100 Best Synonyms for “Marginal”

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. accessory additional and less important
2. ancillary providing minor support
3. attenuated reduced in force or amount
4. auxiliary giving extra, minor support
5. background not central; behind main action
6. bare only just enough
7. barely adequate just enough; not comfortable
8. barely there hardly noticeable or present
9. bit-part very small, minor role
10. bordering on none almost none at all
11. borderline barely within a limit
12. bottom-tier at the lowest level
13. circumscribed limited within bounds
14. close-run barely achieved or avoided
15. confined kept within narrow limits
16. constrained restricted or limited
17. cutback reduced amount or level
18. de minimis too trivial to matter
19. deficient lacking enough of something
20. diminished made smaller or weaker
21. dispensable able to be done without
22. edge at the boundary or limit
23. faint barely perceptible or slight
24. forgettable easily overlooked; minor
25. fractional forming a small fraction
26. fringe at the outer edge
27. hairline extremely slight or narrow
28. hardly any almost none
29. inadequate not enough or not good
30. incidental minor and not essential
31. inessential not absolutely necessary
32. inferior lower in quality or rank
33. infinitesimal immeasurably small
34. insignificant too small to be important
35. insufficient not enough; inadequate
36. just passable barely acceptable or adequate
37. knife-edge at a very narrow margin
38. lean containing little excess
39. lesser smaller or less important
40. limited restricted in extent or scope
41. low-level minor in rank or intensity
42. lower-tier in a less important level
43. lowest smallest in rank or level
44. lowly low in status or rank
45. meager small and inadequate
46. microscopic extremely small or slight
47. middling moderate and not impressive
48. minimal very small in amount
49. minor small in importance or effect
50. minuscule very tiny or slight
51. minute extremely small in size
52. modest limited and not large
53. narrow limited in range or scope
54. near-zero almost zero in amount
55. negligible too small to matter much
56. next to nothing almost nothing
57. next-to-none almost nonexistent
58. nonessential not necessary or central
59. on the fringe at the outer edge
60. outlying far from the center
61. paltry small and unimpressive
62. partial not complete or full
63. passing brief and minor
64. peripheral on the edge; not central
65. petty small and unimportant
66. piddling trivially small
67. precarious uncertain and barely secure
68. puny very small and weak
69. razor-thin extremely narrow or slight
70. reduced made smaller or less
71. remnant small remaining part
72. remote far removed; not central
73. residual remaining as a small part
74. restricted limited in range or amount
75. rudimentary basic and limited
76. scant barely sufficient; sparse
77. second-tier below the top level
78. secondary less important; not primary
79. slight small or barely noticeable
80. small limited in size or degree
81. subordinate lower in rank or importance
82. subsidiary secondary and supporting
83. supplementary added as a minor extra
84. tangential only slightly related
85. tenuous very weak or slight
86. thin not substantial or strong
87. threadbare thin, worn, or meager
88. touch-and-go uncertain and barely safe
89. trace a very small amount
90. trivial of little importance
91. underdeveloped not fully developed
92. unimportant not important or significant
93. unremarkable not notable or significant
94. vanishing almost disappearing; tiny
95. vestigial remaining as a small trace
96. virtually nil almost zero
97. wafer-thin extremely thin or slight
98. walk-on very minor role or part
99. wanting lacking or deficient
100. weak lacking strength or force