Synonyms of giddy

giddy

adjective

1

as in goofy

lacking in seriousness or maturity

the giddy youngsters continued to laugh, joke, and make faces during the ceremonies

the old guy's having an affair with a giddy twentysomething

Synonyms & Similar Words

• goofy
• silly
• futile
• playful
• dizzy
• happy
• frivolous
• scatterbrained
• foolish
• ditzy
• frothy
• puerile
• yeasty
• harebrained
• crazy
• ditsy
• flighty
• light-headed
• light-minded
• featherbrained
• thoughtless
• inane
• exuberant
• fatuous
• giggly
• nonsensical
• superficial
• witless
• birdbrained
• shallow
• fluttery
• flippant
• daft
• lighthearted
• daffy
• sappy
• light
• fruity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• serious
• earnest
• sober
• melancholy
• thoughtful
• somber
• sombre
• grave
• serious-minded
• unfrivolous
• severe
• heavy
• solemn
• dignified
• staid
• sedate
• no-nonsense

2

as in dizzy

having a feeling of being whirled about and in danger of falling down

I love the giddy feeling you get riding roller coasters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dizzy
• whirling
• woozy
• reeling
• vertiginous
• dazed
• weak
• swimmy
• faint
• light-headed
• aswoon
• confused
• befuddled
• groggy
• addled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stable
• steady
• clearheaded

3

as in ecstatic

experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion

he's clearly giddy at the news that his ailing grandfather will be fine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ecstatic
• excited
• enthusiastic
• euphoric
• rapturous
• thrilled
• elated
• exhilarated
• enraptured
• delighted
• rhapsodic
• intoxicated
• rhapsodical
• rapt
• heady
• pleased
• entranced
• triumphant
• happy
• over the moon
• enrapt
• jubilant
• exultant
• joyful
• satisfied
• enchanted
• elevated
• rejoicing
• on cloud nine
• blissful
• joyous
• glad
• gung ho
• glorying
• gratified
• tickled
• blissed-out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• depressed
• sad
• unhappy
• miserable
• melancholy
• gloomy
• dejected
• glum
• sorry
• forlorn
• mournful
• blue
• crestfallen
• sorrowful
• despondent
• wretched
• joyless
• heartsick
• low
• heartbroken
• disconsolate
• doleful
• woebegone
• downcast
• woeful
• inconsolable
• saddened
• disheartened
• down
• hangdog
• brokenhearted
• downhearted
• low-spirited
• heartsore