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silly
adjective as in absurd, giddy, foolish
Strongest matches
childish, crazy, frivolous, idiotic, inappropriate, irresponsible, ludicrous, nonsensical, pointless, preposterous, ridiculous, simple, stupid
Strong matches
Weak matches
asinine, balmy, brainless, dippy, dizzy, empty-headed, fatuous, featherbrained, flighty, foolhardy, harebrained, ignorant, illogical, immature, imprudent, inane, inconsistent, meaningless, muddle-headed, nitwitted, puerile, senseless, sheepheaded, simpleminded, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise, vacuous, witless
Example Sentences
That title belonged to starter Blake Snell, who fooled the Reds into quick swings, wild swings, silly swings, and just four hits with nine strikeouts in seven innings.
Australia are due to tour in 2027, but Knight says it is "silly" to look so far ahead to another crack at the Ashes.
The bizarre prosthetics and silly voice make it hard to take Chad quite as seriously as the series would like us to.
The thousands of people attending this dystopic bereavement rally don’t feel the least bit silly doing all of this for someone with such a wacky gum-to-tooth ratio?
We had to come back to L.A. and shoot this silly thing where I was all bandaged up and we’re supposed to be up in Alaska someplace, at a remote Secret Service station.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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