FRIVOLOUSNESS Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

frivolousness

noun

Definition of frivolousness

as in lightness

a lack of seriousness often at an improper time his childish frivolousness at the awards ceremony wasn't appreciated by anyone

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Recent Examples of frivolousness Let effort speak louder than frivolousness. — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for frivolousness

Noun

Gus Birney, Shulman’s real-life daughter, brings an ineffable lightness to Sarah Nell, the joyfulness and sweetness of the portrayal all the more wondrous before of all the darkness that surrounds it.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026
What character does is govern how a person understands and inhabits these qualities with humanity, with justice, with humility, with the appropriate lightness of not confusing oneself for one’s category.

— Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of lightness

Noun

Only in agriculture is the rule to produce as much as possible, this silliness to be redeemed if not by the market then by the government.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Minions & Monsters kept its familiar chaos intact, but its turn toward sentiment may have left behind some of the pure silliness that built its core audience at home.

— David Deal, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of silliness

Noun

Republicans are rubbing their hands in glee at the neocommunist advance in their opposing party.

— Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
To the director’s glee, modern audiences may be more uncomfortable with Erika and Elliot’s lopsided power dynamic than the sight of sweet-faced Hoffman in a pig mask and panties.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

Definition of glee

Noun

Kikuko sometimes mistook Shigejiro’s cheerfulness for egoism owing to the distortions produced by her illness.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Positive qualities—promptness, diligence, cheerfulness—sped up your ascent through the ranks; negative ones—laziness, dissipation, late mornings—slowed it down.

— Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026

Definition of cheerfulness

Noun

There is much fun and frivolity at the Witch and Culture Festival, but the event also acknowledges some distressing real-life history that goes along with being (or being suspected of being) a witch in Connecticut.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026
Photographer Phil Oh captures the drama and frivolity in Paris as designers present their latest couture collections.

— Phil Oh, Vogue, 7 July 2026

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