/ Thesaurus / M Synonyms of mess of pottage Find synonyms for: Noun1. mess of pottage, value, economic valueusage: anything of trivial value; "Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: mongrel Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language