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 | ||