Flighty

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Given to capricious or unstable behavior.
  • adj. Characterized by irresponsible or silly behavior.
  • adj. Easily excited; skittish.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Fleeting; swift; transient.
  • adj. Indulging in flights, or wild and unrestrained sallies, of imagination, humor, caprice, etc.; given to disordered fancies and extravagant conduct; volatile; giddy; eccentric; slighty delirious.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Indulging in flights or sallies of imagination, humor, caprice, etc.; given to disordered fancies and extravagant conduct; volatile; giddy; fickle; capricious; slightly delirious; wandering in mind.
  • Fleeting; swift; transient.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. guided by whim and fancy
  • adj. unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
  • Equivalent
    frivolous    excitable   
    Cross Reference
    deranged   
    Variant
    flightier    flightiest   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fleeting    swift    transient    volatile    giddy    eccentric   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Almighty    Aphrodite    almighty    aphrodite    lighty    mighty    righty    whitey   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fickle    excitable    headstrong    giddy    thoughtless    inconstant    impulsive    volatile    light-hearted    changeable