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frivolities

NOUN

silliness, childishness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

levity

STRONG

flightiness flippancy flirting flummery folly frippery frivolousness fun gaiety game giddiness jest lightheartedness lightness nonsense play puerility shallowness sport superficiality toying trifling triviality volatility whimsicality whimsy

WEAK

coquetting dallying fribble

Antonyms

STRONG

sadness seriousness understanding work

WEAK

sensibility wiseness

Example Sentences

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Every moment he spends on such frivolities is a missed opportunity to advance his cause.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

The navy did not want its midshipmen wasting their time on such frivolities.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

Yet it’s often the case — now as then — that expressions of personal style among serious people are deemed frivolities.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2023

Right even though much of that money is unrecoverable, having been blown on frivolities such as ludicrous cars and luxury travel.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2022

I had contemplated inviting lots of friends down to stay with me, and indulging in all the Yule-tide frivolities and entertainments of the neighbourhood—dances, etc.; but my heart has reproached me too strongly.

From Niece Catherine by Hampden, Mary