frivolity

1 the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible [syn: frivolousness] [ant: seriousness]

2 something of little value or significance [syn: bagatelle, fluff, frippery]

3 acting like a clown or buffoon [syn: buffoonery, clowning, harlequinade, prank]

English

Noun

1. frivolous act
2. state of being frivolous

Related terms

• frivolous

amusement, asininity, battiness, big deal, brainlessness, buffoonery, clownishness, crackpottedness, crankiness, craziness, daffiness, dallying, desipience, eccentricity, emptiness, fatuity, fatuousness, flightiness, flimsiness, flippancy, flirting, folly, foolery, foolheadedness, foolishness, frivolousness, fun, futility, game, giddiness, glee, gleefulness, goofiness, high glee, hilariousness, hilarity, idiocy, idleness, imbecility, inanity, ineptitude, insanity, jest, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, laughter, levity, lightness, lunacy, madness, merriment, merriness, mindlessness, mirth, mirthfulness, niaiserie, nugacity, nuttiness, play, playfulness, prankishness, pranksomeness, queerness, roguishness, sappiness, screwiness, senselessness, shallowness, silliness, slenderness, slightness, sport, sportiveness, stupidity, superficiality, thoughtlessness, toying, trickery, trickiness, trifling, triflingness, triteness, triviality, trivialness, vacuity, vanity, vapidity, volatility, wackiness, waggery, waggishness, weirdness, witlessness, zaniness, zanyism