What does silly mean?
Definitions for silly
ˈsɪl isil·ly
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word silly.
Princeton's WordNet
sillyadjective
a word used for misbehaving children
"don't be a silly"
cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zanyadjective
ludicrous, foolish
"gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books"
airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, sillyadjective
lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
"a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"
pathetic, ridiculous, sillyadjective
inspiring scornful pity
"how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett
punch-drunk, silly, slaphappyadjective
dazed from or as if from repeated blows
"knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion"
Wiktionary
sillynoun
A silly person; a fool.
Etymology: Phonetic variant of seely.
sillynoun
A mistake.
Etymology: Phonetic variant of seely.
sillyadjective
Pitiable; deserving of compassion; helpless.
Etymology: Phonetic variant of seely.
sillyadjective
Simple, unsophisticated, ordinary; rustic, ignorant.
Etymology: Phonetic variant of seely.
sillyadjective
foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom; frivolous, trifling.
I made a very silly mistake.
Etymology: Phonetic variant of seely.
sillyadjective
irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors.
What a silly kid, he's always getting in trouble.
Etymology: Phonetic variant of seely.
sillyadjective
playful, giggly.
The newlyweds called each other silly little nicknames.
Etymology: Phonetic variant of seely.
sillyadjective
semiconscious, witless.
The impact of the ball knocked him silly.
Etymology: Phonetic variant of seely.
sillyadjective
of a fielding position, very close to the batsman; closer than short
Etymology: Phonetic variant of seely.
sillyadjective
simple, not intelligent, refined.
John was prosperous and his helpless, silly father could be of no use to him.
Etymology: Phonetic variant of seely.
Webster Dictionary
Sillynoun
happy; fortunate; blessed
Sillynoun
harmless; innocent; inoffensive
Sillynoun
weak; helpless; frail
Sillynoun
rustic; plain; simple; humble
Sillynoun
weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple; as, a silly woman
Sillynoun
proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question
Freebase
Silly
Silly is a German rock band. Founded in East Germany in the year 1978, Silly was one of the country's most popular music acts, and was well known for its charismatic lead singer Tamara Danz. Her death in 1996 ended the band's recording career for 14 years. In 2005 the surviving members began to perform as Silly again, first with several guest singers, before choosing actress Anna Loos to replace Danz. The first album with the new line-up, Alles Rot, became the band's most successful to date, reaching number 3 on the German charts in 2010.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Silly
sil′i, adj. simple: harmless: foolish: witless: imprudent: absurd: stupid.—n. a silly person.—adv. Sill′ily.—ns. Sill′iness; Sill′y-how, a caul. [Orig. 'blessed,' and so 'innocent,' 'simple,' A.S. sǽlig, gesælig, timely—sǽl, time; Ger. selig, blest, happy, Goth. sels, good.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'silly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4120
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'silly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1117
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'silly' in Adjectives Frequency: #465
Anagrams for silly »
slily
yills
silyl
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of silly in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of silly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of silly in a Sentence
Many newcomers are growing rapidly because consumers do not get the difference between digital wallets and checking accounts, soon we're going to see a lot of people doing silly things.
Akron is not a good course for me so I probably won't play more than three or four holes in practice but I'll spend a day on the putting green on the Wednesday, sometimes you stand over a putt, you visually see the line and you hit the line. It sounds silly to say but you just don't have that feeling all the time.
If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.
We had all these other ideas for names, people may think we're silly but we don't care. Books Are Magic just made us happy.
I have misgivings about his style, a lot of people should, you don’t want to bully people, it was a silly thing.
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- سخيفArabic
- ximplet, fava, ximpleCatalan, Valencian
- hloupýCzech
- dum, fjolletDanish
- albern, doofGerman
- σαχλός, ανόητοςGreek
- infantil, semiaturdido, tonto, payaso, niñito, tontito, simpleSpanish
- hassu, vastuuton, yksinkertainen, typerä, hölmö, sekava, ajattelematonFinnish
- idiot de, fou, imbécile de, branque, abruti, stupide, bête, idiot, givré, bébête, jeté, nunucheFrench
- faoin, amaideachScottish Gaelic
- meecheeallaghManx
- מטופש, טיפשיHebrew
- տխմար, հիմարArmenian
- fatueInterlingua
- konyol, bodohIndonesian
- stultaIdo
- scioccoItalian
- 他愛ない, ばかげました, 馬鹿, 馬鹿げた, 愚鈍, 阿呆, つまらないJapanese
- ដែលភ្លីភ្លើKhmer
- 바보Korean
- stultusLatin
- dumjš, muļķīgsLatvian
- फालतूMarathi
- မိုက်မဲBurmese
- stom, ondeugend, ondoordacht, dom, gekDutch
- tullete, fjolleteNorwegian
- głupiPolish
- simples, irresponsável, aéreo, bobo, infantil, tolo, semiconsciente, ingénuoPortuguese
- глупышка, глупыйRussian
- lekfull, fnittrigSwedish
- விளையாட்டுத்தனமான, வேடிக்கையானTamil
- โง่Thai
- ngớ ngẩnVietnamese
- 愚蠢Chinese
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