Silly

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Exhibiting a lack of wisdom or good sense; foolish. See Synonyms at foolish.
  • adj. Lacking seriousness or responsibleness; frivolous: indulged in silly word play; silly pet names for each other.
  • adj. Semiconscious; dazed: knocked silly by the impact.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Pitiable; deserving of compassion; helpless.
  • adj. Simple, unsophisticated, ordinary; rustic, ignorant.
  • adj. foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom; frivolous, trifling.
  • adj. irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors.
  • adj. playful, giggly.
  • adj. semiconscious, witless.
  • adj. of a fielding position, very close to the batsman; closer than short
  • adj. simple, not intelligent, refined.
  • n. A silly person; a fool.
  • n. A mistake.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Happy; fortunate; blessed.
  • adj. Harmless; innocent; inoffensive.
  • adj. Weak; helpless; frail.
  • adj. Rustic; plain; simple; humble.
  • adj. Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple.
  • adj. Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Happy; fortunate; blessed.
  • Plain; simple; rustic; rude.
  • Simple-hearted; guileless; ingenuous; innocent.
  • Weak; impotent; helpless; frail.
  • Foolish, as a term of pity; deficient in understanding; weak-minded; witless; simple.
  • Foolish, as an epithet of contempt; characterized by weakness or folly; manifesting want of judgment or common sense; stupid or unwise: as, a silly coxcomb; a silly book; silly conduct.
  • Fatuous; imbecile; mentally weak to the verge of idiocy.
  • Weak in body: not in good health; sickly; weakly.
  • Synonyms Dull, etc. see simple.
  • Absurd, Silly, Foolish, etc. See a bsurd.
  • n. A silly person: as, what a silly you are!
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. dazed from or as if from repeated blows
  • adj. ludicrous, foolish
  • adj. inspiring scornful pity
  • n. a word used for misbehaving children
  • adj. lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
    • Equivalent
    confused    foolish    undignified    frivolous   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    youngster    minor    nestling    shaver    kid    tiddler    tyke    child    nipper    tike   
    Cross Reference
    simpleton    silly season   
    Variant
    sillier    silliest   
    Form
    silly season    sillily   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    unwise    shallow    simple    indiscreet    witless    brainless    foolish    happy    fortunate    blessed   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Billie    Billy    Chantilly    Chile    Lillie    Lilly    Lily    Millie    Milly    Philly   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    foolish    ugly    wicked    funny    vulgar    crazy    miserable    pathetic   
     
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