Synonyms of screwball

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adjective

as in silly

showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment

she's always off on some screwball plan

Synonyms & Similar Words

• silly
• absurd
• stupid
• foolish
• crazy
• mad
• insane
• idiotic
• lunatic
• zany
• looney
• irrational
• whacky
• loony
• wacky
• daffy
• ridiculous
• dippy
• nutty
• kooky
• dumb
• fool
• simple
• nonsensical
• preposterous
• harebrained
• fatuous
• cuckoo
• asinine
• crackpot
• cockeyed
• dotty
• daft
• idiotical
• witless
• inept
• brainless
• sappy
• jerky
• weak
• simpleminded
• unwise
• unreasonable
• out to lunch
• slow
• kookie
• lunkheaded
• senseless
• weak-minded
• unreasoning
• half-baked
• bubbleheaded
• balmy
• moronic
• tomfool
• half-witted
• imbecilic
• dopey
• doltish
• illogical
• farcical
• clueless
• thoughtless
• featherheaded
• imbecile
• dunderheaded
• obtuse
• lamebrain
• oafish
• ludicrous
• dense
• pinheaded
• vacuous
• feebleminded
• dopy
• unreasoned
• brain-dead
• mindless
• unintelligent
• dull
• thickheaded
• dorky
• softheaded
• dim
• opaque
• fallacious
• invalid
• nonrational
• laughable
• soft
• thick
• knuckleheaded
• lamebrained
• clownish
• unsound
• airheaded
• empty-headed
• dim-witted
• surd
• gormless
• chuckleheaded
• buffoonish
• birdbrained
• notional
• slow-witted
• boobish
• ill-advised
• chowderheaded
• unconsidered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sound
• wise
• sensible
• sane
• prudent
• judicious
• clever
• intelligent
• smart
• reasonable
• bright
• logical
• rational
• sagacious
• valid
• sage
• brainy
• sapient
• well-advised

screwball

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noun

ˈskrü-ˌbȯl 

as in eccentric

a person of odd or whimsical habits

a screwball who liked to save lint and bits of string

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eccentric
• character
• oddball
• zany
• original
• crackpot
• crank
• weirdo
• kook
• codger
• piece of work
• flake
• maverick
• nut
• fruitcake
• oddity
• nutcase
• bohemian
• nutter
• freak
• rarity
• quiz
• odd duck
• crack
• head case
• crackbrain
• nonconformist
• geezer
• coot
• curio
• quixote
• fantast
• fantastico

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sheep
• follower
• conformist
• conformer

Examples of screwball in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Little wonder the screwball comedy is practically a lost genre. —Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 21 May 2020

These two also know how to banter like they’ve been thrown into a Golden Age screwball comedy. —Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 May 2020

Noun

Brooks earned an Oscar for his screenplay of the screwball comedy The Producers. —Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2024

The screwball is so rare that Honeywell is believed to be the only current major leaguer throwing the pitch, which left-hander Hector Santiago threw for five teams, including the Angels, from 2011-2019. —Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024