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单词 scatterbrained
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Synonyms of 'scatterbrained'

empty-headed, silly, frivolous, irresponsible
More Synonyms of scatterbrained
(adjective) 
She plays a scatterbrained student.
Synonyms
empty-headed
They had misjudged me as empty-headed and dim.
silly
That's a silly thing to say.
frivolous
I was a bit too frivolous to be a doctor.
irresponsible
It would be irresponsible to accept unrealistic targets.
careless
Office workers are notoriously careless about their passwords.
giddy
At our stage in life we are unlikely to become giddy spendthrifts.
madcap
goofy (informal)
thoughtless
It was thoughtless of her to mention it.
forgetful
My mother has become very forgetful recently.
scatty (British, informal)
inattentive
These children were more likely to be inattentive at school.
bird-brained (informal)
slaphappy (informal)
featherbrained

Additional synonyms

in the sense of careless
Definition
done or acting with insufficient attention
Office workers are notoriously careless about their passwords.
Synonyms
negligent,
hasty,
unconcerned,
cursory,
perfunctory,
thoughtless,
indiscreet,
unthinking,
forgetful,
absent-minded,
inconsiderate,
heedless,
remiss (formal),
incautious,
unmindful,
regardless
in the sense of forgetful
Definition
tending to forget
My mother has become very forgetful recently.
Synonyms
absent-minded,
vague,
careless,
neglectful,
oblivious,
lax,
negligent,
dreamy,
slapdash,
heedless,
slipshod,
inattentive,
unmindful,
apt to forget,
having a memory like a sieve
in the sense of frivolous
Definition
not serious or sensible in content, attitude, or behaviour
I was a bit too frivolous to be a doctor.
Synonyms
flippant,
foolish,
dizzy (informal),
superficial,
silly,
flip (informal),
juvenile,
idle,
childish,
giddy,
puerile,
flighty,
ill-considered,
empty-headed,
light-hearted,
nonserious,
light-minded,
ditzy or ditsy (slang)

Nearby words of
scatterbrained

  • scathing
  • scatter
  • scatterbrain
  • scatterbrained
  • scattering
  • scavenge
  • scavenger

Synonyms of 'scatterbrained'

scatterbrained

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of giddy
Definition
happy and excited
At our stage in life we are unlikely to become giddy spendthrifts.
Synonyms
flighty,
silly,
volatile,
irresponsible,
reckless,
dizzy,
careless,
frivolous,
impulsive,
capricious,
thoughtless,
impetuous,
skittish,
heedless,
scatterbrained,
ditzy or ditsy (slang)
in the sense of inattentive
Definition
not paying attention
These children were more likely to be inattentive at school.
Synonyms
preoccupied,
distracted,
careless,
negligent,
dreamy,
regardless,
vague,
thoughtless,
absent-minded,
slapdash,
neglectful,
heedless,
slipshod,
remiss (formal),
unmindful,
unobservant,
unheeding,
distrait,
ditzy or ditsy (slang)
in the sense of irresponsible
Definition
not showing or done with due care for the consequences of one's actions or attitudes
It would be irresponsible to accept unrealistic targets.
Synonyms
thoughtless,
reckless,
careless,
wild,
unreliable,
giddy,
untrustworthy,
flighty,
ill-considered,
good-for-nothing,
shiftless,
harebrained,
undependable,
harum-scarum,
scatterbrained,
featherbrained
in the sense of silly
Definition
behaving in a foolish or childish way
That's a silly thing to say.
Synonyms
stupid,
ridiculous,
absurd,
daft,
inane,
childish,
immature,
senseless,
frivolous,
preposterous,
giddy,
goofy (informal),
idiotic,
dozy (British, informal),
fatuous,
witless,
puerile,
brainless,
asinine,
dumb-ass (slang),
cockamamie (slang, US),
dopy (slang)
in the sense of thoughtless
It was thoughtless of her to mention it.
Synonyms
unthinking,
stupid,
silly,
careless,
regardless,
foolish,
rash,
reckless,
mindless,
negligent,
inadvertent,
ill-considered,
tactless,
absent-minded,
imprudent,
slapdash,
neglectful,
heedless,
slipshod,
inattentive,
injudicious,
remiss (formal),
unmindful,
unobservant,
ditsy or ditzy (slang)
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