silly
adjective
[ ˈsɪli ]
• having or showing a lack of common sense or judgement; absurd and foolish.
• "another of his silly jokes"
Similar:
foolish,
stupid,
unintelligent,
idiotic,
brainless,
mindless,
witless,
imbecilic,
imbecile,
doltish,
imprudent,
thoughtless,
rash,
reckless,
foolhardy,
irresponsible,
mad,
erratic,
unstable,
scatterbrained,
feather-brained,
flighty,
frivolous,
giddy,
fatuous,
inane,
immature,
childish,
puerile,
half-baked,
empty-headed,
half-witted,
slow-witted,
weak-minded,
crazy,
loopy,
screwy,
soft,
brain-dead,
cretinous,
thick,
thickheaded,
birdbrained,
pea-brained,
pinheaded,
dopey,
dim,
dim-witted,
dippy,
pie-faced,
fat-headed,
blockheaded,
boneheaded,
lamebrained,
chuckleheaded,
dunderheaded,
wooden-headed,
muttonheaded,
damfool,
daft,
dotty,
scatty,
divvy,
dappy,
glaikit,
dumb-ass,
chowderheaded,
dof,
dotish,
tomfool,
unwise,
senseless,
inadvisable,
injudicious,
ill-considered,
misguided,
inappropriate,
illogical,
irrational,
unreasonable,
hare-brained,
absurd,
ridiculous,
ludicrous,
laughable,
risible,
farcical,
preposterous,
asinine,
• helpless; defenceless (typically used of a woman, child, or animal).
• denoting fielding positions very close to the batsman.
• "silly mid-on"
silly
noun
• a foolish person (often used as a form of address).
• "come on, silly"
Similar:
nincompoop,
dunce,
simpleton,
nitwit,
ninny,
dimwit,
dope,
dumbo,
dummy,
chump,
goon,
jackass,
fathead,
bonehead,
chucklehead,
knucklehead,
lamebrain,
clod,
pea-brain,
pudding-head,
thickhead,
wooden-head,
pinhead,
airhead,
birdbrain,
scatterbrain,
noodle,
donkey,
silly billy,
stupe,
nit,
clot,
twit,
berk,
twerp,
nyaff,
sumph,
gowk,
balloon,
bozo,
boob,
schlepper,
goofball,
goof,
goofus,
galoot,
dumbhead,
dumbass,
lummox,
dip,
simp,
spud,
coot,
palooka,
poop,
yo-yo,
dingleberry,
drongo,
dill,
alec,
galah,
nong,
bogan,
poon,
boofhead,
mompara,
muttonhead,
noddy,
clodpole,
spoony,
mooncalf,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘deserving of pity or sympathy’): alteration of dialect seely ‘happy’, later ‘innocent, feeble’, from a West Germanic base meaning ‘luck, happiness’. The sense ‘foolish’ developed via the stages ‘feeble’ and ‘unsophisticated, ignorant’.
