| ADJECTIVE | all | frivolous | not serious in content or attitude or behavior |
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| Sounds | frih'vahlahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | not serious in content or attitude or behavior. | |
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| Attribute of | seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity | The trait of being serious |
| Narrower | airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly | lacking seriousness |
| flighty, flyaway, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained | Guided by whim and fancy | |
| flippant, light-minded | showing inappropriate / inappropriate levity | |
| idle, light | Silly or trivial | |
| light | Intended primarily as entertainment | |
| trivial | concerned with trivialities | |
| See also | superficial | Concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious |
| Opposite | serious | concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities |
| Spanish | frívolo | |
| Catalan | frívol, trivial | |
| Nouns | frivolity | acting like a clown or buffoon |
| frivolity, frivolousness | the trait of being frivolous | |
| Adverbs | frivolously | in a frivolous manner |
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