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staid
Synonyms and Antonyms of staid
1
not joking or playful in mood or manner
antic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, hilarious, hysterical (also hysteric), laughable, light, light-headed, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, screaming, sidesplitting, uproarious
featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, goofy, harebrained, lighthearted, puerile, scatterbrained
absurd, asinine, balmy, brainless, cockeyed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dotty, fatuous, foolish, half-witted, insane, jerky, kooky (also kookie), loony (also looney), lunatic, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, senseless, silly, unwise, wacky (also whacky), weak-minded, witless, zany
2
having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner
Synonym Discussion of staid
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- a serious play about social injustice
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- read the proclamation in a grave voice
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- a sad and solemn occasion
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- remained sedate amid the commotion
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- a quiet and staid community
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- a sober look at the state of our schools
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- an earnest reformer
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