English noun: silliness | |||
| 1. | silliness (attribute) a ludicrous folly | ||
| Samples | The crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior. | ||
| Synonyms | absurdity, fatuity, fatuousness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | folly, foolishness, unwiseness | ||
| 2. | silliness (attribute) an impulsive scatterbrained manner | ||
| Synonyms | giddiness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | frivolity, frivolousness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | lightness, lightsomeness | ||