frivolousness

Questions about frivolousness

What does frivolousness mean?

frivolousness means "the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible".

How many syllables are in frivolousness?

frivolousness has 4 syllables and divides as fri-vo-lou-sness under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for frivolousness?

Close synonyms include frivolity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is frivolousness a common word?

frivolousness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.