What are some opposite words for silly?
Antonyms for silly
ˈsɪl isil·ly
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term silly.
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sillyadjective
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piousSynonyms:
charmingsillyadjective
A silly person; a fool.
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piousSynonyms:
charmingsillyadjective
Simple, unsophisticated, ordinary; rustic, ignorant.
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piousSynonyms:
charmingsillyadjective
foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom; frivolous, trifling.
I made a very silly mistake.
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piousSynonyms:
charmingsillyadjective
irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors.
What a silly kid, he's always getting in trouble.
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piousSynonyms:
charmingsillyadjective
playful, giggly.
The newlyweds called each other silly little nicknames.
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piousSynonyms:
charmingsillyadjective
semiconscious, witless.
The impact of the ball knocked him silly.
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piousSynonyms:
charmingsillyadjective
of a fielding position, very close to the batsman; closer than short
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piousSynonyms:
charmingsillyadjective
simple, not intelligent, refined.
John was prosperous and his helpless, silly father could be of no use to him.
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charmingAntonyms:
pious
English Synonyms and Antonyms
silly
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, wiseSynonyms:
absurd, dull, foolish, futile, ignorant, irrational, obtuse, senseless, simple, sottish, stupid, undiscerning, unintelligent
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
sillyadjective
a word used for misbehaving children
"don't be a silly"
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serious, wise, clear-thinking, dignified, clearheadedcockamamie, 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"
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clearheaded, clear-thinking, wise, dignified, seriousSynonyms:
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, whackyairheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, sillyadjective
lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
"a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"
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clear-thinking, wise, serious, clearheaded, dignifiedSynonyms:
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, patheticpathetic, ridiculous, sillyadjective
inspiring scornful pity
"how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett
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clearheaded, clear-thinking, wise, dignified, seriousSynonyms:
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, whackypunch-drunk, silly, slaphappyadjective
dazed from or as if from repeated blows
"knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion"
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clear-thinking, clearheaded, dignified, wise, seriousSynonyms:
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
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
How to use silly in a sentence?
When you've experienced grand slam victories, it's absolutely natural to have that goal in your mind, it would be silly for me to say my goal for this year is to win a lower-tier tournament because I strive to be on the big stage and to win on the big stage.
As silly as that sounds, I think sometimes we always just get bogged down by the things that we could improve upon, but by focusing on the things that you actually did, even if it's just having a great conversation with a family about goals of care, is something to kind of ground yourself.
The idea that the government doesn't have some other way to do this is really a pretty silly argument.
The allegations of somehow fraud -- the last I checked, passing on news stories about breaking news that is true and accurate is, and should, be part of the democratic process. And all of the rest of it is just silly noise.
Did you know that every 15 minutes a baby is born with NAS ? Maybe you'd like to talk about the 160,000 kids who skip school every day for fear of being bullied, or that 280,000 students are physically attacked in schools every month, seems kind of silly to worry about what channel she watches on TV( any channel she wants btw) or if she heard some recording on the news.
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