levity
nounHow 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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- savior
- accident
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