Thesaurus results for FEATHERBRAIN

featherbrain

noun

ˈfe-t͟hər-ˌbrān

Definition of featherbrain

as in rattlebrain

a silly flighty person you would not want to have to rely on that featherbrain in an emergency

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Noun

Judge Judy star Judith Sheindlin famously does not suffer fools.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026
An oxpecker in dark plumage and a bright orange bill perched on the crown of the rhino’s head like the king’s fool.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of fool

Noun

The glamorous Emmy winner known for Loewe red-carpet looks and starring on prestige dramedy The Bear is returning to full-bore silly in order to play America’s favorite beagle.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026
It was shot in portrait because it was shot in Instagram by and for a woman who was losing her mind in quarantine and had fully let the sillies take the wheel.

— Ego Nwodim, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025

Definition of silly

Noun

Don’t throttle the goose who lays the golden eggs, don’t blast from the skies the albatross who guarantees fair winds.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Still, the administrators, the commissioners and league presidents must recognize that if trade wars devolve into something more hateful and restrictive, team owners may find their golden goose has fallen into the crockpot.

— Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of goose

Noun

Winnie, on the other hand, is a flibbertigibbet of stream-of-consciousness.

— Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
Projects about Monroe have handled her personal life to varying degrees of success, often leaning into her flibbertigibbet persona, her struggles with addiction, and the paradox of her oozing sexuality and her little girl brokenness.

— Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2023

Definition of flibbertigibbet

Noun

There’s a tramp, a ditz, a bad boss, a hippie, a by-the-book good girl.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
Rather than stay pigeonholed as a ditz, Simpson (who just released new music for the first time in 15 years) went on to launch her own fashion brand, which hit $1 billion in sales in 2015 and is still going strong today.

— EW Staff, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025

Definition of ditz

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