'Silly' definitions:
Definition of 'silly'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Ludicrous, foolish; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books" [syn: cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany]
adjective
Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light- headed, lightheaded, silly]
adjective
Inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett [syn: pathetic, ridiculous, silly]
adjective
Dazed from or as if from repeated blows; "knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion" [syn: punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy]
noun
A word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly"
Definition of 'Silly'
From: GCIDE
- Silly \Sil"ly\, a. [Compar. Sillier; superl. Silliest.] [OE. seely, sely, AS. s?lig, ges?lig, happy, good, fr. s?l, s?l, good, happy, s?l good fortune, happines; akin to OS. s[=a]lig, a, good, happy, D. zalig blessed, G. selig, OHG. s[=a]l[imac]g, Icel. s?l, Sw. s[aum]ll, Dan. salig, Goth. s?ls good, kind, and perh. also to L. sollus whole, entire, Gr. ???, Skr. sarva. Cf. Seel, n.]
- 1. Happy; fortunate; blessed. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Harmless; innocent; inoffensive. [Obs.] "This silly, innocent Custance." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- The silly virgin strove him to withstand. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- A silly, innocent hare murdered of a dog. --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster]
- 3. Weak; helpless; frail. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- After long storms . . . With which my silly bark was tossed sore. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- The silly buckets on the deck. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Rustic; plain; simple; humble. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- A fourth man, in a sillyhabit. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- All that did their silly thoughts so busy keep. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple; as, a silly woman. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Simple; brainless; witless; shallow; foolish; unwise; indiscreet. See Simple. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'silly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absurd,
- airy,
- apish,
- asinine,
- balmy,
- batty,
- bedazzled,
- befooled,
- beguiled,
- benumbed,
- besotted,
- blockhead,
- bonehead,
- booby,
- brainless,
- buffoonish,
- catchpenny,
- childish,
- clod,
- clot,
- cockeyed,
- crazy,
- credulous,
- daffy,
- daft,
- daze,
- dazed,
- dazzled,
- dippy,
- dizzy,
- dolt,
- dope,
- dopey,
- doting,
- drip,
- dumb,
- dummy,
- dunce,
- empty,
- empty-headed,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- featherbrained,
- flaky,
- flighty,
- flimsy,
- fond,
- fool,
- foolhardy,
- foolheaded,
- foolish,
- fribble,
- fribbling,
- frivolous,
- frothy,
- fuddled,
- futile,
- gaga,
- giddy,
- goofy,
- goose,
- groggy,
- gulled,
- harebrained,
- idiot,
- idiotic,
- idle,
- ignoramus,
- ignorant,
- illogical,
- imbecile,
- imbecilic,
- in a daze,
- inane,
- inept,
- infatuated,
- insane,
- irrational,
- irresponsible,
- jackass,
- jerk,
- knocked silly,
- kooky,
- laughable,
- light,
- light-headed,
- loony,
- ludicrous,
- mad,
- maudlin,
- mazed,
- moronic,
- muzzy,
- nerd,
- nincompoop,
- ninny,
- nitwit,
- nitwitted,
- nonsensical,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- numskull,
- nutty,
- off,
- otiose,
- Pickwickian,
- pointless,
- poppycockish,
- preposterous,
- puerile,
- punch-drunk,
- punchy,
- rattlebrained,
- ridiculous,
- risible,
- rubbishy,
- sappy,
- scatterbrained,
- screwy,
- senseless,
- sentimental,
- shallow,
- silly ass,
- silly Billy,
- simpleton,
- skimble-skamble,
- slaphappy,
- slender,
- slight,
- stunned,
- stupefied,
- stupid,
- superficial,
- thoughtless,
- trashy,
- trifling,
- trite,
- trivial,
- twaddling,
- twaddly,
- twit,
- unintelligent,
- unreasonable,
- unwise,
- unwitty,
- vacuous,
- vain,
- vapid,
- wacky,
- weak-minded,
- wet,
- windy,
- witless,
- woozy