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| Main Entry: | empty-headed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flighty, scatterbrained |
| Synonyms: | brainless, dizzy, featherbrained, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, ignorant, illiterate, inane, silly, skittish, stupid, uneducated, unschooled, untaught, vacant, vacuous, know-nothing |
| Antonyms: | cognizant, intelligent, sensible, slick, smart |
| Main Entry: | flighty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fickle, irresponsible |
| Synonyms: | capricious, changeable, dizzy*, effervescent, empty-headed, featherbrained*, frivolous, giddy, harebrained*, impetuous, impulsive, inconstant, lightheaded, lively, mercurial, scatterbrained, silly, thoughtless, unbalanced, unstable, unsteady, volatile, whimsical, wild, airheaded, birdbrained, bubbleheaded, dingbat, dingdong, gaga, twit |
| Antonyms: | responsible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frivolous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trivial, silly |
| Synonyms: | barmy*, childish, dizzy*, empty-headed*, facetious, featherbrained*, flighty, flip, flippant, foolish, gay, giddy*, harebrained*, idiotic, idle, impractical, juvenile, light, minor, niggling*, paltry, peripheral, petty, playful, pointless, puerile, scatterbrained*, senseless, shallow, sportive, superficial, tongue-in-cheek*, unimportant, volatile, whimsical, ill-considered, light-minded, nonserious, not serious, unprofound |
| Antonyms: | grave, mature, sensible, serious, solemn, thoughtful, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | giddy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly, impulsive |
| Synonyms: | brainless, capricious, careless, changeable, dizzy, empty-headed*, erratic, fickle, flighty*, frivolous, heedless, inconstant, irresolute, irresponsible, lightheaded*, punchy*, reckless, scatterbrained*, skittish*, slaphappy*, swimming*, thoughtless, unbalanced, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, volatile, whimsical, whirling, wild, woozy*, bemused, bubbleheaded, changeful, ditzy, flustered, gaga, reeling |
| Antonyms: | calm, careful, level-headed, sensible, serious |
* = 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: | harebrained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid, unthinking |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, barmy, bizarre, careless, changeable, crazy, dizzy*, empty-headed*, featherbrained*, flighty, foolish, frivolous, giddy, half-baked*, heedless, inane, irresponsible, loony*, mindless, preposterous, rash, reckless, scatterbrained*, unstable, unsteady, wacky*, wild, rattlebrained |
| Antonyms: | brainy, intelligent, reasonable, sensible, smart, thoughtful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scatterbrained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not thinking clearly |
| Synonyms: | careless, dizzy, empty-headed*, featherbrained*, flighty, forgetful, frivolous, giddy, harebrained*, illogical, inattentive, irrational, irresponsible, madcap, silly, slaphappy*, stupid, thoughtless, birdbrained |
| Antonyms: | aware, careful, sensible, thoughtful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | silly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absurd, giddy, foolish |
| Synonyms: | asinine, balmy, brainless, childish, crazy, dizzy*, empty, empty-headed*, fatuous, featherbrained*, flighty, foolhardy, frivolous, harebrained*, idiotic, ignorant, illogical, immature, imprudent, inane, inappropriate, inconsistent, irrational, irresponsible, ludicrous, meaningless, nonsensical, pointless, preposterous, puerile, ridiculous, senseless, simple, simpleminded, stupid, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise, vacuous, witless, dippy, muddle-headed, nitwitted, sheepheaded |
| Antonyms: | mature, mundane, practical, sensible, serious, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uneducated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lacking knowledge |
| Synonyms: | empty-headed, ignoramus, ignorant, illiterate, uncultivated, uncultured, unlearned, unrefined, unschooled, untaught, benighted, inerudite, know-nothing, lowbrow, uninstructed, unlettered, unread, untutored |
| Antonyms: | educated, intelligent, learned, lettered, taught |
| Main Entry: | unintelligent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | brainless, deficient, dense, dumb, empty-headed*, foolish, half-witted*, idiotic, inane, meaningless, mindless, moronic, pointless, senseless, simple, simpleminded, slow, unthinking, witless, doltish, imbecilic, mentally deficient, mentally handicapped, not intelligent, thick-headed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lightheaded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly |
| Synonyms: | changeable, delirious, dizzy, empty-headed, faint, featherbrained, fickle, flighty, flippant, foolish, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, hazy, inane, light-headed, punchy, rocky, scatterbrained, shallow, superficial, swimming, tired, trifling, vertiginous, whirling, woozy, bird-brained, gaga, reeling, swimmy |
| Antonyms: | gloomy, miserable |
| Main Entry: | dizzy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flighty, scatterbrained |
| Synonyms: | capricious, changeable, crazy, empty-headed, fatuous, fickle, foolish, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, heady, inane, light-headed, silly, skittish, unstable, feather-brained |
| Antonyms: | sensible, smart, clear-thinking |
| Main Entry: | shallow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unintelligent, ignorant |
| Synonyms: | cursory, empty, empty-headed, farcical, featherbrained, flighty, flimsy, foolish, frivolous, frothy, half-baked*, hollow, idle, inane, lightweight, meaningless, paltry, petty, piddling, puerile, simple, sketchy, skin-deep*, slight, superficial, surface, trifling, trivial, uncritical, unthinking, vain, wishy-washy* |
| Notes: | callow means lacking experience of life, immature - while shallow means lacking depth of intellect, emotion, or knowledge |
| Antonyms: | aware, considered, deep, intelligent, thoughtful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thoughtless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absent-minded, unobservant |
| Synonyms: | bovine, careless, confused, dull, empty-headed, flighty, foolish, heedless, ill-advised, imprudent, inadvertent, inane, inattentive, incomprehensible, inept, injudicious, irrational, loony*, mindless, neglectful, negligent, obtuse, puerile, rash, reckless, regardless, remiss, senseless, silly, stupid, unheeding, unmindful, unreasonable, unthinking, vacuous, witless, doltish, ill-considered, irreflective, lamebrained, undiscerning, unreasoning, unreflective |
| Antonyms: | attentive, mindful, observant, thoughtful, heeding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vacant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absent-minded; expressionless |
| Synonyms: | abstracted, blank, daydreaming, deadpan, dreaming, dreamy, empty-headed*, foolish, idle, inane, inexpressive, silly, stupid, thoughtless, unintelligent, unthinking, vacuous, vapid, witless, incurious, unexpressive |
| Antonyms: | aware, cognizant, comprehending |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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