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| Main Entry: | daffy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly, crazy |
| Synonyms: | daft, demented, deranged, dotty, foolish, nuts, nutty*, clownish, crackers, goofy loony* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | absurd |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ridiculous, senseless |
| Synonyms: | batty, crazy, daffy, flaky*, foolish, goofy*, idiotic, illogical, inane, incongruous, irrational, laughable, loony, ludicrous, nonsensical, nutty, off the wall, preposterous, sappy*, screwy*, silly, stupid, unreasonable, wacky, campy, dippy, fooling around, for grins, freaky, gagged up, jokey, joshing, tomfool |
| Antonyms: | certain, logical, rational, reasonable, sensible, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | daft |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid; crazy |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, bedlamite, bonkers, cracked*, crackers, daffy*, demented, deranged, dopey*, flaky*, foolish, fried*, giddy, half-baked*, idiotic, in the ozone, inane, insane, lunatic, mad, mental*, nuts, nutty*, off the wall, out of one's gourd, ridiculous, screwy*, silly, simple, touched, unbalanced, unhinged*, unsound, wacky, whacko, witless |
| Antonyms: | brainy, bright, intelligent, smart, understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ditsy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly |
| Synonyms: | daffy*, dizzy*, dopey, eccentric, empty, giddy, goofy*, inane, scatterbrained, airbrained, airheaded, dippy, dipsy, kooky, rattlebrained |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foolish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonsensical, idiotic |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, brainless, crazy, daffy*, daft, dotty*, fantastic, fatuous, feebleminded*, half-baked*, half-witted*, harebrained*, ill-advised, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insane, irrational, jerky*, loony*, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, moronic, nutty*, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, short-sighted, silly, simple, stupid, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise, wacky*, weak, witless, zany*, cockamamy, dippy, doltish, ill-considered, imbecilic, kooky, nerdy |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, circumspect, prudent, sensible, serious, thoughtful, wise, unfoolish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | goofy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly |
| Synonyms: | crazy, daffy*, dopey, dotty, empty-headed*, flaky*, foolish, idiotic, nutty*, screwy, stupid, wacky*, weird, dippy, ditzy, kooky |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | idiotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very stupid |
| Synonyms: | asinine, batty*, crazy, daffy*, daft, dull, dumb, fatuous, foolhardy, foolish, harebrained*, imbecile, inane, insane, lunatic, moronic, senseless, silly, unintelligent, birdbrained, imbecilic, squirrelly, thick-witted |
| Antonyms: | brainy, intelligent, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jocular/jocose/jocund |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny, playful |
| Synonyms: | amusing, blithe, camp, cheerful, comic, comical, crazy, daffy, droll, facetious, flaky*, frolicsome, gay, gleeful, happy, humorous, jesting, joking, jolly, jovial, joyous, laughable, lighthearted, lively, ludicrous, merry, mischievous, pleasant, roguish, sportive, teasing, wacky, waggish, whimsical, witty, jokey, joshing |
| Antonyms: | morose, serious, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jolly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | laughing, joyful |
| Synonyms: | blithe, carefree, cheerful, chipper, convivial, daffy, delightful, enjoyable, entertaining, festive, frolicsome, funny, gay, gleeful, happy, hilarious, jocund, jovial, joyous, jubilant, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, playful, pleasant, sportive, sprightly, zippy*, blithesome, bouncy, chirpy, gladsome, jokey, joshing, larking, lots of laughs |
| Antonyms: | sad, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jovial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | affable, airy, amiable, animated, blithe, buoyant, cheery, chipper, companionable, convivial, cordial, daffy*, delightful, dizzy*, enjoyable, facetious, festive, gay, glad, gleeful, good-natured, hilarious, humorous, jocose, jocund, jolly, jubilant, lighthearted, loony, merry, mirthful, nutty*, pleasant, sociable, bantering, blithesome, bouncy, chaffing, chirpy, conversable, festal, jokey, jollying, joshing, larking, lots of laughs, off-the-wall |
| Notes: | jovial refers to a mood or disposition, jocular to a conduct or manner |
| Antonyms: | sad, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | loony |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy |
| Synonyms: | ape, barmy, batty, berserk, bonkers*, cracked, crazed, cuckoo, daffy*, daft, delirious, demented, deranged, flaky, flipped out, insane, kooky, lunatic, mad, maniacal, mental*, nuts, nutty, out of one's mind, out to lunch, psycho, screwball*, screwy*, silly, touched*, unbalanced, wacky |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nuts/nutty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally deranged |
| Synonyms: | absurd, batty*, bedlamite, cracked*, crazy, daffy, daft, demented, eccentric, enthusiastic, foolish, gung ho*, harebrained*, insane, irrational, keen, kooky, loony, lunatic, mad, out of one's mind, ridiculous, touched, unusual, wacky*, warm, zealous |
| Antonyms: | balanced, calm, sane, well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ridiculous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid, funny |
| Synonyms: | absurd, antic, bizarre, comic, comical, contemptible, daffy*, droll, fantastic, farcical, foolish, goofy*, grotesque, harebrained*, hilarious, impossible, incredible, jerky*, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, nutty*, outrageous, preposterous, risible, sappy*, silly, slaphappy*, unbelievable, wacky*, derisory, foolheaded, gelastic |
| Antonyms: | believable, reasonable, sensible, serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | witless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foolish |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, brainless, crazy, daffy*, dotty*, dumb, feebleminded*, half-baked*, half-witted*, harebrained*, idiotic, ill-advised, irrational, jerky*, loony*, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, mindless, moronic, nonsensical, nutty*, ridiculous, senseless, silly, stupid, unintelligent, unwise, wacky*, zany*, birdbrained, cockamamy, doltish, kooky |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jocular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny |
| Synonyms: | amusing, blithe, camp, cheerful, comic, comical, crazy, daffy, droll, facetious, flaky, frolicsome, gay, gleeful, happy, humorous, jesting, jocose, jocund, joking, jolly, jovial, joyous, laughable, lighthearted, lively, ludicrous, merry, mischievous, playful, pleasant, roguish, sportive, teasing, wacky, waggish, whimsical, witty, boffo, campy, for grins, gagged up, jokey, joshing |
| Antonyms: | serious, solemn |
| Main Entry: | nutty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deranged |
| Synonyms: | absurd, batty, buggy, cracked, crazy, daffy, daft, demented, eccentric, enthusiastic, foolish, gung ho, harebrained, insane, irrational, keen, loony, lunatic, mad, nuts, ridiculous, touched, unusual, wacky, warm, zealous, bedlamite, cockamamie, kooky, potty |
| Antonyms: | sane |
| Main Entry: | out of one's mind |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irrational |
| Synonyms: | around the bend, bananas, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, deranged, insane, off one's head, off one's rocker, out of one's head, out of one's tree, unstable |
| Antonyms: | rational, sane, stable |
| Main Entry: | dull |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unintelligent |
| Synonyms: | addled, backward, besotted, boring, brainless, daffy, daft, dense, dim, dim-witted, dumb, half-baked, ignorant, indolent, insensate, low, moronic, obtuse, scatterbrained, shallow, simple, slow, sluggish, stolid, stupid, tedious, thick, vacuous, wearisome, witless, doltish, feeble-minded, imbecilic, not bright, numskulled, simple-minded, unintellectual |
| Antonyms: | intelligent, keen, sharp, smart, witty |
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