GOOFY Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

goofy

adjective

ˈgü-fē

Definition of goofy

as in silly

lacking in seriousness or maturity it's not appropriate to be goofy at a funeral

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Recent Examples of goofy His core driving philosophy is love in all its variety — from darkest depths to goofiest heights, always delivered with desperation. — Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026 Margaret, what the president said is just goofy word salad. — CBS News, 28 June 2026 But so was this goofy game last Saturday at Coors Field. — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 26 June 2026 One detour led me to Paul Krassner, a founding member of the Yippies, a radical (and radically goofy) New Left group. — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for goofy

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This year’s list includes what may be America’s last remaining players with free 2020 eligibility (silly us, thinking that ended last year) — and even a few who began their careers in the 2010s.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Depp engaged the crowd with silly skits for nearly half a hour.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 July 2026

Definition of silly

Adjective

Faria offers that audience compassion while drawing giddy irony from what his most out-of-touch characters still think happens in Hollywood.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 July 2026
But at the end of this bizarre game in Miami, this silly 6-4 thriller, this giddy attacking exhibition of some of the world’s best players, and some of the world’s worst defending, England were on the winning side.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of giddy

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The group spent six futile months trying to prompt various artificial intelligence chatbots using Birman’s approach.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
Here, though, the entire enterprise is vile, and futile, and irredeemable, made worse by the self-delusion of the people who pursue it.

— Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026

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goof (up)

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go on

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