Synonyms for trivia


Grammar : Noun
Spell : triv-ee-uh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtrɪv i ə


Définition of trivia

Origin :
  • "trivialities, things of little consequence," 1902, popularized as title of a book by L.P. Smith, from Latin trivia, plural of trivium "place where three roads meet," in transferred use, "an open place, a public place" (see trivial). The sense connection is "public," hence "common, commonplace."
  • noun details
Example sentences :
  • Now they draw nigh the groves of Trivia and the roof of gold.
  • Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil
  • A library of trivia, museum of curiosa, sideshow of freaks, and shrine of greatness.
  • Extract from : « The Short Life » by Francis Donovan
  • The best description of London about this time is certainly Gay's "Trivia."
  • Extract from : « London » by Walter Besant
  • Graphic pictures of the manners of coachmen may be found in Gay's Trivia, ii.
  • Extract from : « The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers » by Various
  • We have so much capacity that the trivia expands to fill it.
  • Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow
  • If you have Trivia, and if you have time, will you humor your niece so far as to look at it?
  • Extract from : « Maria Edgeworth » by Helen Zimmern
  • He will go on calling an elevator a lift, and he will never write an American "Trivia."
  • Extract from : « Shandygaff » by Christopher Morley
  • The dangers of the streets at the beginning of the eighteenth century are described in Gay's "Trivia," iii.
  • Extract from : « The Tatler, Volume 3 » by Various
  • This evening my father has been reading out Gay's Trivia, to our great entertainment.
  • Extract from : « Maria Edgeworth » by Helen Zimmern
  • Gay, in his Trivia, describes Milford Lane so faithfully that it might pass for a yesterdays sketch of the same place.
  • Extract from : « Haunted London » by Walter Thornbury

Antonyms for trivia

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