Silly synonyms

Balloon, absurd, footling, dazed, airhead, and alec are all synonyms for silly. Sensible and rational are antonyms of silly. And here are 192 another word for silly.

Another word for silly

1. foolish

Absurd, birdbrained, blockheaded, boneheaded, brain-dead, brainless, childish, chowderheaded, chuckleheaded, crazy, cretinous, daft, damfool, dappy, dim-witted, dim, dippy, divvy, dof, doltish, dopey, dotish, dotty, dumb-ass, dunderheaded, empty-headed, erratic, farcical, fat-headed, fatuous, feather-brained, flighty, foolhardy, foolish, frivolous, giddy, glaikit, half-baked, half-witted, hare-brained, idiotic, ill-considered, illogical, imbecile, imbecilic, immature, imprudent, inadvisable, inane, inappropriate, injudicious, irrational, irresponsible, lamebrained, laughable, loopy, ludicrous, mad, mindless, misguided, muttonheaded, pea-brained, pie-faced, pinheaded, preposterous, puerile, rash, reckless, ridiculous, risible, scatterbrained, scatty, screwy, senseless, slow-witted, soft, stupid, thick, thickheaded, thoughtless, tomfool, unintelligent, unreasonable, unstable, unwise, weak-minded, witless, wooden-headed, and asinine are all synonyms for silly.

2. trivial

Footling, frivolous, inconsequential, insignificant, minor, niggling, of little account, petty, piddling, piffling, slight, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant, and small-bore are all another word for silly.

3. senseless

Dazed, dopey, groggy, insensible, into a daze, into a stupor, into oblivion, into senselessness, numb, senseless, stunned, stupefied, stupid, unconscious, and muzzy are all synonyms for silly.

4. nincompoop

Airhead, alec, balloon, berk, birdbrain, bogan, bonehead, boob, boofhead, bozo, chucklehead, chump, clod, clodpole, clot, coot, dill, dimwit, dingleberry, dip, donkey, dope, drongo, dumbass, dumbhead, dumbo, dummy, dunce, fathead, galah, galoot, goof, goofball, goofus, goon, gowk, jackass, knucklehead, lamebrain, lummox, mompara, muttonhead, nincompoop, ninny, nit, nitwit, noddy, nong, noodle, nyaff, palooka, pea-brain, pinhead, poon, poop, pudding-head, scatterbrain, schlepper, silly billy, simp, simpleton, spoony, spud, stupe, sumph, thickhead, twerp, twit, wooden-head, yo-yo, and mooncalf are all another word for silly.

Silly synonym statistics

Silly synonym page has a variety of synonyms that differ in length. 5 synonyms with 3 letters and 23 synonyms with 4, and 7 letters. 27 synonyms with 5 letters and 18 synonyms with 6 letters.

19 synonyms with 8 letters and 25 synonyms with 9 letters. 12 synonyms with 10 letters and 16 synonyms with 11 letters. 7 synonyms with 12, and 13 letters and 2 synonyms with 14, and 15 letters. 1 synonym with 17 letters. For a total of 187 another word for silly.

Silly sentences

That was a really silly mistake.

She wore a silly hat today.

Stop being silly and focus now.

He told a very silly joke.

Related Words for silly

  1. Ally
    • Synonyms: combine, marry
    • Opposites: split, enemy, opponent
    • Part of speech: verb
  2. Bully
    • Synonyms: persecute, oppress
    • Opposites: protector, defender
    • Part of speech: verb
  3. Skill
    • Synonyms: expertise, skilfulness
    • Opposites: inability, clumsiness
    • Part of speech: noun
  4. Fulfilling
    • Synonyms: Gratifying, satisfying
    • Opposites: empty, unsatisfying
    • Part of speech: verb
  5. Illusion
    • Synonyms: mirage, hallucination
    • Opposites: reality, truth
    • Part of speech: noun
  6. Fully
    • Synonyms: completely, entirely
    • Opposites: partially, nearly
    • Part of speech: adverb
  7. Gradually
    • Synonyms: slowly, moderately
    • Opposites: suddenly, abruptly
    • Part of speech: adverb
  8. Silent
    • Synonyms: completely quiet, still
    • Opposites: audible, noisy
    • Part of speech: adjective
  9. Automatically
    • Synonyms: Instantly, spontaneously
    • Opposites: manually, intentionally
    • Part of speech: adverb
  10. Chill
    • Synonyms: coldness, chilliness
    • Opposites: warmth, friendliness
    • Part of speech: noun
  11. Hill
    • Synonyms: high ground, rising ground
    • Opposites: valley, depression
    • Part of speech: noun
  12. Essentially
    • Synonyms: Fundamentally, basically
    • Opposites: superficially, insignificantly
    • Part of speech: adverb
  13. Willingness
    • Synonyms: readiness, preparedness
    • Opposites: reluctance, unwillingness
    • Part of speech: noun
  14. Thrill
    • Synonyms: excite, stimulate
    • Opposites: bore, disappoint
    • Part of speech: verb
  15. Thrilled
    • Synonyms: excited, exhilarated
    • Opposites: indifferent, disappointed, bored
    • Part of speech: adjective
  16. Will
    • Synonyms: have a tendency to, are bound to
    • Opposites: won't, reluctance
    • Part of speech: noun
  17. Brilliant
    • Synonyms: bright, shining
    • Opposites: stupid, untalented
    • Part of speech: adjective
  18. Generally
    • Synonyms: normally, in general
    • Opposites: sporadically, effectively
    • Part of speech: adverb
  19. Willing
    • Synonyms: ready, prepared
    • Opposites: unwilling, reluctant, disinclined
    • Part of speech: adjective
  20. Basically
    • Synonyms: fundamentally, primarily
    • Opposites: complexly, complicatedly
    • Part of speech: adverb
  21. Filled
    • Synonyms: Packed, loaded
    • Opposites: empty, vacant
    • Part of speech: adjective
  22. Hopefully
    • Synonyms: optimistically, with hope
    • Opposites: pessimistically, doubtfully
    • Part of speech: adverb
  23. Resilience
    • Synonyms: flexibility, pliability
    • Opposites: rigidity, fragility, vulnerability, weakness
    • Part of speech: noun
  24. Eventually
    • Synonyms: in the end, in due course
    • Opposites: immediately, never
    • Part of speech: adverb
  25. Actually
    • Synonyms: literally, to all intents and purposes
    • Opposites: supposedly, theoretically
    • Part of speech: adverb
  26. Usually
    • Synonyms: normally, generally
    • Opposites: rarely, seldom
    • Part of speech: adverb
  27. Still
    • Synonyms: motionless, unmoving
    • Opposites: moving, active
    • Part of speech: adjective
  28. Finally
    • Synonyms: eventually, ultimately
    • Opposites: immediately, firstly, initially
    • Part of speech: adverb
  29. Skills
    • Synonyms: expertise, skilfulness
    • Opposites: incompetence, artlessness
    • Part of speech: noun
  30. Especially
    • Synonyms: mainly, mostly
    • Opposites: negligibly, nominally
    • Part of speech: adverb
  31. Really
    • Synonyms: in fact, in actual fact
    • Opposites: dubiously, questionably
    • Part of speech: adverb