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sil·ly (sĭl'ē)
adj., -li·er, -li·est.
Exhibiting a lack of wisdom or good sense; foolish. See synonyms at foolish.
Lacking seriousness or responsibleness; frivolous: indulged in silly word play;
silly pet names for each other.
Semiconscious; dazed: knocked silly by the impact.
[Middle English seli, silli, blessed, innocent, hapless, from Old English
gesælig, blessed.]
sillily sil'li·ly (sĭl'ə-lē) adv.
silliness sil'li·ness n.
adjective
Displaying a complete lack of forethought and good sense: brainless, fatuous,
foolish, insensate, mindless, senseless, unintelligent, weak-minded, witless.
See ability/inability, planned/unplanned.
So senseless as to be laughable: absurd, foolish, harebrained, idiotic,
imbecilic, insane, lunatic, mad, moronic, nonsensical, preposterous, softheaded,
tomfool, unearthly, zany. Informal cockeyed, crazy, loony, loopy. Slang balmy2,
dippy, dopey, jerky, sappy, wacky. See ability/inability, knowledge/ignorance.
Given to lighthearted silliness: empty-headed, featherbrained, flighty,
frivolous, frothy, giddy, harebrained, lighthearted, scatterbrained. Informal
gaga. Slang birdbrained, dizzy. See ability/inability.
adj
Definition: absurd, giddy, foolish
Antonyms: mature, mundane, practical, rational, sensible, serious, wise
Meaning #1: a word used for misbehaving children
The adjective silly has 4 meanings:
Meaning #1: (informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"
Synonyms: cockamamie, cockamamy, fool, goofy, sappy, wacky, whacky, zany,
unreasonable
Meaning #2: lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
Synonyms: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed,
lightheaded
Meaning #3: inspiring scornful pity
Synonyms: pathetic, ridiculous
Meaning #4: (informal) dazed from or as if from repeated blows
Synonyms: punch-drunk, slaphappy
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