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Synonyms for flightiness in English

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flightiness:
- vanity; frivolousness; frivolity; flightiness; shallowness; superficiality; lightheartedness; volatility; cheerfulness; arbitrariness; whimsicality; capriciousness; whimsy; whimsey
flighty:
- frivolous; light-hearted; gay; flighty; shallow; flippant; fribble; frothy; nervous; spooky; skittish; scatterbrained; head-in-the-clouds; flyaway

English

Detailed Synonyms for flightiness in English

flightiness:

flightiness [the ~] noun

the flightiness
the vanity; the frivolousness; the frivolity; the flightiness
- vanity [the ~] noun
- frivolousness [the ~] noun
- frivolity [the ~] noun
- flightiness [the ~] noun
the flightiness
the shallowness; the superficiality; the frivolity; the lightheartedness; the volatility; the frivolousness; the cheerfulness; the flightiness
- shallowness [the ~] noun
- superficiality [the ~] noun
- frivolity [the ~] noun
- lightheartedness [the ~] noun
- volatility [the ~] noun
- frivolousness [the ~] noun
- cheerfulness [the ~] noun
- flightiness [the ~] noun
the flightiness

– the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment ¹
the arbitrariness; the flightiness; the whimsicality; the capriciousness; the whimsy; the whimsey
– the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment ¹
- arbitrariness [the ~] noun
- flightiness [the ~] noun
  - I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory¹
- whimsicality [the ~] noun
  - I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory¹
- capriciousness [the ~] noun
- whimsy [the ~] noun
- whimsey [the ~] noun

Related Words for "flightiness":

flighty

Alternate Synonyms for "flightiness":

arbitrariness; whimsicality; whimsy; whimsey; capriciousness; irresponsibility; irresponsibleness

Related Definitions for "flightiness":

the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment¹
- I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory¹

flightiness form of flighty:

flighty adj

flighty
frivolous; light-hearted; gay; flighty; shallow; flippant
- frivolous adj
- light-hearted adj
- gay adj
- flighty adj
- shallow adj
- flippant adj
flighty
frivolous; fribble; flighty; frothy
- frivolous adj
- fribble adj
- flighty adj
- frothy adj
flighty

– unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) ¹
nervous; spooky; skittish; flighty
– unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) ¹
- nervous adj
- spooky adj
- skittish adj
- flighty adj
flighty

– guided by whim and fancy ¹
scatterbrained; flighty; head-in-the-clouds; flyaway
– guided by whim and fancy ¹
- scatterbrained adj
- flighty adj
  - flighty young girls¹
- head-in-the-clouds adj
- flyaway adj

Related Words for "flighty":

flightiness, flightier, flightiest

Alternate Synonyms for "flighty":

flyaway; head-in-the-clouds; scatterbrained; frivolous
skittish; spooky; nervous; excitable

Related Definitions for "flighty":

unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)¹
guided by whim and fancy¹
- flighty young girls¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University