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Synonyms for dizzy

  • adjective

Most common

light-headed silly faint giddy

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Light-headed — empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous; ditzy

light-headed, giddy, faint, silly, air-headed, empty-headed, heedless, feather-brained, thoughtless, frivolous

2. Woozy

woozy, vertiginous

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous; ditzy.

    My new secretary is a dizzy blonde.

  2. adj. 2

    Experiencing a sensation of whirling and of being giddy, unbalanced, or lightheaded.

    I stood up too fast and felt dizzy.

Related words

Word family
dizzily dizziness dizzying
Phrases
dizzy bat dizzy izzy dizzy limit

Example sentences

  • silly Tom gets confused and says silly things sometimes.
  • faint Faint footprints in the dust lead off to the east.
  • giddy He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
dizzyrising
sillyrising
faintrising
giddyrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
silly2, faint1, giddy2, woozy2
8 letters
heedless
9 letters
frivolous3
11 letters
thoughtless2, vertiginous

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (silly2 = 2 syllables).