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frivolous adj. 1 trifling, inconsequential, unimportant, trivial,
nugatory, insignificant, minor, petty, paltry, niggling,
peripheral, superficial, worthless, Colloq small-time, Brit
twopenny, two a penny, US two-bit, penny-ante, nitty-gritty:
Don't waste my time with frivolous details. 2 scatterbrained,
bird-brained, silly, feather-brained, irresponsible, flippant,
casual, flighty, giddy, foolish, childish, puerile; airy, light,
slight, Brit airy-fairy, Colloq flip: Try to be serious and
less frivolous about such important matters.
frolic n. 1 merriment, merrymaking, gaiety, sport, fun (and games),
high jinks, jollity, mirth, jollification, festivity,
celebration, revelry, play, horseplay, Colloq skylarking,
partying: After we won the cup there was great frolic in the
town. 2 romp, party, spree, revel, gambol, caper, gambado,
antic; escapade, prank: The noise of our frolics echoed across
the square.
--v. 3 frisk, cavort, caper, skylark, gambol, rollick, romp,
cut capers, curvet, play, skip, sport, have fun, Colloq party,
make whoopee, horse around or about: Gregory frolics about
instead of getting on with his work.
frolicsome
adj. playful, merry, frisky, sportive, gay, lively, sprightly,
animated, spirited, coltish: Irene may seem frolicsome but she
has her sober side as well.
front n. 1 face, fa‡ade, facing, fore-part, anterior; obverse: The
front of the door has a painting on it. This dress buttons up
the front. 2 frontage, forefront: The front of the property
measures only 40 feet. 3 beginning, head, fore, vanguard,
forefront, van: At the front of the parade marched the mayor.
4 bearing, demeanour, mien, air, face, countenance, fa‡ade,
mask, expression, show, appearance, aspect, look, exterior:
Despite her grief, she put on a brave front at the wake. 5
disguise, cover, guise, mask, cover-up, show, pretext, fa‡ade:
The restaurant was merely a front for a narcotics operation. 6
movement, organization, league, bloc, party, group, faction,
wing: A new popular front was formed out of a coalition of
several opposition groups. 7 haughtiness, overconfidence,
effrontery: He frightens away potential clients by showing so