levity
nounHow many syllables in levity?
There are 3 syllables in the word levity.How to pronounce levity:
Definition of levity:
- levity (noun):
- a manner lacking seriousness.
- excessive or unseemly frivolity
- a frivolous or too light-hearted attitude to serious matters
Synonyms for levity:
cheer
cheerfulness
childishness
facetiousness
festivity
fickleness
flightiness
flippancy
frivolity
frivolousness
frothiness
gayety
giddiness
glee
goofiness
hilarity
humorousness
jocoseness
jocosity
joviality
light-headedness
light-heartedness
light-mindedness
lightheartedness
lightness
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Antonyms for levity:
acuteness
courtesy
criticism
depression
dullness
earnest
earnestness
gloom
graveness
gravity
humourlessness
importance
intentness
perilousness
politeness
reliability
respect
responsibility
reverence
sadness
sedateness
sense
sensibility
seriousness
severity
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Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- fashion
- Erebus
- vertical
- potter's wheel
- menopause
- juniper
- Eraman
- quieter
- pretended
- talent scout
- Seminole
- melting pot
- iron hand
- Delano
- Damaris
- Osiris
- Natalie
- federal
- validate
- Puglia
- accounting
- unblemished
- opinion
- messiness
- post office
- optical
- carpet bomb
- Friduwulf
- ethylene
- Cartesian
- Romeo
- relented
- pedotribe
- Guillermo
- billi-bi
- secateurs
- progressing
- overdo
- musician
- eluded
- Cynthia
- unhurried
- pedestal
- genius
- assonance
- Elodie
- cashier
- Arcturus
- volunteered
- researcher
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Syllable Fun Fact
In certain poetic forms, like the sonnet, syllable count per line is strictly regulated to achieve a specific rhythmic effect.
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