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Frivolous

Frivolous Meaning & Definition
Frivolous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Frivolous?

[adj] not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Frivolous: airheaded | dizzy | empty-headed | featherbrained | flighty | flippant | flyaway | giddy | idle | light | lightheaded | light-headed | light-minded | silly | trivial

Related Terms | Find terms related to Frivolous: aimless | airy | amorphous | asinine | birdbrained | birdwitted | brainless | buxom | capricious | casual | catchpenny | childish | desultory | disarticulated | discontinuous | disjunct | disordered | dispersed | disproportionate | dizzy | empty | empty-headed | erratic | fatuous | featherbrained | featherheaded | fitful | flighty | flimsy | flip | flippant | fluffy | fluttery | foolish | formless | fribble | fribbling | frothy | futile | gaga | giddy | giddy-brained | giddy-headed | giddy-pated | giddy-witted | gleeful | gratuitous | haphazard | harebrain | harebrained | hilarious | hit-or-miss | idle | immethodical | inane | inchoate | incoherent | inconsequential | indiscriminate | insignificant | irregular | irresponsible | jocular | jocund | jolly | jovial | joyful | joyous | laughter-loving | light | meaningless | merry | minor | mirthful | mirth-loving | misshapen | niggling | nonsymmetrical | nonsystematic | nonuniform | nugacious | nugatory | orderless | otiose | paltry | peripheral | petty | planless | playful | promiscuous | puerile | random | rattlebrained | rattleheaded | rattlepated | rejoicing | risible | scatterbrained | scramblebrained | senseless | shallow | shallow-headed | shallow-minded | shallow-pated | shallow-witted | shapeless | shatterbrained | silly | slender | slight | small-time | spasmodic | sporadic | straggling | straggly | superficial | systemless | thoughtless | trifling | trite | trivial | two-bit | twopenny | unarranged | unclassified | undirected | ungraded | unimportant | unjoined | unmethodical | unordered | unorganized | unprofound | unsorted | unsymmetrical | unsystematic | ununiform | vacuous | vague | vain | vapid | volatile | wandering | windy | witless | worthless

See Also | superficial

Frivolous In Webster's Dictionary

\Friv"o*lous\, a. [L. frivolus; prob. akin to friare to rub, crumble, E. friable: cf. F. frivole.] 1. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument. --Swift. 2. Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters. His personal tastes were low and frivolous. --Macaulay. Syn: Trifling; trivial; slight; petty; worthless. -- {Friv"o*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Friv"o*lous*ness}, n.

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