Synonyms for levity

15 synonyms
3 antonyms

noun

Most common

lightness buoyancy frivolity flippancy merriment giddiness thoughtlessness airiness

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Noun

lightness, frivolity, flippancy, buoyancy, airiness, merriment, thoughtlessness, giddiness, fickleness, vanity, volatility, inconstancy, inconsideration, flightiness, unseriousness

Antonyms

seriousness, gravity, weight

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Definitions

n. 1
A lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; a lack of appropriate seriousness; an inclination to make a joke of serious matters.
An attempt to inject a little levity into the proceedings.

Forms

Plural: levities → lightnesses, frivolities, flippancies, buoyancies…

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Levity springs from a lightness of mind which produces a disregard of the proprieties of time and place.Volatility is a degree of levity which causes the thoughts to fly from one object to another, without resting on any for a moment.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example sentences

lightness There's a lightness in my heart after talking with him.
buoyancy A body with negative buoyancy will sink in water.
frivolity My frivolity is the secret to my charm.
merriment There is no time for merriment.
giddiness The prospect of a first date fills Mary with giddiness.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
levity		rising
lightness		rising
buoyancy		falling
frivolity		steady
flippancy		steady
merriment		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters: vanity³
8 letters: buoyancy³, airiness
9 letters: lightness², merriment, frivolity⁴, giddiness, flippancy
10 letters: volatility⁵, fickleness³
11 letters: inconstancy⁴, flightiness
13 letters: unseriousness
15 letters: thoughtlessness, inconsideration

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vanity³ = 3 syllables).