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Definitions for Silly

[1] weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish: a silly writer.
[2] absurd; ridiculous; irrational: a silly idea.
[3] stunned; dazed: He knocked me silly.
[4] Cricket . (of a fielder or the fielder's playing position) extremely close to the batsman's wicket: silly mid off.
[5] Archaic . rustic; plain; homely.
[6] Archaic . weak; helpless.
[7] Obsolete . lowly in rank or state; humble.
[8] Informal . a silly or foolish person: Don't be such a silly.
[9] lacking in good sense; absurd
[10] frivolous, trivial, or superficial
[11] feeble-minded
[12] dazed, as from a blow
[13] obsolete homely or humble
[14] (modifier) cricket (of a fielding position) near the batsman's wicket silly mid-on
[15] Also called: silly-billy plural -lies informal a foolish person

Words related to Silly

crazy, stupid, inappropriate, simple, nonsensical, childish, ludicrous, idiotic, preposterous, ridiculous, pointless, irresponsible, frivolous, irrational, empty, asinine, balmy, brainless, dizzy, empty-headed

Words nearby Silly

sillery, silliman, sillimanite, sillitoe, sills, silly, silly billy, silly putty, silly season, silly-sider, sillyweed

Origin of Silly

1375–1425; earlier sylie, sillie foolish, feeble-minded, simple, pitiful; late Middle English syly, variant of sely seely

Other words from Silly

sil·li·ly , adverb
sil·li·ness , noun
un·sil·ly , adjective

Word origin for Silly

C15 (in the sense: pitiable, hence the later senses: foolish): from Old English sǣlig (unattested) happy, from sǣl happiness; related to Gothic sēls good

Synonyms for Silly

childish, crazy, frivolous, idiotic, inappropriate, irresponsible, ludicrous, nonsensical, pointless, preposterous, ridiculous, simple, stupid, empty, irrational, 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