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

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