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silly
Overview of noun silly
The noun silly has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. silly -- (a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly")
Overview of adj silly
The adj silly has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (8) 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")
2. (1) airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly -- (lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles")
3. pathetic, ridiculous, silly -- (inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett)
4. punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy -- (dazed from or as if from repeated blows; "knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun silly
1 sense of silly
Sense 1
silly
=> child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
=> juvenile, juvenile person
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun silly
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun silly
1 sense of silly
Sense 1
silly
=> child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
Antonyms of noun silly
Member Holonyms of noun silly
Substance Holonyms of noun silly
Part Holonyms of noun silly
Member Meronyms of noun silly
Substance Meronyms of noun silly
Part Meronyms of noun silly
Meronyms of noun silly
Holonyms of noun silly
Attributes of noun silly
Derived Forms of noun silly
Domain of noun silly
Domain Terms of noun silly
Familiarity of noun silly
silly used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun silly
1 sense of silly
Sense 1
silly
> child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
=> bairn
=> buster
=> changeling
=> child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child
=> foster-child, foster child, fosterling
=> imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag
=> kiddy
=> orphan
=> peanut
=> pickaninny, piccaninny, picaninny
=> poster child
=> preschooler, kindergartner, kindergartener
=> silly
=> sprog
=> toddler, yearling, tot, bambino
=> urchin
=> waif, street child
Meronyms of noun silly
1 sense of silly
Sense 1
silly
=> child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
HAS PART: child's body
HAS PART: primary tooth, deciduous tooth, baby tooth, milk tooth
HAS PART: fontanelle, fontanel, soft spot
=> juvenile, juvenile person
HAS PART: juvenile body
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun silly
Grep of noun silly
silly
silly season
Antonyms of adj silly
4 senses of silly
Sense 1
cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany
INDIRECT (VIA foolish) -> wise
Sense 2
airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly
INDIRECT (VIA frivolous) -> serious
Sense 3
pathetic, ridiculous, silly
INDIRECT (VIA undignified) -> dignified
Sense 4
punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy
INDIRECT (VIA confused) -> clearheaded, clear-thinking
Similarity of adj silly
4 senses of silly
Sense 1
cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany
=> foolish (vs. wise)
Sense 2
airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly
=> frivolous (vs. serious)
Sense 3
pathetic, ridiculous, silly
=> undignified (vs. dignified)
Sense 4
punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy
=> confused (vs. clearheaded)
Pertainyms of adj silly
Attributes of adj silly
Domain of adj silly
2 of 4 senses of silly
Sense 1
cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany
USAGE>(noun) colloquialism#1
Sense 4
punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy
USAGE>(noun) colloquialism#1
Domain Terms of adj silly
Familiarity of adj silly
silly used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Grep of adj silly
silly
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