Synonyms for silly
ˈsɪl isil·ly

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1. sillyadjective

   Synonyms:
   charming

   Antonyms:
   pious

2. sillyadjective

   A silly person; a fool.

   Synonyms:
   charming

   Antonyms:
   pious

3. sillyadjective

   Simple, unsophisticated, ordinary; rustic, ignorant.

   Synonyms:
   charming

   Antonyms:
   pious

4. sillyadjective

   foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom; frivolous, trifling.

   I made a very silly mistake.

   Synonyms:
   charming

   Antonyms:
   pious

5. sillyadjective

   irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors.

   What a silly kid, he's always getting in trouble.

   Synonyms:
   charming

   Antonyms:
   pious

6. sillyadjective

   playful, giggly.

   The newlyweds called each other silly little nicknames.

   Synonyms:
   charming

   Antonyms:
   pious

7. sillyadjective

   semiconscious, witless.

   The impact of the ball knocked him silly.

   Synonyms:
   charming

   Antonyms:
   pious

8. sillyadjective

   of a fielding position, very close to the batsman; closer than short

   Synonyms:
   charming

   Antonyms:
   pious

9. sillyadjective

   simple, not intelligent, refined.

   John was prosperous and his helpless, silly father could be of no use to him.

   Synonyms:
   charming

   Antonyms:
   pious

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1. silly

   Synonyms:
   absurd, dull, foolish, futile, ignorant, irrational, obtuse, senseless, simple, sottish, stupid, undiscerning, unintelligent

   Antonyms:
   able, acute, apt, clear-sighted, discerning, intelligent, judicious, keen, keen-sighted, keen-witted, perspicacious, quick of scent, quick-scented, rational, sagacious, sage, sensible, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd, wise

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1. silly

   Synonyms:
   simple, foolish, weak, shallow, witless, unwise, indiscreet, imprudent, absurd

   Antonyms:
   sagacious, intelligent, astute, wise, deep, discreet, prudent, sound, rational

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1. sillyadjective

   a word used for misbehaving children

   "don't be a silly"

   Antonyms:
   serious, wise, clear-thinking, dignified, clearheaded

2. cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zanyadjective

   ludicrous, foolish

   "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books"

   Synonyms:
   slaphappy, crackers, light-headed, ridiculous, round the bend, lightheaded, nutty, punch-drunk, dotty, featherbrained, sappy, kooky, daft, bats, empty-headed, clownish, airheaded, fruity, nuts, bonkers, clownlike, cracked, haywire, wacky, loco, kookie, buggy, zany, goofy, pathetic, dizzy, batty, cockamamy, loony, barmy, cockamamie, buffoonish, around the bend, balmy, giddy, loopy, whacky

   Antonyms:
   clearheaded, clear-thinking, wise, dignified, serious

3. airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, sillyadjective

   lacking seriousness; given to frivolity

   "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"

   Synonyms:
   woozy, zany, empty-headed, dizzy, wacky, ridiculous, airheaded, whacky, goofy, sappy, cockamamie, light-headed, swooning, giddy, faint, lightheaded, slaphappy, light, featherbrained, punch-drunk, vertiginous, cockamamy, pathetic

   Antonyms:
   clear-thinking, wise, serious, clearheaded, dignified

4. pathetic, ridiculous, sillyadjective

   inspiring scornful pity

   "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett

   Synonyms:
   slaphappy, light-headed, nonsensical, hapless, ludicrous, giddy, poor, farcical, featherbrained, sappy, miserable, lightheaded, absurd, dizzy, laughable, airheaded, ridiculous, wacky, piteous, punch-drunk, cockeyed, misfortunate, pitiable, derisory, zany, preposterous, goofy, pathetic, wretched, empty-headed, pitiful, cockamamy, cockamamie, idiotic, whacky

   Antonyms:
   clearheaded, clear-thinking, wise, dignified, serious

5. punch-drunk, silly, slaphappyadjective

   dazed from or as if from repeated blows

   "knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion"

   Synonyms:
   carefree, harum-scarum, pathetic, zany, empty-headed, dizzy, wacky, ridiculous, whacky, goofy, happy-go-lucky, sappy, cockamamie, light-headed, freewheeling, giddy, lightheaded, slaphappy, devil-may-care, featherbrained, punch-drunk, airheaded, cockamamy

   Antonyms:
   clear-thinking, clearheaded, dignified, wise, serious

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1. sillyadjective

   Synonyms:
   senseless, witless, stupid, foolish, DAFT, simple, weak, childish, inept

2. sillyadjective

   Synonyms:
   absurd, trifling, frivolous, extravagant, preposterous, nonsensical

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1. sillyadjective

   Synonyms:
   witless, foolish, simple, fatuous, imbecile, half-witted, stupid, unwise, inept, absurd, inane, nonsensical, senseless, puerile

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1. List of paraphrases for "silly":

   stupid, beast, idiot, ridiculous, dumb, fool, foolish, idiotic, beta, absurd, jerk, daft, moron, crazy, imbecile, ludicrous

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1. Liam Neesonhas:

   Because when you’re doing a play and you’re with your family, other actors, technicians, you do silly things. You do silly things. And it becomes kind of superstitious, if you don’t do it every night, you think it’s going to jinx the show, i think Dustin Hoffman was — I ’m not saying I’ve done similar things like what Dustin Hoffman did, Liam Neesonhas know. Apparently Dustin Hoffman touched another girl’s breast and stuff. But it’s childhood stuff, what Dustin Hoffman was doing.

2. Elizabeth Gaskell:

   Madam your wife and I didn't hit it off the only time I ever saw her. I won't say she was silly, but I think one of us was silly, and it wasn't me.

3. Viktor Orban:

   Hungary being called Russian-friendly, that is silly as Hungary is Hungary-friendly, Our allied status with NATO and the EU is clear. But we have to stand up for our economic interests.

4. Jane Austen:

   Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.

5. Barbara Bush:

   I think this is a great American country, great country, and if we can't find more than two or three families to run for high office, that's silly.