthur Pinero

And now—— The mate of the eagle was a trifler with peacocks and vultures.
Extract from : « The Kingdom Round the Corner » by Coningsby Dawson

I'm a trifler, a dilettante, and an amateur of the right and the good as I used to be when I was young.
Extract from : « The March Family Trilogy, Complete » by William Dean Howells

But Percy was not entirely a trifler, as a few weeks after proved.
Extract from : « The Blue and The Gray » by A. R. White

Antonyms for trifler

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