What is another word for flighty?
611 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ flˈa͡ɪti], [ flˈaɪti], [ f_l_ˈaɪ_t_i]
Flighty is a word that is often used to describe people who are fickle, impulsive, or unpredictable. However, there are many synonyms that can also convey this sense of lightheartedness or frivolity. Some possible options include "capricious," "whimsical," "fickle," "unstable," "flippant," "scatterbrained," "airy," "frivolous," "giddy," "impulsive," "reckless," "spontaneous," "unpredictable," and "volatile." Each of these terms can be used to describe someone who is easily distracted, has a short attention span, or lacks focus and commitment. Whether used in a positive or negative context, these synonyms can help you paint a picture of someone who is flighty or unpredictable.
Synonyms for Flighty:
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adj.
• capricious- Flitting ,
- Humorsome ,
- Vagarious ,
- YOYO ,
- any way the wind blows ,
- arbitrary ,
- changeful ,
- erratic ,
- fanciful ,
- fitful ,
- fleeting ,
- fluctuating ,
- fly-by-night ,
- impulsive ,
- indecisive ,
- random ,
- sporadic ,
- vacillating ,
- wayward ,
- whimsical ,
- yo-yo ,
- Punchy ,
- blowing hot and cold ,
- contrary ,
- every which way ,
- flaky ,
- helter-skelter ,
- light-minded ,
- lubricious ,
- notional ,
- oddest ,
- ticklish ,
- up and down .
- Permutable ,
- Transposable ,
- Vicissitudinous ,
- adaptable ,
- adjustable ,
- alterable ,
- commutative ,
- convertible ,
- ever-changing ,
- flexible ,
- fluid ,
- inconstant ,
- irresolute ,
- mercurial ,
- modifiable ,
- movable ,
- mutable ,
- precarious ,
- protean ,
- reformable ,
- restless ,
- reversible ,
- revocable ,
- shifting ,
- transformable ,
- transitional ,
- unsettled ,
- unstable ,
- unsteady ,
- variable ,
- varying ,
- versatile ,
- wavering ,
- kaleidoscopic ,
- mobile ,
- variant .
- malleable ,
- plastic ,
- pliable ,
- pliant ,
- undependable ,
- unreliable ,
- cheating ,
- double-crossing ,
- sneaking ,
- two-timing ,
- untrue .
- Systemless ,
- adrift ,
- ambivalent ,
- careless ,
- chancy ,
- haphazard ,
- irregular ,
- motiveless ,
- nonsystematic ,
- rambling ,
- reasonless ,
- spastic ,
- unmethodical ,
- wandering .
- accidental ,
- any which way ,
- blind ,
- chance ,
- drifting ,
- flighty ,
- fortuitous ,
- heedless ,
- hit-or-miss ,
- indiscriminate ,
- pointless ,
- purposeless ,
- shiftless ,
- stray ,
- unavailing ,
- unplanned .
- addle brained ,
- addle headed ,
- addle pated ,
- bird brained ,
- more addle brained ,
- more addle headed ,
- more addle pated ,
- more addle-brained ,
- more addle-headed ,
- more addle-pated ,
- more addlebrained ,
- more addleheaded ,
- more addlepated ,
- more airheaded ,
- more rattlepated ,
- most addle brained ,
- most addle headed ,
- most addle pated ,
- most addle-brained ,
- most addle-headed ,
- most addle-pated ,
- most addlebrained ,
- most addleheaded ,
- most addlepated ,
- most airheaded ,
- most rattlepated .
- brassy ,
- breezy ,
- cocky ,
- disrespectful ,
- fresh ,
- glib ,
- impertinent ,
- impudent ,
- insolent ,
- nervy ,
- offhand ,
- pert ,
- playful ,
- rude ,
- smart-alecky .
- facetious ,
- idiotic ,
- idle ,
- ill-considered ,
- juvenile ,
- minor ,
- niggling ,
- nonserious ,
- paltry ,
- peripheral ,
- petty ,
- sportive ,
- tongue-in-cheek ,
- unimportant .
- half-baked ,
- halfbaked ,
- loony ,
- rash .
- devil may care ,
- fly by night ,
- in cautious ,
- in-cautious ,
- more unanswerable ,
- more uncareful ,
- most unanswerable ,
- most uncareful ,
- no account ,
- noaccount ,
- un accountable ,
- un answerable ,
- un careful ,
- un dependable ,
- un-accountable ,
- un-answerable ,
- un-careful ,
- un-dependable ,
- un-trustworthy .
- down dumps ,
- down mouth ,
- down the dumps ,
- down the mouth ,
- ill humored ,
- ill tempered ,
- ill-humored ,
- illhumored ,
- illtempered ,
- in huff ,
- introspective ,
- more ill humored ,
- more ill-humored ,
- more illhumored ,
- more moping ,
- more piqued ,
- more splenetic ,
- most ill humored ,
- most ill-humored ,
- most illhumored ,
- most moping ,
- most piqued ,
- most splenetic ,
- out sorts ,
- short tempered ,
- shorttempered ,
- splenetic .
- in appropriate ,
- in consistent ,
- in-appropriate ,
- in-consistent ,
- more nitwitted ,
- more sheepheaded ,
- most nitwitted ,
- most sheepheaded ,
- muddle headed ,
- muddleheaded ,
- un intelligent ,
- un wise ,
- un wiser ,
- un wisest ,
- un-intelligent ,
- un-wise ,
- un-wiser ,
- un-wisest .
- ex citable ,
- ex cited ,
- ex-citable ,
- ex-cited ,
- more agitable ,
- more alarmable ,
- more volative ,
- most agitable ,
- most alarmable ,
- most volative .
- cross grained ,
- dis obedient ,
- dis-obedient ,
- in corrigible ,
- in subordinate ,
- in tractable ,
- in-corrigible ,
- in-subordinate ,
- in-tractable ,
- more cross grained ,
- more cross-grained ,
- more crossgrained ,
- more self willed ,
- more self-willed ,
- more selfwilled ,
- most cross grained ,
- most cross-grained ,
- most crossgrained ,
- most self willed ,
- most self-willed ,
- most selfwilled ,
- self indulgent ,
- self willed ,
- selfindulgent ,
- selfwilled ,
- un compliant ,
- un-compliant ,
- un-governable .
Other synonyms:
- empty-headed ,
- schizoid ,
- touched .
- dizzy ,
- schizophrenic .
- frothy ,
- lighthearted ,
- silly .
- giddy .
Other relevant words:
- Corybantic ,
- Deluded ,
- Feather-brained ,
- Feather-headed ,
- Fribble ,
- Hyperkinetic ,
- Mentally Disabled ,
- Non compos ,
- Rattle-brained ,
- Rattle-headed ,
- Shallow-pated ,
- Unpractical ,
- Unstaid ,
- Unsteadfast ,
- Vicissitudinary ,
- aberrant ,
- abnormal ,
- absurd ,
- afloat ,
- aflutter ,
- agitated ,
- aimless ,
- airheaded ,
- airy ,
- airy-fairy ,
- alternating ,
- amorphous ,
- asinine ,
- babbling ,
- barmy ,
- befuddled ,
- bereft of reason ,
- bewildered ,
- bird-brained ,
- birdwitted ,
- bizarre ,
- brainless ,
- brainsick ,
- bubbleheaded ,
- buoyant ,
- casual ,
- childish ,
- confused ,
- coquettish ,
- crackbrained ,
- cracked ,
- crazed ,
- crazy ,
- crotchety ,
- daft ,
- dazed ,
- demented ,
- depressed ,
- deranged ,
- desultory ,
- dingbat ,
- dingdong ,
- dippy ,
- disloyal ,
- disoriented ,
- distracted ,
- distraught ,
- dithyrambic ,
- ditzy ,
- dopey ,
- dopy ,
- doting ,
- dotty ,
- eccentric ,
- effervescent ,
- enthusiastic ,
- excitable ,
- extravagant ,
- faddish ,
- fair ,
- faithless ,
- fanatic ,
- fantastic ,
- fiddle-footed ,
- flibbertigibbet ,
- flickering ,
- flip ,
- flippant ,
- flirtatious ,
- fluffy ,
- fluttery ,
- flyaway ,
- foolhardy ,
- foolish ,
- freakish ,
- gay ,
- goofy ,
- haggard ,
- hallucinated ,
- hare-brained ,
- harebrained ,
- harum-scarum ,
- head-in-the-clouds ,
- hoity-toity ,
- hyper ,
- hyperactive ,
- hyperexcitable ,
- impetuous ,
- impracticable ,
- impractical ,
- imprudent ,
- inane ,
- incoherent ,
- inconsistent ,
- indefinite ,
- infirm ,
- insane ,
- insecure ,
- irrational ,
- irresponsible ,
- light ,
- light-headed ,
- lightheaded ,
- lively ,
- loco ,
- lunatic ,
- mad ,
- madcap ,
- maddened ,
- manic ,
- mazed ,
- mazy ,
- mental ,
- mentally deficient ,
- meshuggah ,
- mindless ,
- moody ,
- moonstruck ,
- muddled ,
- nervous ,
- non compos mentis ,
- not all there ,
- not right ,
- nutty ,
- odd ,
- of easy virtue ,
- of unsound mind ,
- off ,
- offbeat ,
- outrageous ,
- peculiar ,
- preposterous ,
- psycho ,
- puerile ,
- queasy ,
- queer ,
- quicksilver ,
- quirky ,
- rabid ,
- ranting ,
- rarely vacillant ,
- rattlebrained ,
- rattlepated ,
- raving ,
- reckless ,
- ridiculous ,
- romantic ,
- roving ,
- scatty ,
- screwy ,
- senseless ,
- shallow ,
- shapeless ,
- shifty ,
- shuffling ,
- sick ,
- simple-minded ,
- skittery ,
- skittish ,
- slap-happy ,
- slight ,
- spasmodic ,
- spineless ,
- spooky ,
- sprightly ,
- strange ,
- superficial ,
- temperamental ,
- tergiversating ,
- tetched ,
- toying ,
- twit ,
- unaccountable ,
- unbalanced ,
- uncertain ,
- uncontrolled ,
- undecided ,
- undisciplined ,
- uneasy ,
- uneven ,
- unfaithful ,
- unfixed ,
- unhinged ,
- unpredictable ,
- unprofound ,
- unrealistic ,
- unreasonable ,
- unrestrained ,
- unsound ,
- unsure ,
- untrustworthy ,
- unworkable ,
- vacant ,
- vacuous ,
- vagrant ,
- vague ,
- vertiginous ,
- wanton ,
- wavery ,
- wavy ,
- wild ,
- wishy-washy ,
- witless ,
- wool-gathering ,
- yeasty .
- Addle-brained ,
- Addle-headed ,
- Addle-pated ,
- Agitable ,
- Alarmable ,
- Crossgrained ,
- Objectless ,
- addlebrained ,
- addleheaded ,
- addlepated ,
- bits and pieces ,
- bits-and-pieces ,
- capricious ,
- changeable ,
- cross-grained ,
- directionless ,
- down in dumps ,
- down in mouth ,
- down in the dumps ,
- emptyheaded ,
- fickle ,
- fits and starts ,
- flipper ,
- frivolous ,
- goalless ,
- head-strong ,
- in a huff ,
- in doldrums ,
- in the doldrums ,
- lippy ,
- nitwitted ,
- not serious ,
- out in left field ,
- scatterbrained ,
- self-willed ,
- sheepheaded ,
- smart alecky ,
- spacy ,
- tongue in cheek ,
- unanswerable ,
- uncareful ,
- undirected ,
- unguided ,
- volatile ,
- volative .
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How to use "Flighty" in context?
A disillusioned woman once told me that she hates herself for being so flighty. And I had to agree; after all, who wants to be labeled flighty? When I hear that word, I think of girls who flit between friendships, boys who never commit, and women who change their mind every time they have an opinion. Anyone who falls into that category can feel like a flighty individual- and that's never a good thing.
The dictionary defines flighty as "having a disposition characterized by vacillation or instability; unsteady; fickle." In practical terms, that sometimes translates to being emotionally unstable.
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