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flight·y
 flighty
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- pronunciation:
- flaI
ti
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
flightier, flightiest |
| definition 1: |
lacking stability, or serious purpose or interest; irresponsible; frivolous.
He started many projects but was too flighty to finish any one of them.She was somewhat flighty in college, never staying long in any relationship.- synonyms:
- capricious, fickle, frivolous, irresponsible, skittish
- antonyms:
- steady
- similar words:
- changeful, dizzy, erratic, fanciful, giddy, impulsive, inconstant, indecisive, irresolute, undependable, unstable, wayward, whimsical
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| definition 2: |
easily excited; light-headed; silly; giddy.
- synonyms:
- giddy, harebrained, light-headed, scatterbrained, silly
- antonyms:
- steady
- similar words:
- crazy, delirious, dizzy, foolish, rattlebrained, reckless, thoughtless, wild
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| related words: |
aimless, fickle, imbecile, mercurial, volatile |
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| derivations: |
flightily (adv.), flightiness (n.) |
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