All fribble synonyms
fribΒ·ble
F f noun fribble
- silliness β weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish: a silly writer.
- levity β lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness.
- whimsy β capricious humor or disposition; extravagant, fanciful, or excessively playful expression: a play with lots of whimsy.
- gaiety β the state of being joyous, vivacious, or cheerful.
- jest β a joke or witty remark; witticism.
- sport β an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- frippery β finery in dress, especially when showy, gaudy, or the like.
- triviality β something trivial; a trivial matter, affair, remark, etc.: cocktail conversation marked by trivialities.
- lightheartedness β carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- trifling β of very little importance; trivial; insignificant: a trifling matter.
- play β a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- giddiness β affected with vertigo; dizzy.
- flirting β to court triflingly or act amorously without serious intentions; play at love; coquet.
- nonsense β words or language having little or no sense or meaning.
- game β an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- lightness β the state or quality of being light or illuminated.
- volatility β evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor: Acetone is a volatile solvent.
- folly β the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense.
- fun β something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- flighty β given to flights of fancy; capricious; frivolous.
- flippancy β frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- puerility β the state or quality of being a child.
- shallowness β of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- frivolousness β characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- whimsicality β Also, whimsicalness. whimsical quality or character.
- flummery β oatmeal or flour boiled with water until thick.
- superficiality β being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- toying β an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
verb fribble
- squander β to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
- dawdle β If you dawdle, you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere.
- twiddle β to turn about or play with lightly or idly, especially with the fingers; twirl.
- coquet β to behave flirtatiously
- wanton β done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty.
- monkey β any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
- doodle β a small pile of hay; haystack.
- putter β to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner: to putter in the garden.
- lounge β to pass time idly and indolently.
- philander β (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- waste β to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- fool β to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
- dilly-dally β to loiter or vacillate
- palter β to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- toy β an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- fidget β to move about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently.
- misuse β wrong or improper use; misapplication.
- dally β If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time.
- dabble β If you dabble in something, you take part in it but not very seriously.
- flirt β to court triflingly or act amorously without serious intentions; play at love; coquet.
- idle β not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
- loiter β to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.