Synonyms of daft

daft

adjective

ˈdaft 

chiefly British, informal

1

as in stupid

showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment

a daft plan, doomed to wretched failure and merciless ridicule

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in mad

unable to think in a clear or sensible way

the king was clearly daft, talking to trees and rocks as if they were people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mad
• insane
• psychotic
• maniacal
• crazy
• mental
• nuts
• foolish
• crazed
• disturbed
• demented
• psycho
• deranged
• strange
• unbalanced
• unhinged
• bonkers
• loco
• nutty
• irrational
• eccentric
• around the bend
• off
• batty
• cracked
• out to lunch
• unsound
• depressed
• certifiable
• haywire
• non compos mentis
• brainsick
• fey
• obsessed
• unreasonable
• queer
• odd
• wud
• distracted
• loopy
• distraught
• ballistic
• crackers
• frantic
• delusional
• dotty
• hysterical
• off one's rocker
• bats
• off one's gourd
• oddball
• delusionary
• delirious
• off one's head
• witless
• out of one's head
• nuclear
• disordered
• aberrant
• touched
• pixilated
• senseless
• berserk
• ape
• potty
• teched
• frenzied
• raving
• fixated
• monomaniacal
• monomaniac
• wigged-out
• bananas
• amok

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sound
• reasonable
• sane
• balanced
• clear
• rational
• wise
• sensible
• normal
• lucid
• uncrazy
• judicious
• compos mentis
• healthy
• well-adjusted
• unneurotic

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of daft

Two New York sports talk hosts this week took daft shots at Joe Davis and came off — in the last adjective with which any true New Yorker would want to be described — as soft. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026

The town also has a pied piper of the purity police (Ana Gasteyer, in peak form) and a light-in-his-loafers mayor (Brad Oscar), who has a conveniently daft wife (Ann Harada, reprising her role from the series). — Naveen Kumar, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026

Three set-piece goals, a Chelsea player getting sent off for something daft, a goal disallowed for offside and Arsenal winning — just. — Matt Slater, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026

Every track has enough daft escapades to pack an 11-minute TV episode as the duo obsess over twinks and trainers and make fun of insecure tryhards. — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 4 Feb. 2026