feather-brain

Examples

• All

• Pick up, you moon-faced feather-brain!

  Saving Santa (2013)

• My brother is such a feather-brain; he forgot his keys again.

• If he's not my nephew, why bring him here, you fumbling feather brain?

  Animal Crackers (2017)

• He tends to forget things often, making him the office's feather-brain.

Synonyms

A

airhead

vsfeather-brain

• Offensive

13 8.8

A person who is silly and not very smart

is about general foolishness and frequent forgetting

B

birdbrain

vsfeather-brain

• Offensive

7 7.7

A person who is not very smart

emphasizes forgetfulness and absentmindedness rather than general stupidity

D

dunderhead

vsfeather-brain

• Offensive

3 9.1

A person who often does foolish things or makes simple mistakes

is about being scatterbrained and forgetful rather than blunt stupidity

F

featherhead

vsfeather-brain

• Offensive

1 8.9

A person who is silly and often forgets things

is more about lack of sense and frequent forgetting

F

featherbrain

vsfeather-brain

• Offensive

1 8.7

A person who is silly and not very bright

is about absentmindedness and poor common sense

S

scatterbrain

vsfeather-brain

• Offensive

1 7.0

A person who often forgets things and is easily distracted

is about foolishness and lack of sense rather than only disorder

C

coconut head

vsfeather-brain

• Offensive

1 9.9

A person who acts foolishly and lacks common sense

focuses more on forgetfulness and scattered thought rather than only lack of sense

F

fish brain

vsfeather-brain

• Offensive

9.0

A person who often forgets things and is not careful

is a general term for foolishness and poor common sense

A

addle-brain

vsfeather-brain

• Offensive

9.9

A person who is confused and forgetful

is about simple foolishness or being scatterbrained rather than confusion

D

der-brain

vsfeather-brain

• Offensive

9.9

A person who acts foolishly or forgets things

is specifically about lack of sense and easy forgetting

How Silly

idiot

• Offensive

∞ 1.2

moron

• Slur

483 8.1

fool

• Offensive

∞ 1.4

feather-brain

• Offensive

9.1

scatterbrain

• Offensive

1 7.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology