Synonyms for light-headed
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Silly — thoughtless; volatile; frivolous
silly, unsteady, careless, flighty, heedless, inattentive, unaware, fickle, frivolous, lightbrained dated
2. Giddy
giddy, dizzy, woozy, empty-headed, air-headed, feather-brained
Definitions
- adj. 1
Thoughtless; volatile; frivolous.
- adj. 2
Dizzy or feeling faint, usually as a result of a drop in blood pressure to the brain; delirious.
Related words
- Word family
- light-headedly light-headedness light-hearted
- Other spellings
- lightheaded
Example sentences
- careless It is very careless of you to leave the door open.
- unsteady I drank too much and was unsteady on my feet.
- flighty Tom is flighty when it comes to projects.
- heedless We're acting like a pack of heedless cretins.
- dizzy Tom and Mary told me that they were feeling dizzy.
- giddy He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.
By length
- 5 letters
- light1, silly2, faint1, dizzy2, giddy2, woozy2
- 6 letters
- fickle2
- 7 letters
- unaware3, flighty2
- 8 letters
- careless2, unsteady3, heedless
- 9 letters
- frivolous3
- 11 letters
- inattentive4
- 12 letters
- lightbrained
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (silly2 = 2 syllables).