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| 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: | 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: | asinine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | senseless |
| Synonyms: | absurd, daft, foolish, half-witted, idiotic, inane, moronic, silly, sophomoric, stupid, cretinous |
| Main Entry: | babyish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acting like an infant |
| Synonyms: | baby, childish, foolish, immature, infantile, juvenile, kid stuff, puerile, silly, sissy, spoiled, sissyish |
| Antonyms: | grown-up, mature |
| Main Entry: | comic/comical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amusing |
| Synonyms: | Mickey Mouse, absurd, batty, boffo, camp*, comical, crazy, dippy, diverting, dizzy, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, flaky*, fool, foolheaded, for grins, freaky, funny, gelastic, goofus, goofy, gump, horse's tail, humorous, ironic, jerky, jocular, joking, joshing, laughable, light, loony, ludicrous, nutty, off the wall, priceless, ridiculous, risible, schtick, screwy, side-splitting, silly, wacky, waggish, whimsical, witty |
| Antonyms: | sad, serious, sober, solemn, tragic, unfunny |
* = 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: | dopey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | comatose, dense, dumb, foolish, heavy, idiotic, lethargic, senseless, silly, simple, slow, sluggish, thick, torpid, hebetudinous, slumberish |
| Antonyms: | brainy, intelligent, sensible, smart |
| Main Entry: | doting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indulgent; serving |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, devoted, fascinated, fatuous, fond, foolish, lovesick, loving, silly, simple, struck, adoring, lovesome |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, neglect, negligence |
| 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: | extravagant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indulgent, wasteful |
| Synonyms: | absurd, bizarre, costly, crazy, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, expensive, extortionate, extreme, fanciful, fancy, fantastic, flamboyant, flashy, foolish, garish, gaudy, grandiose, immoderate, implausible, improvident, imprudent, inordinate, lavish, ludicrous, nonsensical, ornate, ostentatious, outrageous, preposterous, pretentious, prodigal, profligate, reckless, ridiculous, showy, silly, spendthrift, steep, unbalanced, unconscionable, unreasonable, unrestrained, overpriced |
| Antonyms: | close, economical, moderate, provident, reasonable, saving, stingy, thrifty, unpretentious |
| Main Entry: | fatuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, brainless*, dense, dull, foolish, idiotic, imbecile, inane, insensate, jerky*, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, mindless, moronic, puerile, sappy, silly, simple, vacuous, witless, birdbrained, boneheaded, lamebrained |
| Antonyms: | aware, bright, intelligent, keen, sensible, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | fool |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stupid or ridiculous person |
| Synonyms: | ass, blockhead*, bonehead*, boob*, bore, buffoon, clod*, clown, cretin*, dimwit*, dolt*, dope*, dunce, easy mark*, fair game, idiot, ignoramus, illiterate, imbecile, innocent, jerk*, lightweight*, moron, nerd*, nincompoop*, nitwit, numskull*, oaf, sap*, schlemiel*, silly, simpleton, stooge*, sucker, victim, birdbrain, dumb ox, dunderhead, fathead, goose*, halfwit, lamebrain*, loon, ninny, turkey, twerp, twit |
| Antonyms: | brain |
* = 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: | gullible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | naive, trusting |
| Synonyms: | believing, biting, credulous, easy mark*, foolish, green*, innocent, mark*, silly, simple, sucker, susceptible, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, being a sucker, easily taken in, falling hook line and sinker, kidding oneself, swallowing whole, taken in, taking the bait, trustful, tumbling for, unskeptical, wide-eyed |
| Antonyms: | astute, discerning, knowledgeable, perceptive, suspicious, unbelieving, wise, untrusting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | half-baked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid; not thought through |
| Synonyms: | backward, batty*, brainless, crazy, dumb, foolish, harebrained*, idiotic, ignorant, impractical, indiscreet, moronic, retarded, senseless, short-sighted, silly, slow, sophomoric, underdeveloped, unformed, witless, birdbrained, blockheaded, boneheaded, feeble-minded, ill-conceived, imbecilic, poorly planned |
| Antonyms: | intelligent, smart, thoughtful, wise |
* = 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: | inane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, daft, empty, fatuous, flat, foolish, frivolous, futile, harebrained*, idiotic, illogical, innocuous, insipid, jejune, laughable, meaningless, mindless, pointless, puerile, ridiculous, sappy*, senseless, silly, trifling, unintelligent, vacant, vacuous, vain, vapid, weak, wishy-washy*, worthless, imbecilic |
| Notes: | inane means silly, lacking significance or insubstantial; insane means mentally deranged, mad or very foolish |
| Antonyms: | bright, intelligent, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | infatuated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in love with; obsessed |
| Synonyms: | besotted, bewitched, charmed, crazy about*, enamored, fascinated, foolish, inflamed, intoxicated, possessed, silly*, smitten, spellbound, beguiled, captivated, carried away, enraptured, far gone on, seduced, under a spell |
| Antonyms: | disenchanted, despising, hating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irrational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illogical, senseless |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, absurd, brainless, crazy, delirious, demented, disconnected, disjointed, distraught, fallacious, flaky*, foolish, incoherent, injudicious, insane, invalid, loony*, mad, mindless, nonsensical, nutty*, preposterous, raving, ridiculous, silly, specious, stupid, unreasonable, unsound, unstable, unthinking, unwise, wacky*, wild, wrong, cockamamie, freaky, kooky, off-the-wall, reasonless, sophistic, unreasoning |
| Antonyms: | logical, rational, reasonable, reflective, sensible, sound, stable |
* = 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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