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 term ‘first flat’ fool you—Diana’s early digs were anything but shabby.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
23 Feb. 2026
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Arguing with the guru, it was said, was a fool’s response, like kicking gold.—
Blair Glaser,
Fortune,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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Under the current Gateway plan, those repairs don’t happen until 2040, which is cuckoo, especially if imminent failure is feared.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Canada geese are protected, as well as most other geese, swans, ducks, cranes, cuckoos, hummingbirds, doves and flamingos.—
Kyle Werner,
Des Moines Register,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Hitting out at its northern neighbour, the White House posted an image of an American bald eagle trampling a Canadian goose.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
23 Feb. 2026
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The White House post on Sunday topped Trudeau’s comments with an image of what appeared to be an eagle attacking a Canadian goose.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 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 3 Mar. 2026.
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