Thesaurus results for FEATHERBRAIN

featherbrain

noun

ˈfe-t͟hər-ˌbrān

Definition of featherbrain

as in rattlebrain

a silly flighty person you would not want to have to rely on that featherbrain in an emergency

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Noun

But don’t let the cute style fool you—this look is super practical, too.

— Kayla Becker, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026
However, reinventing Beethoven at the Bowl, doing so following Dudamel and with little rehearsal time, could easily become a fool’s errand.

— Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of fool

Noun

The glamorous Emmy winner known for Loewe red-carpet looks and starring on prestige dramedy The Bear is returning to full-bore silly in order to play America’s favorite beagle.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026
It was shot in portrait because it was shot in Instagram by and for a woman who was losing her mind in quarantine and had fully let the sillies take the wheel.

— Ego Nwodim, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025

Definition of silly

Noun

Crown Royal whisky, goose down jackets, ice-hockey equipment and a long list of other Canadian goods could become much more expensive for American consumers.

— Amy B Wang, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2026
Taylor Sheridan is Paramount's golden goose right now, creating the ultra-popular Yellowstone franchise along with a passel of other shows.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 30 July 2026

Definition of goose

Noun

Winnie, on the other hand, is a flibbertigibbet of stream-of-consciousness.

— Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
Projects about Monroe have handled her personal life to varying degrees of success, often leaning into her flibbertigibbet persona, her struggles with addiction, and the paradox of her oozing sexuality and her little girl brokenness.

— Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2023

Definition of flibbertigibbet

Noun

There’s a tramp, a ditz, a bad boss, a hippie, a by-the-book good girl.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
Rather than stay pigeonholed as a ditz, Simpson (who just released new music for the first time in 15 years) went on to launch her own fashion brand, which hit $1 billion in sales in 2015 and is still going strong today.

— EW Staff, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025

Definition of ditz

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