Silly

//ˈsɪl.i//

Synonyms for "silly" (270 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (54)

Adjective(1 words)
airheaded

Strong matches (81)

Related words (135)

Adverb(1 words)
sillily

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

12 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

5 entries

derived

25 entries

Showing 16 of 25 words.

has context

8 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

39 entries

Showing 16 of 39 words.

similar

5 entries

Translations

213 translations across 65 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • onnosel adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • verspot adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ἀβέλτερος adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • ἄφρων adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Arabic

1 entries
  • سَخِيف adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Armenian

2 entries
  • հիմար adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • տխմար adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • axmaq adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • ağılsız adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • qanmaz adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • sarsaq adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Basque

1 entries
  • ergel adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • глу́пы adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • дурны́ adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • тупы́ adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Breton

1 entries
  • sod adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • глу́пав adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • детински adj (irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors)
  • игрив adj (playful, giggly)
  • нехаен adj (irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors)

Burmese

4 entries
  • တုံး adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • တုံးတာ adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • န adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • မိုက် adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Catalan

4 entries
  • babau adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • fava adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • ximple adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • ximplet adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • ㄎㄧㄤ adj (playful, giggly)
  • 傻 adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • 愚蠢 adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • 憨痴 adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • глоупъ adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Czech

4 entries
  • bláhový adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • hloupý adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • hloupý adj (irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors)
  • omráčený adj (semiconscious)

Danish

4 entries
  • dum adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • fjollet adj (playful, giggly)
  • sølle adj (pejorative: simple, not intelligent, unrefined)
  • fjols noun (silly person)

Dutch

4 entries
  • dom adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • dom adj (irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors)
  • dom adj (pejorative: simple, not intelligent, unrefined)
  • gek adj (playful, giggly)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • facilanima adj (playful, giggly)
  • fola adj (playful, giggly)
  • malsaĝa adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Estonian

2 entries
  • loll adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • tobe adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ajattelematon adj (irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors)
  • hassu adj (playful, giggly)
  • hölmö adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • hölmö adj (irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors)

French

4 entries
  • abruti adj (semiconscious)
  • branque adj (irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors)
  • bébête adj (playful, giggly)
  • bête adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Galician

2 entries
  • parvo adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • tonto adj (pejorative: simple, not intelligent, unrefined)

German

4 entries
  • albern adj (playful, giggly)
  • doof adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • dumm adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • Dummerchen noun (silly person)

Greek

4 entries
  • ανόητος adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • σαχλός adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • σαχλός adj (playful, giggly)
  • χαζός adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • kohu ʻole adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • טיפשי adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • מטופש adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Hindi

1 entries
  • मूर्ख adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • buta adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • csacsi adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • együgyű adj (pejorative: simple, not intelligent, unrefined)
  • idétlen adj (playful, giggly)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • kjánalegur adj (playful, giggly)

Ido

1 entries
  • stulta adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • bodoh adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • konyol adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • humppa adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • fatue adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Irish

2 entries
  • aertha adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • gamalach adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Italian

2 entries
  • sciocco adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • sciocco adj (pejorative: simple, not intelligent, unrefined)

Japanese

4 entries
  • つまらない adj (playful, giggly)
  • 他愛ない adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • 愚鈍 adj (pejorative: simple, not intelligent, unrefined)
  • 阿呆 adj (irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ដែលភ្លីភ្លើ adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Korean

1 entries
  • 어리석다 adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຈ້າ adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Latin

4 entries
  • excors adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • fatuus adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • fatuus adj (irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors)
  • ineptus adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Latvian

2 entries
  • dumjš adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • muļķīgs adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Low German

1 entries
  • sellig adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • глупав adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Manx

1 entries
  • meecheeallagh adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Marathi

1 entries
  • फालतू adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Māori

3 entries
  • rūrūwai adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • wawau adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • wawau adj (irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • fjollete adj (irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors)
  • tullete adj (irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • dum adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • dum adj (pejorative: simple, not intelligent, unrefined)
  • teit adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • dummenikk noun (silly person)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • بوك adj (pejorative: simple, not intelligent, unrefined)
  • خفیف adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • شاشقین adj (pejorative: simple, not intelligent, unrefined)

Polish

1 entries
  • głupi adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • aéreo adj (semiconscious)
  • bobo adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • bobo adj (irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors)
  • bobo adj (playful, giggly)

Romagnol

1 entries
  • stòpid adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Russian

4 entries
  • глу́пый adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • глупышка adj (playful, giggly)
  • дурно́й adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • тупо́й adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • दुर्मति adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • amaideach adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • amaideach adj (pejorative: simple, not intelligent, unrefined)
  • faoin adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • faoin adj (irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • blesav adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • glȗp adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • блесав adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • глу̑п adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Slovak

3 entries
  • hlúpy adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • hlúpy adj (irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors)
  • hlúpy adj (pejorative: simple, not intelligent, unrefined)

Slovene

4 entries
  • butast adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • glúp adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • neumen adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • trapast adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Spanish

4 entries
  • apayasado adj (playful, giggly)
  • bobo adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • infantil adj (irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors)
  • lelo adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Swedish

4 entries
  • dum adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • fnittrig adj (playful, giggly)
  • lekfull adj (playful, giggly)
  • dumbom noun (silly person)

Tamil

1 entries
  • விளையாட்டுத்தனமான adj (playful, giggly)

Thai

1 entries
  • โง่ adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Tongan

1 entries
  • laupisi adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Turkish

3 entries
  • aptal adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • saf adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • şapşal noun (silly person)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • дурни́й adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)
  • тупи́й adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • ngu adj (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom)

Sample sentences

54 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I need to ask you a silly question.

Source: tatoeba (1417)

It was silly of you to trust them.

Source: tatoeba (17950)

His parents' view was that he was wasting his earnings on a silly girl.

Source: tatoeba (18361)

It is silly of you to neglect your studies.

Source: tatoeba (21637)

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