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Synonyms & Antonyms of harebrained
1
lacking in seriousness or maturity
- the movie follows the harebrained antics of a pair of stoners who seem incapable of growing up
Synonyms for harebrained
- birdbrained,
- ditzy
- (or ditsy),
- dizzy,
- featherbrained,
- flighty,
- frivolous,
- frothy,
- futile,
- giddy,
- goofy,
- light-headed,
- light-minded,
- puerile,
- scatterbrained,
- silly,
- yeasty
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Near Antonyms for harebrained
- grave,
- melancholy,
- somber
- (or sombre),
- thoughtful
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2
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment
- a harebrained idea to go for a hike in an area where grizzly bear attacks had recently been reported
Synonyms for harebrained
- absurd,
- asinine,
- balmy,
- brainless,
- bubbleheaded,
- cockeyed,
- crackpot,
- crazy,
- cuckoo,
- daffy,
- daft,
- dippy,
- dotty,
- fatuous,
- featherheaded,
- fool,
- foolish,
- half-baked,
- half-witted,
- inept,
- insane,
- jerky,
- kooky
- (also kookie),
- loony
- (also looney),
- lunatic,
- lunkheaded,
- mad,
- nonsensical,
- nutty,
- preposterous,
- sappy,
- screwball,
- senseless,
- silly,
- simpleminded,
- stupid,
- tomfool,
- unwise,
- wacky
- (also whacky),
- weak-minded,
- witless,
- zany
Words Related to harebrained
- airheaded,
- birdbrained,
- boobish,
- brain-dead,
- chowderheaded,
- chuckleheaded,
- clueless,
- dense,
- dim,
- dim-witted,
- doltish,
- dopey
- (also dopy),
- dorky
- [slang],
- dull,
- dumb,
- dunderheaded,
- empty-headed,
- feebleminded,
- gormless
- [chiefly British],
- idiotic
- (also idiotical),
- imbecile
- (or imbecilic),
- knuckleheaded,
- lamebrain
- (or lamebrained),
- mindless,
- moronic,
- oafish,
- obtuse,
- opaque,
- pinheaded,
- simple,
- slow,
- slow-witted,
- soft,
- softheaded,
- thoughtless,
- thick,
- thickheaded,
- unintelligent,
- vacuous
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The first known use of harebrained was in 1534
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