Synonyms of daffy

daffy

adjective

ˈda-fē 

as in silly

showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment

their daffy antics made generations of movie audiences laugh

Synonyms & Similar Words

• silly
• stupid
• foolish
• absurd
• insane
• mad
• crazy
• idiotic
• irrational
• dippy
• zany
• lunatic
• loony
• kooky
• wacky
• dumb
• fool
• nutty
• dotty
• screwball
• ridiculous
• cuckoo
• cockeyed
• wacko
• witless
• simple
• fatuous
• preposterous
• daft
• gaga
• nonsensical
• harebrained
• batty
• unreasonable
• brainless
• barmy
• asinine
• inept
• jerky
• unreasoning
• crackpot
• weak
• sappy
• simpleminded
• unwise
• balmy
• bubbleheaded
• lunkheaded
• meshuga
• out to lunch
• loony tunes
• slow
• crackbrained
• weak-minded
• senseless
• dopey
• half-witted
• half-baked
• fruity
• moronic
• tomfool
• doltish
• featherheaded
• clueless
• oafish
• vacuous
• unreasoned
• obtuse
• dull
• pinheaded
• thoughtless
• imbecile
• unintelligent
• dim
• dense
• dunderheaded
• illogical
• lamebrain
• opaque
• thickheaded
• dorky
• brain-dead
• feebleminded
• empty-headed
• mindless
• invalid
• softheaded
• gormless
• ludicrous
• farcical
• airheaded
• nonrational
• dim-witted
• fallacious
• clownish
• soft
• knuckleheaded
• surd
• thick
• slow-witted
• laughable
• unsound
• birdbrained
• chuckleheaded
• buffoonish
• notional
• boobish
• chowderheaded
• ill-advised
• unconsidered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sound
• wise
• sensible
• sane
• judicious
• prudent
• intelligent
• clever
• bright
• smart
• reasonable
• sagacious
• valid
• sage
• logical
• rational
• brainy
• sapient
• well-advised

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of daffy

That Directors’ Fortnight entry slightly overloaded on farcical complications but breezed along on the script’s daffy humor, its underlying sweetness and the director’s pleasingly light touch. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026

That person — a sunny, daffy, confection of trashy Southern ridiculousness — is just not a mean person. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2026

The Jets and their daffy owner, Woody Johnson, have a long history of dysfunction. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025

Rising through a manhole in the middle of a dark New York alley populated with drag queens and the colorful characters of Lower Manhattan, the ever-blond Carpenter sank into her daffy-meets-sultry routine. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025