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Synonyms & Antonyms of birdbrained
1
lacking in seriousness or maturity
- a birdbrained neighbor who is forever giving me tacky tchotchkes
Synonyms for birdbrained
- ditzy
- (or ditsy),
- dizzy,
- featherbrained,
- flighty,
- frivolous,
- frothy,
- futile,
- giddy,
- goofy,
- harebrained,
- light-headed,
- light-minded,
- puerile,
- scatterbrained,
- silly,
- yeasty
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- grave,
- melancholy,
- somber
- (or sombre),
- thoughtful
Antonyms for birdbrained
2
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily
- a group of apparently birdbrained teenagers were clearly bored by the memorial
Synonyms for birdbrained
- airheaded,
- bonehead,
- boneheaded,
- brain-dead,
- brainless,
- bubbleheaded,
- chuckleheaded,
- dense,
- dim,
- dim-witted,
- doltish,
- dopey
- (also dopy),
- dorky
- [slang],
- dull,
- dumb,
- dunderheaded,
- empty-headed,
- fatuous,
- gormless
- [chiefly British],
- half-witted,
- knuckleheaded,
- lamebrain
- (or lamebrained),
- lunkheaded,
- mindless,
- oafish,
- obtuse,
- opaque,
- pinheaded,
- senseless,
- simple,
- slow,
- slow-witted,
- soft,
- softheaded,
- stupid,
- thick,
- thick-witted,
- thickheaded,
- unintelligent,
- unsmart,
- vacuous,
- weak-minded,
- witless
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“Birdbrained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birdbrained. Accessed 16 Sep. 2021.
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