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Defenition of the word silly

    • Defenition of the word silly

      • Lacking in intelligence.
      • Showing a lack of good sense, wisdom or forethought.
      • A state in which a group of people is continuously making silly jokes, that can nevertheless lead to laughing fits as a reaction. Under the right circumstances, the state can maintain itself or be induced in others contageously. The use of weed (Cannabis sativa) promotes the state in some individuals, but it can also be induced by a joke or reference to an (earlier) funny event.
      • Marked by lack of intellectual acuity or somewhat mentally limited.
      • lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"
      • (informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books"
      • inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett
      • (informal) dazed from or as if from repeated blows; "knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion"
      • a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly"
      • a word used for misbehaving children; "don''t be a silly"
      • dazed from or as if from repeated blows; "knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion"
      • pungent adjectives of disesteem; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books"
      • a word used for misbehaving children
      • dazed from or as if from repeated blows
      • inspiring scornful pity
      • lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
      • ludicrous, foolish

    Synonyms for the word silly

      • airheaded
      • asinine
      • childish
      • cockamamie
      • cockamamy
      • dizzy
      • empty-headed
      • featherbrained
      • feeble
      • feeble-minded
      • fool
      • foolish
      • frail
      • giddy
      • goofy
      • harebrained
      • imbecile
      • impractical
      • inane
      • insignificant
      • juvenile
      • light-headed
      • mad
      • pathetic
      • punch-drunk
      • ridiculous
      • sappy
      • slaphappy
      • stupid
      • trifling
      • unreasonable
      • wacky
      • weak
      • zany

    Similar words in the silly

      • confused
      • foolish
      • frivolous
      • silly
      • undignified

    Hypernyms for the word silly

      • child
      • fry
      • kid
      • minor
      • nestling
      • nipper
      • shaver
      • small fry
      • tiddler
      • tike
      • tyke
      • youngster

    Antonyms for the word silly

      • clever

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