Synonyms of the word silly


SILLYAIRHEADED - CHILD - COCKAMAMIE - COCKAMAMY - CONFUSED - DIZZY - EMPTY-HEADED - FEATHERBRAINED - FOOLISH - FRIVOLOUS - FRY - GIDDY - GOOFY - KID - LIGHT-HEADED - LIGHTHEADED - MINOR - NESTLING - NIPPER - PATHETIC - PUNCH-DRUNK - RIDICULOUS - SAPPY - SHAVER - SLAPHAPPY - TIDDLER - TIKE - TYKE - UNDIGNIFIED - WACKY - WHACKY - YOUNGSTER - ZANY

silly

  • adj. Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
  • adj. (chiefly Scotland, obsolete) Blessed, particularly.
  • adj. (now chiefly Scotland and Northern England, rare) Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly.
  • adj. (now rural Britain, rare) Simple, plain, particularly.
  • adj. Mentally simple, foolish, particularly.
  • adj. (cricket, of a fielding position) Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.
  • adv. (now regional or colloquial) Sillily: in a silly manner.
  • n. (with 'the') The class of silly people collectively.
  • n. (colloquial) A silly person.
  • n. (affectionate, gently pejorative) A term of address.
  • n. (colloquial) A mistake.

airheaded

  • adj. silly, foolish.
  • adj. unintelligent.

child

  • n. A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal…
  • n. (with possessive) One's son or daughter, regardless of age.
  • n. (with possessive) One's descendants, regardless of age.
  • n. (figuratively) A figurative offspring, particularly.

cockamamie

  • n. (US, chiefly dated) A decal, a design that can be transferred to a surface.
  • n. A foolish or ridiculous person.
  • adj. Foolish, ill-considered, silly, unbelievable.
  • adj. Trifling.

cockamamy

  • adj. foolish, silly.
  • adj. trifling.

confused

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of confuse.
  • adj. (of a person) unable to think clearly or understand.
  • adj. (of a person or animal) disoriented.
  • adj. chaotic, jumbled or muddled.
  • adj. making no sense; illogical.
  • adj. embarrassed.

dizzy

  • adj. Having a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; giddy; feeling unbalanced or lightheaded.
  • adj. Producing giddiness.
  • adj. Empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous.
  • v. (transitive) To make dizzy, to bewilder.

empty-headed

  • adj. silly and lacking sense or discretion; featherbrained or scatterbrained.

featherbrained

  • adj. Alternative spelling of feather-brained.

foolish

  • adj. (of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
  • adj. Resembling or characteristic of a fool.

frivolous

  • adj. Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner.
  • adj. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight.
  • adj. (law) In litigation, a lawsuit filed by a party who is aware the claim is without merit and has no reasonable…

fry

  • v. (transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.
  • v. (intransitive) To cook in hot fat.
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
  • v. (intransitive, informal) To be executed by the electric chair.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To destroy (something, usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
  • n. (usually in plural fries) (mainly Canada and US) A fried strip of potato.
  • n. (Ireland, Britain) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
  • n. (colloquial, archaic) A state of excitement.
  • n. (now chiefly Britain dialectal) Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
  • n. Young fish; fishlings.
  • n. (archaic) A swarm, especially of something small (a fry of children).
  • n. (Britain dialectal) The spawn of frogs.
  • n. A kind of sieve.
  • n. A drain.

giddy

  • adj. Dizzy, feeling dizzy or unsteady and as if about to fall down.
  • adj. Causing dizziness: causing dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.
  • adj. Lightheartedly silly, or joyfully elated.
  • adj. (archaic) Frivolous, impulsive, inconsistent, changeable.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To make dizzy or unsteady.
  • v. To reel; to whirl.

goofy

  • adj. silly, quirky.
  • adj. (snowboarding) riding with right foot forward.

kid

  • n. A young goat.
  • n. Of a female goat, the state of being pregnant: in kid.
  • n. Kidskin.
  • n. (uncountable) The meat of a young goat.
  • n. A young antelope.
  • n. (informal) a child (usually), teenager, or young adult; a juvenile.
  • n. (colloquial) An inexperienced person or one in a junior position.
  • n. (nautical) A small wooden mess tub in which sailors received their food.
  • n. (informal) A person whose childhood took place in a particular decade or area.
  • n. (informal) One's son or daughter, regardless of age.
  • n. (used in the vocative) Used as a form of address for a child, teenager or young adult.
  • v. (transitive, colloquial) To make a fool of (someone).
  • v. (transitive, colloquial) To make a joke with (someone).
  • v. (intransitive) Of a goat, to give birth to kids.
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial) To joke.
  • n. A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze.

light-headed

  • adj. Alternative spelling of lightheaded.

lightheaded

  • adj. Dizzy or feeling faint, usually caused by a drop in blood pressure to the brain.

minor

  • adj. Of little significance or importance.
  • adj. (music) Of a scale which has lowered scale degrees three, six, and seven relative to major, but with the…
  • adj. (music) being the smaller of the two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number.
  • n. A person who is below the legal age of majority, consent, criminal responsibility or other adult responsibilities…
  • n. A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who…
  • n. (mathematics) determinant of a square submatrix.
  • n. (British slang, dated) A younger brother (especially at a public school).
  • n. (zoology) A small worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony, sized between a minim and a media.
  • v. To choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university.

nestling

  • n. A small bird that is still confined to the nest.
  • n. (obsolete) A nest; a receptacle.
  • v. present participle of nestle.
  • n. The act of one who nestles.

nipper

  • n. One who, or that which, nips.
  • n. (usually in the plural) Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping.
  • n. (slang) A child.
  • n. (Australia) A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.
  • n. (Canada, slang, Newfoundland) A mosquito.
  • n. One of four foreteeth in a horse.
  • n. (obsolete) A satirist.
  • n. (obsolete, slang) A pickpocket; a young or petty thief.
  • n. A fish, the cunner.
  • n. A European crab (Polybius henslowii).
  • n. The claws of a crab or lobster.
  • n. (dated) A machine used by a ticket inspector to stamp passengers' tickets.

pathetic

  • adj. Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion.
  • adj. Arousing scornful pity or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy.
  • adj. (obsolete) Expressing or showing anger; passionate.

punch-drunk

  • adj. Alternative spelling of punch drunk.

ridiculous

  • adj. Deserving of ridicule; foolish; absurd.

sappy

  • adj. (US) Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy).
  • adj. Having (a particularly large amount of) sap.
  • adj. (obsolete) Juicy.
  • adj. (obsolete) Musty; tainted. (Can we verify([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +])

shaver

  • n. One who shaves.
  • n. A barber, one whose occupation is to shave.
  • n. A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor.
  • n. (slang, obsolete) One who is close in bargains; a sharper.
  • n. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
  • n. (colloquial) A boy; a lad; a little fellow.

slaphappy

  • adj. Incoherent from being struck; punch drunk.
  • adj. In a humorous mood as a result of fatigue; silly from being tired.
  • adj. Irresponsibly free.

tiddler

  • n. A small person.
  • n. (Britain, informal) A small fish, especially a stickleback.

tike

  • n. Alternative spelling of tyke (mongrel dog).
  • n. A boorish person.
  • n. Archaic form of tick (a kind of arthropod).

tyke

  • n. (dialectal) A mongrel dog.
  • n. (colloquial) A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.
  • n. (dated, chiefly Britain) A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement.
  • n. (Britain, informal) A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman.
  • n. (Australia, New Zealand, informal, derogatory) A Roman Catholic.

undignified

  • adj. lacking in or damaging to dignity.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of undignify.

wacky

  • adj. zany; eccentric.
  • n. Alternative form of wacke.

whacky

  • adj. Alternative spelling of wacky.

youngster

  • n. A young person.

zany

  • adj. Unusual and bizarre in a funny, comical way; outlandish; clownish.
  • adj. Ludicrously or incongruously comical.
  • n. (obsolete) A fool or clown, especially one whose business on the stage is to imitate foolishly the actions…
  • v. (obsolete) To mimic foolishly.

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