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.

Wiktionary4.3 / 7 votes

  1. sillyadjective

    Antonyms:
    pious

    Synonyms:
    charming

  2. sillyadjective

    A silly person; a fool.

    Antonyms:
    pious

    Synonyms:
    charming

  3. sillyadjective

    Simple, unsophisticated, ordinary; rustic, ignorant.

    Antonyms:
    pious

    Synonyms:
    charming

  4. sillyadjective

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

    I made a very silly mistake.

    Antonyms:
    pious

    Synonyms:
    charming

  5. sillyadjective

    irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors.

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

    Antonyms:
    pious

    Synonyms:
    charming

  6. sillyadjective

    playful, giggly.

    The newlyweds called each other silly little nicknames.

    Antonyms:
    pious

    Synonyms:
    charming

  7. sillyadjective

    semiconscious, witless.

    The impact of the ball knocked him silly.

    Antonyms:
    pious

    Synonyms:
    charming

  8. sillyadjective

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

    Antonyms:
    pious

    Synonyms:
    charming

  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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. silly

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

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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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"

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

    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

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

    lacking seriousness; given to frivolity

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

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

    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

  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

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

    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

  5. punch-drunk, silly, slaphappyadjective

    dazed from or as if from repeated blows

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

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

    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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. sillyadjective

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

How to use silly in a sentence?

  1. Maria Sharapova:

    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.

  2. Frank Chung:

    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.

  3. Mark Rienzi:

    The idea that the government doesn't have some other way to do this is really a pretty silly argument.

  4. Ted Cruz:

    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.

  5. Stephanie Grisham:

    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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