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scatterbrained |
Overview of adj scatterbrained The adj scatterbrained has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty -- (lacking sense or discretion; "his rattlebrained crackpot ideas"; "how rattlepated I am! I've forgotten what I came for"- Glenway Westcott) 2. flighty, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained -- (absent-mindedly irresponsible; "he said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor") Antonyms of adj scatterbrained 2 senses of scatterbrained Sense 1 rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty INDIRECT (VIA foolish) -> wise Sense 2 flighty, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained INDIRECT (VIA irresponsible) -> responsible Similarity of adj scatterbrained 2 senses of scatterbrained Sense 1 rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty => foolish (vs. wise) Sense 2 flighty, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained => irresponsible (vs. responsible) Attributes of adj scatterbrained Familiarity of adj scatterbrained scatterbrained used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj scatterbrained scatterbrained Overview of adj scatterbrained The adj scatterbrained has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty -- (lacking sense or discretion; "his rattlebrained crackpot ideas"; "how rattlepated I am! I've forgotten what I came for"- Glenway Westcott) 2. flighty, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained -- (absent-mindedly irresponsible; "he said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor")
scatterbrained definition