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Synonyms for frivolous
ˈfrɪv ə ləs
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Princeton's WordNet
frivolous(adj)
not serious in content or attitude or behavior
"a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman"
Antonyms:
sincere, real, thoughtful, serious-minded, overserious, solemn, solid, earnest, serious, sober, sobering, sedate, grave
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frivolous(a)
Synonyms:
trivial, trifling, petty, puerile, insignificant
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List of paraphrases for "frivolous":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#8155 | silly | |
#12556 | trivial | |
#13331 | petty | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#21679 | reckless | |
#26975 | futile | |
#30439 | frivolous | |
#44241 | fanciful | |
#69037 | trifling |
How to use frivolous in a sentence?
Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement and when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. In the first stage of life the mind is frivolous and easily distracted, it misses progress by failing in consecutiveness and persistence. This is the condition of children and barbarians, in which instinct has learned nothing from experience.
But if Donald Trump files the lawsuit that he threatens, that lawsuit will be frivolous.
Felarca filed a frivolous restraining order that restricted Worden’s First and Second Amendment rights and made it difficult for him to move around the campus to attend classes.
It is very clear that planning for climate change is not some frivolous waste of time or waste of money, it is essential to our troops and to their wellbeing and to the national security of our country.
It is no small mischief to a boy, that many of the best years of his life should be devoted to the learning of what can never be of any real use to any human being. His mind is necessarily rendered frivolous and superficial by the long habit of attaching importance to words instead of things; to sound instead of sense.
Translations for frivolous
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- تافهArabic
- повърхностен, лекомислен, несериозенBulgarian
- tonto, trivial, frívolCatalan, Valencian
- frivolGerman
- επιπόλαιοςGreek
- vantaEsperanto
- menudencia, frívolo, tonteria, grano de anís, moco de pavoSpanish
- naurettava, kevytmielinen, jonninjoutava, typerä, idioottimainen, hölmö, mitätönFinnish
- frivole, bagatelle, bricoleFrench
- faoinScottish Gaelic
- तुच्छHindi
- դատարկ, թեթևամիտ, չնչինArmenian
- frivoloItalian
- 軽薄なJapanese
- 경박 한Korean
- viegls, vieglprātīgsLatvian
- aweke, ngahangaha, ngākau pāpaku, hangahangaMāori
- wuft, onbezonnen, frivool, lichtzinnigDutch
- frivolNorwegian
- bezmyślny, frywolnyPolish
- frívoloPortuguese
- легкомысленный, ветреный, незначительный, неважный, несерьезный, поверхностный, пустяковыйRussian
- frivolSwedish
- పనికిమాలినTelugu
- hafifmeşrep, havaî, boş, hoppa, önemsizTurkish
- بے شکUrdu
- 轻浮Chinese
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