adjective
- Given to lighthearted silliness: empty-headed, featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, frothy, giddy, harebrained, lighthearted, silly. Informal gaga. Slang birdbrained, dizzy. See ability/inability.
scatterbrained
| Thesaurus: scatterbrained |
| WordNet: scatterbrained |
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.
The adjective has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
lacking sense or discretion
Synonyms: rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatty
Meaning #2:
absent-mindedly irresponsible
Synonyms: flighty, head-in-the-clouds
Learn More
 | dizzy |
| empty-headed |
| ding-a-ling |
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
 |
 | Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
 |
| WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Read more |
ADVERTISEMENT
Mentioned in
- flibbertigibbet
- goosy
- scatterbrain
- ditsy
- scatty
- Basler (family name)
- Aunt Tillie (computer jargon)
- The Baby Blue Expression: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Episode) (1960 TV Episode)
- Mu (Electronica Band, 2000s)
- Out of Bounds: Journey Through Modern Rock (1999 Album by Various Artists)
