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frippery
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of FRIPPERY
1
dressy clothing <dressed in their most elegant frippery for the big gala at the symphony>
Synonyms array, best, bravery, caparison, feather, frippery, full dress, gaiety (also gayety), glad rags, regalia
2
something of little importance <socialites whose lives were almost entirely consumed by fripperies>
Synonyms bagatelle, child's play, frippery, nonproblem, nothing, picayune, shuck(s), small beer, small change, triviality
Related Words naught (also nought), nothingness, smoke, zero; peanuts, pittance, song, straw, two bits; bunk, claptrap, drivel, folly, fribble, fudge, hogwash, humbug, humbuggery, nonsense, piffle, rot, trash, trivia; bit, crumb, dab, dram, lick, mite, ounce, particle, pinhead, scintilla, shred, smidgen (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), soupçon, speck, spot, tad, touch, trace
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