Synonyms of the word frivolous


FRIVOLOUSAIRHEADED - DIZZY - EMPTY-HEADED - FEATHERBRAINED - FLIGHTY - FLIPPANT - FLYAWAY - GIDDY - IDLE - LIGHT - LIGHT-HEADED - LIGHT-MINDED - LIGHTHEADED - SCATTERBRAINED - SILLY - SUPERFICIAL - TRIVIAL

frivolous

  • adj. Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner.
  • adj. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight.
  • adj. (law) In litigation, a lawsuit filed by a party who is aware the claim is without merit and has no reasonable…

airheaded

  • adj. silly, foolish.
  • adj. unintelligent.

dizzy

  • adj. Having a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; giddy; feeling unbalanced or lightheaded.
  • adj. Producing giddiness.
  • adj. Empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous.
  • v. (transitive) To make dizzy, to bewilder.

empty-headed

  • adj. silly and lacking sense or discretion; featherbrained or scatterbrained.

featherbrained

  • adj. Alternative spelling of feather-brained.

flighty

  • adj. (obsolete) swift.
  • adj. Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
  • adj. (of a bird) that flies easily, or a lot.

flippant

  • adj. (archaic) glib; speaking with ease and rapidity.
  • adj. (chiefly dialectal) nimble; limber.
  • adj. Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.

flyaway

  • adj. Disposed to fly away; unrestrained; light and free.
  • adj. Flighty; frivolous.
  • adj. (of hair) Soft, light, unruly, and difficult to set into a style.
  • n. A stray hair of this kind.
  • n. A flyaway person or thing.

giddy

  • adj. Dizzy, feeling dizzy or unsteady and as if about to fall down.
  • adj. Causing dizziness: causing dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.
  • adj. Lightheartedly silly, or joyfully elated.
  • adj. (archaic) Frivolous, impulsive, inconsistent, changeable.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To make dizzy or unsteady.
  • v. To reel; to whirl.

idle

  • adj. (obsolete) Empty, vacant.
  • adj. Not being use appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.
  • adj. Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing.
  • adj. Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
  • adj. Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
  • adj. (obsolete) Light-headed; foolish.
  • v. (transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
  • v. (intransitive) To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
  • v. (intransitive) Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.

light

  • n. (physics, uncountable) Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation…
  • n. A source of illumination.
  • n. Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
  • n. (in the plural, now rare) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
  • n. A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
  • n. (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those…
  • n. A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
  • n. A flame or something used to create fire.
  • n. A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
  • n. A window, or space for a window in architecture.
  • n. The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
  • n. (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
  • n. Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
  • n. The power of perception by vision.
  • n. The brightness of the eye or eyes.
  • n. A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler…
  • v. (transitive) To start (a fire).
  • v. (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning; to kindle.
  • v. (transitive) To illuminate.
  • v. (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
  • v. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
  • adj. Having light.
  • adj. Pale in colour.
  • adj. (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
  • adj. Of low weight; not heavy.
  • adj. Lightly-built; designed for speed or small loads.
  • adj. Gentle; having little force or momentum.
  • adj. Easy to endure or perform.
  • adj. Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • adj. Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
  • adj. (rail transport, of a locomotive, usually with "run") travelling with no carriages, wagons attached.
  • adj. (obsolete) Unchaste, wanton.
  • adj. Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
  • adj. Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
  • adj. (dated) Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
  • adj. Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
  • adj. Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
  • adj. Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished.
  • adj. Easily interrupted by stimulation.
  • adv. Carrying little.
  • n. (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
  • v. (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter.
  • v. To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
  • v. To find by chance.
  • v. To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice.
  • v. (archaic) To alight; to land or come down.

light-headed

  • adj. Alternative spelling of lightheaded.

light-minded

  • adj. Not given to heavy thoughts or thinking, frivolous, not serious.

lightheaded

  • adj. Dizzy or feeling faint, usually caused by a drop in blood pressure to the brain.

scatterbrained

  • adj. Having the qualities of a scatterbrain: absent-minded, forgetful, easily distracted.

silly

  • adj. Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
  • adj. (chiefly Scotland, obsolete) Blessed, particularly.
  • adj. (now chiefly Scotland and Northern England, rare) Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly.
  • adj. (now rural Britain, rare) Simple, plain, particularly.
  • adj. Mentally simple, foolish, particularly.
  • adj. (cricket, of a fielding position) Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.
  • adv. (now regional or colloquial) Sillily: in a silly manner.
  • n. (with 'the') The class of silly people collectively.
  • n. (colloquial) A silly person.
  • n. (affectionate, gently pejorative) A term of address.
  • n. (colloquial) A mistake.

superficial

  • adj. Shallow, lacking substance.
  • adj. At face value.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the surface.
  • adj. Being near the surface.
  • adj. (rare) Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface.
  • n. (chiefly in plural) A surface detail.

trivial

  • adj. Ignorable; of little significance or value.
  • adj. Commonplace, ordinary.
  • adj. Concerned with or involving trivia.
  • adj. (taxonomy) Relating to or designating the name of a species; specific as opposed to generic.
  • adj. (mathematics) Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case.
  • adj. (mathematics) Self-evident.
  • adj. Pertaining to the trivium.
  • adj. (philosophy) Indistinguishable in case of truth or falsity.
  • n. (obsolete) Any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.

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