What is another word for harebrained?
499 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ hˈe͡əbɹe͡ɪnd], [ hˈeəbɹeɪnd], [ h_ˈeə_b_ɹ_eɪ_n_d]
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Similar words for harebrained:
- all (adjective)
- balmy (adjective)
- bird-brained (adjective)
- crazy (adjective)
- deranged (adjective)
- dizzy (adjective)
- empty-headed (adjective)
- flighty (adjective)
- foolhardy (adjective)
- foolish (adjective)
- frivolous (adjective)
- gaga (adjective)
- giddy (adjective)
- half-baked (adjective)
- idiotic (adjective)
- ill-considered (adjective)
- imbecilic (adjective)
- inadvisable (adjective)
- inane (adjective)
- irresponsible (adjective)
- light-headed (adjective)
- nuts/nutty (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- preposterous (adjective)
- rash (adjective)
- reckless (adjective)
- ridiculous (adjective)
- silly (adjective)
- skittish (adjective)
- stupid, unthinking (adjective)
- unbelievable (adjective)
- unconsidered (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Harebrained:
adj.
• all (adjective) • balmy (adjective) • bird-brained (adjective)- more addle-brained,
- more addle-headed,
- more addle-pated,
- more addle brained,
- most addle-headed,
- most addle pated,
- bird brained,
- more addle headed,
- most addlebrained,
- most addlepated,
- most addle-brained,
- addle brained,
- scattier,
- most addle headed,
- addle headed,
- more addlepated,
- more rattlepated,
- most addle brained,
- most rattlebrained,
- scattiest,
- addle pated,
- more addlebrained,
- most rattlepated,
- more addle pated,
- more addleheaded,
- more rattlebrained,
- most addle-pated,
- most addleheaded.
- in-saner,
- short sighted,
- more ill-conceived,
- un workable,
- in saner,
- in-sanest,
- ludicrous,
- more illconceived,
- more ill conceived,
- ill conceived,
- most illconceived,
- most ill conceived,
- illconceived,
- in-sane,
- out of reason,
- goofy,
- in-appropriate,
- out all reason,
- more derisory,
- in appropriate,
- most ill-conceived,
- out reason,
- most derisory,
- un-workable,
- in sanest,
- more impracticable,
- in sane.
- more know nothing,
- knownothing,
- un-schooled,
- more know-nothing,
- most knownothing,
- un-taught,
- un educated,
- uneducated,
- most know-nothing,
- un taught,
- untaught,
- un schooled,
- most know nothing,
- empty headed,
- know nothing,
- more knownothing,
- un-educated.
- more twit,
- un-steadiest,
- most twit,
- mercurial,
- un-steady,
- unsteady,
- un steadiest,
- more dingdong,
- unsteadiest,
- most dingdong,
- most airheaded,
- in-constant,
- more airheaded,
- un-steadier,
- in constant,
- un steadier,
- more dingbat,
- more bubbleheaded,
- un-balanced,
- most bubbleheaded,
- un steady,
- most dingbat.
- head strong,
- most daredevil,
- devil may care,
- more daredevil,
- in cautious,
- headstrong,
- out limb,
- most precipitate,
- in-cautious.
- more light minded,
- light minded,
- un profoundest,
- light-minded,
- shallow,
- lightminded,
- most lightminded,
- non-serious,
- tongue-in-cheek,
- more light-minded,
- nonserious,
- un profound,
- un profounder,
- facetious,
- flippest,
- unprofound,
- most sportive,
- playful,
- unprofounder,
- unprofoundest,
- most light-minded,
- non serious,
- un important,
- most nonserious,
- shallower,
- un-profoundest,
- un-important,
- un-profounder,
- more nonserious,
- un-profound,
- more lightminded,
- most light minded,
- sportive.
- be mused,
- ditzier,
- more changeful,
- most changeful,
- lightheade,
- most lightheade,
- more lightheade,
- be-mused,
- ditzy,
- changeful,
- ditziest.
- halfbaked,
- under-developed,
- un formed,
- half baked,
- un-formed,
- Sophomoric,
- most boneheaded,
- more boneheaded,
- under developed,
- feeble minded.
- in-advisable,
- in convenient,
- in-expedient,
- in expedient,
- most unsensible,
- un-sensible,
- un desirable,
- in advisable,
- more unsensible,
- in-convenient,
- un sensible,
- un-suitable,
- inconvenient,
- un suitable,
- un-desirable,
- unsuitable.
- wishy-washy,
- in-sipid,
- meaningless,
- in-nocuous,
- in nocuous,
- illogical,
- wishywashy,
- wishy washy,
- in sipid.
- un accountable,
- more unanswerable,
- un predictable,
- fly by night,
- un-answerable,
- un careful,
- more uncareful,
- un-accountable,
- un answerable,
- most unanswerable,
- un-trustworthy,
- un-reliable,
- noaccount,
- un-careful,
- no account,
- un-dependable,
- most uncareful,
- un dependable,
- un reliable,
- un-predictable.
- out of one mind,
- un-usual,
- out one's mind,
- out mind,
- out ones mind,
- more bedlamite,
- out one mind,
- out of ones mind,
- un usual,
- most bedlamite.
- light-headed,
- Addle-pated,
- derisory,
- ill-conceived,
- silly,
- dingdong,
- rash,
- taking the cake,
- birdbrained,
- not serious,
- half-baked,
- out of all reason,
- scatterbrained,
- preposterous,
- Addle-headed,
- foolhardy,
- flipper,
- squirrelly,
- wide open,
- Agitable,
- boneheaded,
- out on limb,
- addleheaded,
- inane,
- frivolous,
- emptyheaded,
- tongue in cheek,
- ridiculous,
- addlepated,
- Alarmable,
- unbelievable,
- sheepheaded,
- beyond reason,
- inadvisable,
- bubbleheaded,
- dizzy,
- scatty,
- uncareful,
- beyond all reason,
- poorly planned,
- out of question,
- airheaded,
- head-strong,
- rattlebrained,
- lightheaded,
- bedlamite,
- rattlepated,
- crazy,
- out of mind,
- off deep end,
- empty-headed,
- Unsensible,
- Addle-brained,
- volative,
- madcap,
- foolish,
- know-nothing,
- addlebrained,
- unanswerable,
- nitwitted,
- skittish,
- irresponsible.
- in-credible,
- farout,
- un-thinkable,
- un thinkable,
- taking cake,
- out question,
- out the question,
- in credible.
- in-consistent,
- muddleheaded,
- muddle headed,
- most sheepheaded,
- most nitwitted,
- more nitwitted,
- more sheepheaded,
- in consistent.
- ex-cited,
- most volative,
- more volative,
- ex-citable,
- most agitable,
- ex citable,
- more alarmable,
- more agitable,
- most alarmable,
- ex cited.
n.
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- precarious,
- not have a hope in hell,
- unpromising,
- hopeless,
- unworkable,
- disadvantageous,
- uncompetitive,
- shaky,
- on the rocks,
- faltering.
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- giddy,
- frothy,
- lighthearted.
Other synonyms:
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- jerky,
- featherbrained,
- dippy,
- wacky,
- softheaded,
- loony,
- loopy,
- gaga.
- witless,
- reckless,
- presumptuous,
- mindless,
- brainless,
- capricious,
- Humorsome,
- careless,
- unconsidered,
- precipitant,
- precipitate,
- venturesome,
- notional,
- simpleminded,
- unbalanced,
- stupid,
- wild,
- bold,
- fluttery,
- flaky,
- cranky,
- delirious,
- Weak-minded,
- crotchety,
- lunkheaded,
- adventurous,
- temperamental,
- moody,
- Daffy,
- Vagarious,
- inconsiderate,
- screwball,
- freakish,
- whimsical,
- quirky,
- daredevil,
- wayward,
- unreasonable,
- cavalier,
- forward,
- audacious,
- breakneck,
- sick,
- Giddy-headed,
- hoity-toity,
- yeasty,
- Madbrained,
- puerile,
- vagrant,
- visionary,
- huffy,
- cockamamie,
- unadvised,
- overweening,
- motiveless,
- improvident,
- imprudent,
- rattleheaded,
- impulsive,
- heedless,
- hot-blooded,
- Dilly,
- death-defying,
- half-witted,
- petulant,
- Fantasied,
- Giddy-brained,
- overconfident,
- Fribble,
- fantastic,
- venturous,
- Janty,
- maggoty,
- under the influence,
- unrestrained,
- headlong,
- asinine,
- daft,
- unwise,
- jaunty,
- arbitrary,
- Mentally Disabled,
- hotheaded,
- harebrain,
- fantastical,
- dotty,
- fanciful,
- kinky,
- senseless,
- excited,
- thoughtless,
- indiscreet,
- fatuous,
- daring,
- Madbrain,
- crackpot,
- fire-eating,
- featherheaded,
- hare-brained,
- incautious,
- airy,
- wanton.
How to use "Harebrained" in context?
One of the strangest words around is "harebrained." How does one go about being harebrained? According to Merriam-Webster, to be harebrained is "exceedingly foolish or silly." It comes from the old English word "hare," which referred to a stubby animal with long ears and a round body. The word "harebrained" originally meant simply "stupid" or "incompetent." It was first used in written English in the early 1600s.
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