ditz

noun

ˈdits How to pronounce ditz (audio)
Definition of ditznext
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 There’s a tramp, a ditz, a bad boss, a hippie, a by-the-book good girl. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026 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. — 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 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
  1. fool
  2. flibbertigibbet
  3. silly
  4. cuckoo
  5. goose
  6. nitwit
Noun
  • Pyrite, commonly known as fool’s gold, is an unusual semiconductor.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
  • There’s a version of this character that’s just the fool, and you’re disconnected from him, but Matthew takes you on a journey with this character.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of fool
Noun
  • Winnie, on the other hand, is a flibbertigibbet of stream-of-consciousness.
    — Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
  • Projects about Monroe have handled her personal life to varying degrees of success, often leaning into her flibbertigibbet persona, her struggles with addiction, and the paradox of her oozing sexuality and her little girl brokenness.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2023
Definition of flibbertigibbet
Noun
  • The glamorous Emmy winner known for Loewe red-carpet looks and starring on prestige dramedy The Bear is returning to full-bore silly in order to play America’s favorite beagle.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of silly
Noun
  • But a cuckoo premise isn’t enough to hang a film on, apparently.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026
  • One experiment, conducted in England, looked at how people understand the diminishment of ordinary bird species like the common cuckoo and the house sparrow.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Definition of cuckoo
Noun
  • Taylor Sheridan is Paramount's golden goose right now, creating the ultra-popular Yellowstone franchise along with a passel of other shows.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 30 July 2026
  • They were provided by a speedy and adventurous black squirrel, who spent the better part of an inning on and around the playing field and at one point led an army of ground crew members on a wild goose — uh, squirrel — chase in right field.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026
Definition of goose
Noun
  • Occasionally, some nitwit will play chicken with the offending lane changer, get in front of him or her, and stop the car in the middle of the road to continue with verbal and nonverbal critique of the offender’s driving skills.
    — Oc Register, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
  • In each show, the two nitwits would set out on some caper, which would inevitably go horribly wrong, leaving them broke, or tied up, or in jail, or hanging over a cliff, or some other situation of great peril.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of nitwit

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