flighty - 20 thesaurus results
| 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: | aimless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having no goal |
| Synonyms: | accidental, any which way, blind, capricious, careless, casual, chance, desultory, erratic, fanciful, fickle, flighty, fortuitous, frivolous, haphazard, heedless, hit-or-miss*, indecisive, indiscriminate, irresolute, pointless, purposeless, random, shiftless, stray, thoughtless, unavailing, unplanned, unpredictable, vagrant, wandering, wanton, wayward, bits-and-pieces, directionless, drifting, fits and starts, goalless, objectless, undirected, unguided |
| Antonyms: | determined, directed, pointed, purposeful, resolute, goal-oriented, motivated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | capricious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | given to sudden behavior change |
| Synonyms: | arbitrary, careless, contrary, crotchety, effervescent, erratic, every which way*, fanciful, fickle, fitful, flaky*, flighty, freakish, helter-skelter*, impulsive, inconstant, kinky*, mercurial, moody, mutable, odd, picky*, punchy*, queer, quirky, temperamental, ticklish, unpredictable, unreasonable, unstable, variable, volatile, wayward, whimsical, any way the wind blows, blowing hot and cold, changeful, gaga, humorsome, lubricious, notional, up and down, vagarious, yo-yo |
| Antonyms: | constant, dependable, sensible, staid, steadfast, steady |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | changeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | erratic |
| Synonyms: | agitated, capricious, convertible, fickle, fitful, flighty, fluid, impulsive, inconstant, indecisive, irregular, irresolute, irresponsible, kaleidoscopic, mercurial, mobile, movable, mutable, restless, skittish, spasmodic, uncertain, unpredictable, unreliable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, vagrant, variable, variant, varying, versatile, volatile, wavering, whimsical, changeful, commutative, fluctuating, permutable, protean, reversible, revocable, shifting, transformable, transitional |
| Antonyms: | certain, changeless, constant, fixed, lasting, reliable, stable, steady, sure, unchangeable, undeviating |
| Main Entry: | fickle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vacillating, blowing hot and cold |
| Synonyms: | arbitrary, capricious, changeable, cheating, faithless, fitful, flighty, frivolous, inconstant, irresolute, mercurial, mutable, temperamental, ticklish, two-timing, unfaithful, unpredictable, unstable, unsteady, untrue, variable, volatile, whimsical, coquettish, double-crossing, lubricious, quicksilver, sneaking, yo-yo |
| Antonyms: | aware, cognizant, constant, faithful, reliable, stable, steady |
| Main Entry: | flippant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irreverent |
| Synonyms: | brassy, breezy, cheeky*, cocky, disrespectful, flighty, flip*, fresh, frivolous, glib, impertinent, impudent, insolent, nervy*, offhand, pert, playful, rude, sassy*, smart*, superficial, lippy, smart-alecky |
| Antonyms: | courteous, respectful, reverent, serious |
* = 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: | 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: | harum-scarum |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reckless |
| Synonyms: | carefree, careless, daring, disorderly, erratic, flighty, foolhardy, giddy, haphazard, hasty, imprudent, irresponsible, negligent, rash, regardless, thoughtless, wild, light-minded, romping, scatty |
| Main Entry: | irresponsible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, reckless |
| Synonyms: | capricious, carefree, devil-may-care*, feckless, fickle, flighty, fly-by-night*, giddy, harebrained, immature, immoral, incautious, lax, loose*, rash, scatterbrained*, shiftless, thoughtless, unaccountable, undependable, unpredictable, unreliable, unstable, untrustworthy, wild, ill-considered, no-account, unanswerable, uncareful |
| Antonyms: | accountable, careful, liable, reliable, responsible, trustworthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | light-headed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly; feeling faint |
| Synonyms: | changeable, delirious, dizzy, empty, featherbrained*, fickle, flighty, flippant, foolish, frivolous, giddy, harebrained*, hazy, punchy*, rocky, scatterbrained*, shallow, superficial, swimming, tired, trifling, vertiginous, whirling, woozy*, gaga, reeling, swimmy |
| Antonyms: | healthy, sober, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moody |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crabby, temperamental |
| Synonyms: | angry, cantankerous, capricious, changeable, crestfallen, cross, dismal, doleful, dour, down in the mouth*, downcast, erratic, fickle, fitful, flighty, frowning, gloomy, glum, huffy, ill-tempered, impulsive, introspective, irascible, irritable, lugubrious, melancholy, mercurial, miserable, morose, offended, out of sorts*, pensive, petulant, sad, saturnine, short-tempered, sulky, sullen, testy, touchy, crabbed, down in the dumps, ill-humored, in a huff, in the doldrums, moping, piqued, splenetic |
| Antonyms: | balanced, cheerful, happy, overjoyed |
* = 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: | skittish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very nervous |
| Synonyms: | capricious, changeable, combustible, dizzy*, edgy, excitable, excited, fearful, fickle, fidgety, flighty, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, high-strung*, irresponsible, jumpy, lightheaded, lively, peppy, playful, restive, scatterbrained*, sensitive, spirited, undependable, unreliable, whimsical, zippy*, agitable, alarmable, volative |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, laid-back, easy-going, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spacey/spacy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | eccentric |
| Synonyms: | beat*, bizarre, crazy, dizzy, erratic, far out, flaky, flighty, freakish, nutty, odd, oddball, off the wall, off-center, offbeat, peculiar, quirky, spaced out*, strange, way out, weird, kooky, out in left field, out to lunch |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | volatile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | explosive, changeable |
| Synonyms: | airy, buoyant, capricious, effervescent, elastic, elusive, ephemeral, erratic, expansive, fickle, fleeting, flighty, flippant, frivolous, fugitive, gaseous, gay, giddy, impermanent, inconsistent, inconstant, light, lively, mercurial, momentary, playful, resilient, short-lived, sprightly, subtle, temperamental, ticklish, transient, transitory, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, up-and-down, vaporous, variable, whimsical, fugacious, imponderable, lubricious |
| Antonyms: | calm, firm, stable, steadfast |
| Main Entry: | wayward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contrary, unmanageable |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, arbitrary, balky, capricious, changeable, contumacious, delinquent, disobedient, disorderly, errant, erratic, fickle, flighty, fractious, froward, headstrong, immoral, inconstant, incorrigible, insubordinate, intractable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, ornery*, perverse, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, self-indulgent, stubborn, undependable, ungovernable, unpredictable, unruly, unstable, variable, whimsical, willful, cross-grained, self-willed, uncompliant |
| Antonyms: | manageable, obedient, controllable |
* = 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 |
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