It is so easy to be solemn; it is so hard to be frivolous.
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Frivolous
//ˈfɹɪv.ə.ləs//
Synonyms for "frivolous" (202 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (41)
Strong matches (60)
Related words (101)
Adjective(26 words)
nigglingnonsymmetricalnonsystematicnonuniformnugaciousnugatoryorderlessotiosepaltryperipheralpettyplanlessplayfulpromiscuouspuerilerandomrattlebrainedrattleheadedrattlepatedrejoicing
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ridiculousrisiblesaucyscatterbrainedscramblebrainedsenselessshallowshallow-headedshallow-mindedshallow-patedshallow-wittedshapelessshatterbrainedsillyskittishslenderslightsmall-timespasmodicsporadicstragglingstragglystupidsuperficialsystemlessthoughtlesstriflingtritetwo-bittwopennyunarrangedunclassifiedundirectedungradedunimportantunjoinedunmethodicalunorderedunorganizedunprofoundunsortedunsymmetricalunsystematicununiformvacuousvaguevainvapidvolatilewanderingweakwindywitlessworthlessyeasty
Related word relations
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Antonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
8 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
13 entriessimilar
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
91 translations across 32 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- ligsinnig adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ῥᾴθυμος adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
Arabic
1 entries- جهلان adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
Armenian
3 entries- դատարկ adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
- թեթևամիտ adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- չնչին adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- dingiliş adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- yelbeyin adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- yüngül adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
Bulgarian
3 entries- лекомислен adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- несериозен adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- повърхностен adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
Catalan
4 entries- frívol adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- frívol adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
- tonto adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
- trivial adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 輕狂 /轻狂 adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
Dutch
3 entries- frivool adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- lichtzinnig adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- wuft adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
Esperanto
2 entries- facilanima adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- vanta adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
Finnish
4 entries- hölmö adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- idioottimainen adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- jonninjoutava adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
- kevytmielinen adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
French
3 entries- bagatelle adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
- bricole adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
- frivole adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
Galician
1 entries- frívolo adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
Georgian
4 entries- არასერიოზული adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- დაუფიქრებელი adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- უმნიშვნელო adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
- ფუქსავატი adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
German
3 entries- albern adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- flatterhaft adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- leichtfertig adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
Greek
3 entries- ελαφρός adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- ελαφρός adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
- επιπόλαιος adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
Ido
1 entries- frivola adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
Italian
1 entries- frivolo adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
Latin
2 entries- frīvolus adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- frīvolus adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
Latvian
2 entries- vieglprātīgs adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- viegls adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
Macedonian
4 entries- леко́мислен adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- не́важен adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
- незначи́телен adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
- несерио́зен adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
Malay
3 entries- remeh-temeh adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
- sambil lewa adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- semberono adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
Māori
4 entries- aweke adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
- hangahanga adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
- hauarea adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
- ngahangaha adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- frivol adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- frivol adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
Polish
2 entries- bezmyślny adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- błahy adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
Portuguese
2 entries- frívolo adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- frívolo adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
Russian
4 entries- ветреный adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- легкомысленный adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- нева́жный adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
- незначи́тельный adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- faoin adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- faoin adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
Spanish
4 entries- banal adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
- frívolo adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- frívolo adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
- nimio adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
Swedish
1 entries- frivol adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
Turkish
4 entries- boş adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
- havai adj (of little weight or importance; not worth notice)
- hoppa adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
- salak adj (silly; especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Therefore, putting on one side imaginary things concerning a prince, and discussing those which are real, I say that all men when they are spoken of, and chiefly princes for being more highly placed, are remarkable for some of those qualities which bring them either blame or praise; and thus it is that one is reputed liberal, another miserly, using a Tuscan term (because an avaricious person in our language is still he who desires to possess by robbery, whilst we call one miserly who deprives himself too much of the use of his own); one is reputed generous, one rapacious; one cruel, one compassionate; one faithless, another faithful; one effeminate and cowardly, another bold and brave; one affable, another haughty; one lascivious, another chaste; one sincere, another cunning; one hard, another easy; one grave, another frivolous; one religious, another unbelieving, and the like.
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Do you feel that this lawsuit is frivolous?
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Are you frivolous?
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Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.
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