Grep  of  noun  silly 
  silly 
  silly  season 
 
  Overview  of  noun  silly 
 
  The  noun  silly  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  silly  --  (a  word  used  for  misbehaving  children;  "don't  be  a  silly") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  silly 
 
  The  adj  silly  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (8)  cockamamie,  cockamamy,  fool,  goofy,  sappy,  silly,  wacky,  zany,  unreasonable  --  ((informal  terms)  "gave  me  a  cockamamie  reason  for  not  going";  "wore  a  goofy  hat";  "a  silly  idea";  "some  wacky  plan  for  selling  more  books") 
  2.  (1)  airheaded,  dizzy,  empty-headed,  featherbrained,  giddy,  light-headed,  lightheaded,  silly  --  (lacking  seriousness;  given  to  frivolity;  "a  dizzy  blonde";  "light-headed  teenagers";  "silly  giggles") 
  3.  pathetic,  ridiculous,  silly  --  (inspiring  scornful  pity;  "how  silly  an  ardent  and  unsuccessful  wooer  can  be  especially  if  he  is  getting  on  in  years"-  Dashiell  Hammett) 
  4.  punch-drunk,  silly,  slaphappy  --  ((informal)  dazed  from  or  as  if  from  repeated  blows;  "knocked  silly  by  the  impact";  "slaphappy  with  exhaustion") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  silly 
 
  4  senses  of  silly 
 
  Sense  1 
  cockamamie,  cockamamy,  fool(postnominal),  goofy,  sappy,  silly,  wacky,  zany,  unreasonable 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  foolish)  ->  wise 
 
  Sense  2 
  airheaded,  dizzy,  empty-headed,  featherbrained,  giddy,  light-headed,  lightheaded,  silly 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  frivolous)  ->  serious 
 
  Sense  3 
  pathetic,  ridiculous,  silly 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  undignified)  ->  dignified 
 
  Sense  4 
  punch-drunk,  silly,  slaphappy 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  confused)  ->  clearheaded,  clear-thinking 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  silly 
 
  4  senses  of  silly 
 
  Sense  1 
  cockamamie,  cockamamy,  fool(postnominal),  goofy,  sappy,  silly,  wacky,  zany,  unreasonable 
  =>  foolish  (vs.  wise) 
 
  Sense  2 
  airheaded,  dizzy,  empty-headed,  featherbrained,  giddy,  light-headed,  lightheaded,  silly 
  =>  frivolous  (vs.  serious) 
 
  Sense  3 
  pathetic,  ridiculous,  silly 
  =>  undignified  (vs.  dignified) 
 
  Sense  4 
  punch-drunk,  silly,  slaphappy 
  =>  confused  (vs.  clearheaded) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  silly 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  silly 
 
  silly  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  4) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  silly 
  silly 
 
  Overview  of  noun  silly 
 
  The  noun  silly  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  silly  --  (a  word  used  for  misbehaving  children;  "don't  be  a  silly") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  silly 
 
  The  adj  silly  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (8)  cockamamie,  cockamamy,  fool,  goofy,  sappy,  silly,  wacky,  zany,  unreasonable  --  ((informal  terms)  "gave  me  a  cockamamie  reason  for  not  going";  "wore  a  goofy  hat";  "a  silly  idea";  "some  wacky  plan  for  selling  more  books") 
  2.  (1)  airheaded,  dizzy,  empty-headed,  featherbrained,  giddy,  light-headed,  lightheaded,  silly  --  (lacking  seriousness;  given  to  frivolity;  "a  dizzy  blonde";  "light-headed  teenagers";  "silly  giggles") 
  3.  pathetic,  ridiculous,  silly  --  (inspiring  scornful  pity;  "how  silly  an  ardent  and  unsuccessful  wooer  can  be  especially  if  he  is  getting  on  in  years"-  Dashiell  Hammett) 
  4.  punch-drunk,  silly,  slaphappy  --  ((informal)  dazed  from  or  as  if  from  repeated  blows;  "knocked  silly  by  the  impact";  "slaphappy  with  exhaustion") 

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