Synonyms for flippancy
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Impertinence
2. Levity
Definitions
- n. 1
A disrespectful levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters.
Related words
- Other spellings
- flippance
Forms
- Plural
- flippancies → impertinences, insolences, impudences, saucinesses…
Example sentences
- insolence Your insolence comes from your messianic complex.
- impudence He had the impudence to cut across our garden.
- impertinence Please accept my sincere apologies for my impertinence.
- levity They're handling the issue with levity.
- frivolity My frivolity is the secret to my charm.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| flippancy | steady | |
| insolence | rising | |
| impudence | steady | |
| impertinence | rising | |
| sauciness | rising | |
| levity | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- levity3
- 7 letters
- fluency3
- 8 letters
- pertness
- 9 letters
- insolence3, frivolity4, impudence, sauciness
- 10 letters
- jocularity, volubility
- 12 letters
- impertinence
- 13 letters
- facetiousness, frivolousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (levity3 = 3 syllables).