goosey

Examples

• All

• So that's a little too loosey goosey, we might say.

• I know you're used to loosey-goosey, but I run a much tighter ship.

  Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

• No, no big goosey butt, just a nice awkward, weird dance.

• I was assailed by a wild thought and a goosey sensation.

  Fiction book (1990)

• It can be pretty loosey-goosey stuff.

  Academic text (2011)

• Will he be firm with our doctrines and practices, or will he be loosey-goosey?

  Blog text (4)

• My hat band itself is getting a little bit loosey goosey, but I can tighten that up a needle and thread later.

• Either I am like a micromanager and I'm like doing everything myself, or I am loosey goosey and I don't care.

• He had become goosey, fidgety, and unnerved, and his reaction wasn't going away.

  Fiction book (2000)

• His goosey behavior during the presentation made everyone question his seriousness.

Synonyms

S

silly

vsgoosey

976 1.0

Not sensible and often a little foolish

is more about plain foolishness without extra pity or triviality

F

foolish

vsgoosey

505 1.3

Not showing good sense and making unwise choices

is more playful and colloquial rather than strictly neutral

D

dopey

vsgoosey

• Offensive

19 6.7

Not very smart and likely to act in a silly way

is milder and less blunt about the lack of sense

B

boneheaded

vsgoosey

• Offensive

8 8.0

Very stupid and not thinking clearly

is less harsh and more lightly silly than full stupidity

D

ditzy

vsgoosey

• Informal

5 8.2

Silly and a little forgetful in a friendly way

is plain foolishness without the strong scattered attention aspect

D

dippy

vsgoosey

• Informal

5 8.2

Being silly and a little strange in a friendly way

is more about lack of sense than eccentric amusement

B

barmy

vsgoosey

• UK

3 8.2

Being silly and slightly crazy in a way that seems funny and harmless

is straightforward silliness rather than quirky craziness

C

chumpy

vsgoosey

• Informal

1 8.9

A little silly in a harmless, often funny way

is general foolishness that may be less clearly harmless

G

goosy

vsgoosey

• Informal

1 9.9

Being silly and not thinking clearly

is identical in meaning but differs in written form

D

dopy

vsgoosey

• Offensive

1 7.2

Silly and slow to understand things

focuses more on silly behaviour than on slow thinking

K

knuckleheaded

vsgoosey

• Informal

1 8.4

Acting in a silly, thoughtless way

is sillier and less strongly pejorative than rough stupidity

G

goony

vsgoosey

• Informal

1 8.9

Silly and awkward in a clumsy, funny way

is simple lack of judgment rather than awkward goofiness

G

gooselike

vsgoosey

• Offensive

9.4

Silly and acting in a foolish, awkward way

is the same meaning but varies slightly in wording or form

A

anserine

vsgoosey

• Offensive

9.9

Very foolish and showing little common sense

is the everyday silly sense rather than formal criticism

D

duncical

vsgoosey

• Offensive

9.9

Very foolish and showing little sense

is a lighter, more general word for foolish behaviour

F

featherbrained

vsgoosey

• Offensive

8.3

Not serious and likely to make bad choices

is more simply silly rather than merely flighty or frivolous

F

featherheaded

vsgoosey

• Offensive

8.1

Too silly and not careful about important things

is closer to plain foolishness rather than mere thoughtlessness

Antonyms

W

wise

758 2.1

Showing good judgment from experience

S

sensible

201 2.7

Showing good judgment and making practical choices

How Silly

absurd

288 4.4

foolish

505 1.3

goosey

• Informal

2 9.8

goofy

• Informal

129 3.5

silly

976 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology