Meanings
plural lightheartednesses · alternative light-heartedness
- uncountableThe state of being lighthearted, joyous, cheerful, without a care.
- countableAn amusement or item of a pleasant but inconsequential nature.
I focus on communal descriptive problems—what I call American race talk dilemmas—rather than on all the lightheartednesses and small triumphs of daily life at Columbus.
2009, Mica Pollock, Colormute: Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School, →ISBN, page xSynonyms: amusement
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn amusement or item of a pleasant but inconsequential nature.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From lighthearted (adjective) (any sense) + -ness (suffix forming nouns).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Māori hiwa
- hiwathe state of being joyous, cheerful
Polish beztroska, wesołość
- beztroskathe state of being joyous, cheerful
- wesołośćthe state of being joyous, cheerful
Spanish ligereza
- ligerezathe state of being joyous, cheerful
Cite this entry
lightheartedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lightheartedness
“lightheartedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lightheartedness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lightheartedness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lightheartedness.
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