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Definition of frivolity : The condition or quality of being frivolous; also, acts or habits of trifling; unbecoming levity of disposition.

Synonyms:

folly, triviality, silliness, fluff, flippancy, funniness, buffoonery, joke, japery, important, giddiness, flummery, comedy, frippery, nonsense, small change, lightness, clowning, antic, puerility, bar billiards, harlequinade, frivolousness, prank, fiddle-faddle, trifling, froth, put-on, surface, small potatoes, drollery, trick, bagatelle, trifle, caper

hilarity, pastime, sport, recreation, tonic, game, divertissement, levity, relaxation, amusement, stimulation, humor, merriment, hobby, distraction, play, entertainment, refreshment, jolliness, fun, jocularity, whimsicality, diversion, celebration, pleasure

insipidity, triflingness, banality, unimportance, minutia, insignificance, inconsequence, trivia, irrelevance, triteness

Usage examples:

• And here, under the influence of the unaccustomed wine, he became a prey to frivolity, seated himself in the rocking- chair, and tickled the snarling monkey. - "The Song of Songs", Hermann Sudermann.
• 129. Dark- veiled Cotytto was a Thracian goddess, whose worship was connected with licentious frivolity. - "Minor Poems by Milton", John Milton.
• From the depths of tenderness she passed to the shallows of frivolity. - "The Black Robe", Wilkie Collins.