Synonyms for frivolous
ˈfrɪv ə ləsfriv·o·lous

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1. frivolous

   Synonyms:
   trifling, silly, trivial, petty, worthless

   Antonyms:
   serious, earnest, important, grave

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1. frivolousadjective

   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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1. frivolousadjective

   Synonyms:
   trifling, trivial, worthless, petty, flimsy, idle, puerile, childish, trashy, foolish

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1. frivolousadjective

   Synonyms:
   trivial, trifling, petty, puerile, insignificant

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1. List of paraphrases for "frivolous":

   futile, trivial, ill-founded, fanciful, reckless

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1. Jonathan Rosen:

   We are already hard at work delivering on those commitments and won't be sidetracked by frivolous litigation.

2. National Action Network:

   Comcast has engaged in good faith negotiations with this programmer for many years. It is disappointing that they have decided to file a frivolous lawsuit. We will defend vigorously against the scurrilous allegations in this complaint and fully expect that the court will dismiss them.

3. William Cobbett:

   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.

4. Jack Holland:

   Gossip is always a personal confession of malice or imbecility; it is a low, frivolous, and too often a dirty business. There are neighborhoods where it rages like a pest; churches are split in pieces by it, and neighbor made enemies for life. Let the young avoid or cure it while they may.

5. Adam Muhlendorf:

   This is yet another frivolous complaint. Highway 31 has closed its books.