- Types Of Speech
- You can use silly as a noun or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Silly
- A 2 syllables noun and 5 letters with the letters i, l, s, and y, 4 consonants, 1 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter l. Silly starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters s, si, sil, sill, and the ending characters are y, ly, lly, illy, . Silly is also a double consonant (ll) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- A word used for misbehaving children; "don''t be a silly"
- Origin/Roots
- Old English
- School Grade
- Silly is set as a grade four word that starts with s, ends with y, 2 syllables, 1 vowels and 5 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is silly a scrabble word? A 8 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Silly in Pig Latin is said as "illysay or illysway".
- Unigram
- s | i | l | l | y
- Bigram
- si | il | ll | ly
- Trigram
- sil | ill | lly
- Quadrigram
- sill | illy
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a word used for misbehaving children;
"don't be a silly"
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- dazed from or as if from repeated blows;
"knocked silly by the impact";
"slaphappy with exhaustion" - inspiring scornful pity;
"how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett - lacking seriousness;
given to frivolity;
"a dizzy blonde";
"light-headed teenagers";
"silly giggles"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Absurd | inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman |
| Addled | confused and vague used especially of thinking "muddleheaded ideas" "your addled little brain" "woolly thinking" "woolly-headed ideas" |
| Adolescent | a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity |
| Adoring | extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent "adoring grandparents" "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain" "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother" |
| Aerial | a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer |
| Aeriform | characterized by lightness and insubstantiality as impalpable or intangible as air "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle "aerial fancies" "an airy apparition" "physical rather than ethereal forms" |
| Aery | any habitation at a high altitude |
| Airheaded | lacking seriousness given to frivolity "a dizzy blonde" "light-headed teenagers" "silly giggles" |
| Airy | characterized by lightness and insubstantiality as impalpable or intangible as air "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle "aerial fancies" "an airy apparition" "physical rather than ethereal forms" |
| Amusing | arousing or provoking laughter "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls" "an amusing fellow" "a comic hat" "a comical look of surprise" "funny stories that made everybody laugh" "a very funny writer" "it would have been laughab |
View all cognitive synonyms for Silly
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Child | a young person of either sex "she writes books for children" "they''re just kids" "`tiddler'' is a British term for youngsters" |
| Fry | a young person of either sex "she writes books for children" "they''re just kids" "`tiddler'' is a British term for youngsters" |
| Kid | young goat |
| Minor | a young person of either sex "she writes books for children" "they''re just kids" "`tiddler'' is a British term for youngsters" |
| Nestling | young bird not yet fledged |
| Nipper | a structure like a pincer on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods |
| Shaver | a razor powered by an electric motor |
| Small Fry | |
| Tiddler | a young person of either sex "she writes books for children" "they''re just kids" "`tiddler'' is a British term for youngsters" |
| Tike | a young person of either sex "she writes books for children" "they''re just kids" "`tiddler'' is a British term for youngsters" |
All hypernyms For Silly
| Title | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
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| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eyelid (6 letters) | 10 +2 | 10 +1 | eyelid | ||
| Salsify (7 letters) | 13 +5 | 13 +4 | salsify | ||
| Sicily (6 letters) | 11 +3 | 12 +3 | sicily | ||
| Islay (5 letters) | 8 | 8 | ailsy | ||
| Sibyl (5 letters) | 10 +2 | 11 +2 | sibyl | ||
| Lysis (5 letters) | 8 | 8 | lysis | ||
| Falsify (7 letters) | 16 +8 | 16 +7 | falsify | ||
| Dialyse (7 letters) | 11 +3 | 11 +2 | dialyse | ||
| Flyfish (7 letters) | 19 +11 | 18 +9 | flyfish | ||
| Easily (6 letters) | 9 +1 | 9 | easily | ||
| Fishily (7 letters) | 16 +8 | 15 +6 | fishily | ||
| Clayish (7 letters) | 15 +7 | 15 +6 | clayish |
Silly Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With S
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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