'Frivolous' definitions:
Definition of 'frivolous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman" [ant: serious]
Definition of 'Frivolous'
From: GCIDE
- Frivolous \Friv"o*lous\, a. [L. frivolus; prob. akin to friare to rub, crumble, E. friable: cf. F. frivole.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters. [1913 Webster]
- His personal tastes were low and frivolous. --Macaulay.
- Syn: Trifling; trivial; slight; petty; worthless. -- {Friv"o*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Friv"o*lous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'frivolous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aimless,
- airy,
- amorphous,
- asinine,
- birdbrained,
- birdwitted,
- brainless,
- buxom,
- capricious,
- casual,
- catchpenny,
- childish,
- desultory,
- disarticulated,
- discontinuous,
- disjunct,
- disordered,
- dispersed,
- disproportionate,
- dizzy,
- empty,
- empty-headed,
- erratic,
- fatuous,
- featherbrained,
- featherheaded,
- fitful,
- flighty,
- flimsy,
- flip,
- flippant,
- fluffy,
- fluttery,
- foolish,
- formless,
- fribble,
- fribbling,
- frothy,
- futile,
- gaga,
- giddy,
- giddy-brained,
- giddy-headed,
- giddy-pated,
- giddy-witted,
- gleeful,
- gratuitous,
- haphazard,
- harebrain,
- harebrained,
- hilarious,
- hit-or-miss,
- idle,
- immethodical,
- inane,
- inchoate,
- incoherent,
- inconsequential,
- indiscriminate,
- insignificant,
- irregular,
- irresponsible,
- jocular,
- jocund,
- jolly,
- jovial,
- joyful,
- joyous,
- laughter-loving,
- light,
- meaningless,
- merry,
- minor,
- mirth-loving,
- mirthful,
- misshapen,
- niggling,
- nonsymmetrical,
- nonsystematic,
- nonuniform,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- orderless,
- otiose,
- paltry,
- peripheral,
- petty,
- planless,
- playful,
- promiscuous,
- puerile,
- random,
- rattlebrained,
- rattleheaded,
- rattlepated,
- rejoicing,
- risible,
- scatterbrained,
- scramblebrained,
- senseless,
- shallow,
- shallow-headed,
- shallow-minded,
- shallow-pated,
- shallow-witted,
- shapeless,
- shatterbrained,
- silly,
- slender,
- slight,
- small-time,
- spasmodic,
- sporadic,
- straggling,
- straggly,
- superficial,
- systemless,
- thoughtless,
- trifling,
- trite,
- trivial,
- two-bit,
- twopenny,
- unarranged,
- unclassified,
- undirected,
- ungraded,
- unimportant,
- unjoined,
- unmethodical,
- unordered,
- unorganized,
- unprofound,
- unsorted,
- unsymmetrical,
- unsystematic,
- ununiform,
- vacuous,
- vague,
- vain,
- vapid,
- volatile,
- wandering,
- windy,
- witless,
- worthless