Tom is flighty when it comes to projects.
Source: tatoeba (11976968)
Flighty
//ˈflaɪti//
Synonyms for "flighty" (176 found)
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Strong matches (52)
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Adjective(4 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Translations
42 translations across 19 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- ëndërrimtar adj (given to silly ideas)
Asturian
2 entries- antoxadiegu adj (given to silly ideas)
- antoxón adj (given to silly ideas)
Bulgarian
2 entries- вятърничав adj (given to silly ideas)
- лекомислен adj (given to silly ideas)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 善飛的 /善飞的 adj ((of a bird) that flies easily or often)
- 輕浮 /轻浮 adj (given to silly ideas)
- 輕率 /轻率 adj (given to silly ideas)
- 飛行力強的 /飞行力强的 adj ((of a bird) that flies easily or often)
Czech
2 entries- nestálý adj (given to silly ideas)
- přelétavý adj (given to silly ideas)
Esperanto
1 entries- facilanima adj (given to silly ideas)
Finnish
2 entries- hyvä lentäjä adj ((of a bird) that flies easily or often)
- kevytmielinen adj (given to silly ideas)
French
2 entries- candide adj (given to silly ideas)
- insouciant adj (given to silly ideas)
Galician
4 entries- antolladizo adj (given to silly ideas)
- caprichoso adj (given to silly ideas)
- livián adj (given to silly ideas)
- voluble adj (given to silly ideas)
German
3 entries- albern adj (given to silly ideas)
- flatterhaft adj (given to silly ideas)
- schrullig adj (given to silly ideas)
Greek
3 entries- ελαφρόμυαλος adj (given to silly ideas)
- επιπόλαιος adj (given to silly ideas)
- φαντασιόπληκτος adj (given to silly ideas)
Hebrew
1 entries- קַל דַּעַת adj (given to silly ideas)
Irish
4 entries- aerach adj (given to silly ideas)
- aidhmeannach adj (given to silly ideas)
- arduallach adj (given to silly ideas)
- eitleach adj ((of a bird) that flies easily or often)
Occitan
2 entries- voladís adj ((of a bird) that flies easily or often)
- volaire adj ((of a bird) that flies easily or often)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- خفیف adj (given to silly ideas)
Russian
1 entries- взбалмошный adj (given to silly ideas)
Spanish
3 entries- caprichoso adj (given to silly ideas)
- necio adj (given to silly ideas)
- volador adj ((of a bird) that flies easily or often)
Turkish
1 entries- hercai adj (given to silly ideas)
Welsh
2 entries- penchwiban adj (given to silly ideas)
- penysgafn adj (given to silly ideas)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
My boss accused me of being flighty, so I immediately quit.
Source: tatoeba (11976974)
People have told me I'm flighty.
Source: tatoeba (12139743)
"We know that flighty birds suffer from greater risk of raptor predation, and I assume that it is useful to understand the effects of urbanization because flighty species may be more vulnerable to anthropogenic disturbance."
Source: wiktionary
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