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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
Michelle Goldberg of the New York Times has dismissed it as “a silly anachronism.”
On the last day of their girls' trip in June, the group befriended a stag party and were playing games, running around outside their accommodation and "being silly".
Perhaps, Trujillo reasoned, these nonsense and silly phrases are this generation’s way of telling everyone to just have fun.
Initially, the automaker had planned to make both a robotaxi and an $25,000 vehicle from the same platform, but Musk now says that it would be “silly” and “pointless” to make a regular model.
There’s a pack of digital wolves that just looks silly.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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