as in scatterbrain
a silly flighty person
I felt like a total ditz for forgetting about the appointment
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Recent Examples of ditz
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.
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Besides offering a cash prize of up to $250,000, the show can help change perception of a villain or a ditz and be a springboard for their next casting.
—Shivani Gonzalez, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Her foothold in the entertainment industry firmly established, Grande soon landed her breakthrough role as the loveable ditz Cat Valentine on Nickelodeon’s Victorious.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
Allen’s dramatic assertions about the lusts of movie men for a nubile young woman are matched by his contemptuous depiction of her as a ditz out of her depth, especially as compared to the soulful rebel Gatsby, who throws her over for a younger girl (Gomez).
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2024
Instead, she was cast as the lovable ditz on Nickelodeon’s Victorious, which unexpectedly thrust her to a kind of teen idol status.
—Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Ew Staff, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Besides offering a cash prize of up to $250,000, the show can help change perception of a villain or a ditz and be a springboard for their next casting.
—Shivani Gonzalez, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Her foothold in the entertainment industry firmly established, Grande soon landed her breakthrough role as the loveable ditz Cat Valentine on Nickelodeon’s Victorious.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
Allen’s dramatic assertions about the lusts of movie men for a nubile young woman are matched by his contemptuous depiction of her as a ditz out of her depth, especially as compared to the soulful rebel Gatsby, who throws her over for a younger girl (Gomez).
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2024
Instead, she was cast as the lovable ditz on Nickelodeon’s Victorious, which unexpectedly thrust her to a kind of teen idol status.
—Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ditz
Noun
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Don’t let the cream’s $8 price tag fool you; the anti-aging find tackles fine lines, wrinkles, and clogged pores, all while being gentle enough for all skin types.—
Isabel Bekele,
InStyle,
16 Jan. 2026
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Don’t let the small exterior fool you.—
Brittany VanDerBill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Jan. 2026
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Winnie, on the other hand, is a flibbertigibbet of stream-of-consciousness.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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Duvall is a big reason why: All the film’s insights into the slipperiness of identity are there in her casually virtuosic, veritable dual performance, in which a funny flibbertigibbet loses hold of herself as the world around seems to splinter into something frighteningly new.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
19 July 2024
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But no, sillies: Bradley is white, famous and pretty — no jail time for her!—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
17 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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Anticipating the arrival of letters has become part of the rhythm of Helen’s day, part of the light shifting across the kitchen floor and the cuckoo of her wooden clock announcing every hour.—
Sadia Shepard,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
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After earning an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Good Will Hunting (1997), Minnie Driver went on to a long, varied career in lavish musicals (The Phantom of the Opera), Disney fairytales (Cinderella), romantic dramas (Beyond the Lights), and cuckoo action fare (The Beekeeper).—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Dec. 2025
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Its organic cotton-blend cover is gentle on skin, while the goose feather fill delivers plush, breathable warmth.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Jan. 2026
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Nurture the geese who lay the golden eggs One of Aesop’s most famous fables is the tale of the goose that laid a golden egg every day until its owner killed it in an attempt to get all the gold at once.—
Sally Percy,
Forbes.com,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The plot involves risqué photos of someone in the royal family being used as collateral, and poor Terry and his nitwit crew were tricked into trying to steal these from the bank instead of money.—
Mike Ryan,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2025
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At one point, in the role of a former C.I.A. agent, Walter Lloyd, Hackman stubs a gun under the nose of a hapless nitwit from the agency who has been sent to protect Walter and his family.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Ditz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ditz. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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