Synonyms for flightiness
All synonyms
Noun
1. Eccentricity
eccentricity, whimsy, arbitrariness, capriciousness, whimsicality
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality of being flighty.
Forms
- Plural
- flightinesses → eccentricities, whimsies, arbitrarinesses, whimsicalities…
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Flightiness is volatility carried to an extreme which often betrays its subject into gross impropriety or weakness. Levity of deportment, of conduct, of remark; volatility of temper, of spirits; flightiness of mind or disposition.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- eccentricity Not all eccentricity is mental illness.
- arbitrariness Arbitrariness is the enemy of freedom.
- capriciousness We can't tolerate such capriciousness.
- volatility Continuing volatility is a safe bet in today's market.
- lightness There's a lightness in my heart after talking with him.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| flightiness | rising | |
| eccentricity | falling | |
| whimsy | rising | |
| arbitrariness | steady | |
| capriciousness | steady | |
| volatility | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- whimsy2, levity3
- 9 letters
- lightness2
- 10 letters
- volatility5
- 12 letters
- eccentricity5, whimsicality
- 13 letters
- arbitrariness5
- 14 letters
- capriciousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (whimsy2 = 2 syllables).