| silly | | |
| n. (person) | 1. silly | a word used for misbehaving children.; "don't be a silly" |
| ~ child, kid, minor, nipper, tiddler, youngster, nestling, shaver, small fry, tike, fry, tyke | a young person of either sex.; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" |
| adj. | 2. cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany | ludicrous, foolish.; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ foolish | devoid of good sense or judgment.; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision" |
| adj. | 3. airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly | lacking seriousness; given to frivolity.; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" |
| ~ frivolous | not serious in content or attitude or behavior.; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman" |
| adj. | 4. pathetic, ridiculous, silly | inspiring scornful pity.; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years" |
| ~ undignified | lacking dignity. |
| adj. | 5. punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy | dazed from or as if from repeated blows.; "knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ confused | mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently.; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused" |
| insane | | |
| adj. | 1. insane | afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement.; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter" |
| ~ irrational | not consistent with or using reason.; "irrational fears"; "irrational animals" |
| ~ unreasonable | not reasonable; not showing good judgment. |
| ~ amok, amuck, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed | frenzied as if possessed by a demon.; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows" |
| ~ around the bend, balmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, crackers, daft, dotty, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, nuts, round the bend, barmy, fruity, loopy, nutty, wacky, whacky, cracked | informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.; "it used to drive my husband balmy" |
| ~ brainsick, crazy, demented, unhinged, mad, unbalanced, sick, disturbed | affected with madness or insanity.; "a man who had gone mad" |
| ~ certifiable, certified | fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly). |
| ~ crackbrained, idiotic | insanely irresponsible.; "an idiotic idea" |
| ~ crazed, deranged, half-crazed | driven insane. |
| ~ fey, touched | slightly insane. |
| ~ hebephrenic | suffering from a form of schizophrenia characterized by foolish mannerisms and senseless laughter along with delusions and regressive behavior. |
| ~ lunatic, moonstruck | insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon. |
| ~ maniac, maniacal | wildly disordered.; "a maniacal frenzy" |
| ~ manic-depressive | suffering from a disorder characterized by alternating mania and depression. |
| ~ maniclike | resembling the mania of manic-depressive illness. |
| ~ mentally ill, unsound, unstable | suffering from severe mental illness.; "of unsound mind" |
| ~ non compos mentis, of unsound mind | not of sound mind, memory, or understanding; in law, not competent to go to trial. |
| ~ paranoid | suffering from paranoia. |
| ~ psychopathic, psychopathologic, psychopathological | suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder. |
| ~ psychotic | characteristic of or suffering from psychosis. |
| ~ raving mad, wild | talking or behaving irrationally.; "a raving lunatic" |
| ~ schizophrenic | suffering from some form of schizophrenia.; "schizophrenic patients" |
| ~ screw-loose, screwy | not behaving normally. |
| adj. | 2. harebrained, insane, mad | very foolish.; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains" |
| ~ foolish | devoid of good sense or judgment.; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision" |
| retarded | | |
| n. (group) | 1. developmentally challenged, mentally retarded, retarded | people collectively who are mentally retarded.; "he started a school for the retarded" |
| ~ people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively.; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" |
| adj. | 2. retarded | relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development.; "providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded" |
| ~ unintelligent, stupid | lacking intelligence.; "a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers" |
| ~ feebleminded, half-witted, slow-witted, backward | retarded in intellectual development. |
| ~ imbecile, imbecilic, idiotic | having a mental age of three to seven years. |
| ~ moronic | having a mental age of between eight and twelve years. |
| ~ cretinous | afflicted with cretinism. |
| ~ delayed | not as far along as normal in development. |
| ~ dim-witted, simple-minded, simple | lacking mental capacity and subtlety. |
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