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Synonyms for harebrained

  • adjective

Most common

silly empty-headed brainless witless crazy insane

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Silly — frivolous and silly; featherbrained or scatterbrained; stupid

silly, foolish, empty-headed, witless, brainless, absent-minded, daft, unintelligent

2. Insane

insane, crazy, mad

3. Half-brained — absurd, foolish or stupid

half-brained, half-witted

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Absurd, foolish or stupid.

  2. adj. 2

    Frivolous and silly; featherbrained or scatterbrained; stupid.

Example sentences

  • silly Tom gets confused and says silly things sometimes.
  • brainless What did Brainless and Unhappy do?
  • crazy He must be crazy to go out in this stormy weather.
  • insane The like-to-dislike ratio on this video is insane.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters
mad1
4 letters
daft1
5 letters
crazy2, silly2
6 letters
insane2
7 letters
foolish2, witless2
9 letters
brainless2
13 letters
unintelligent

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (crazy2 = 2 syllables).