flighty

Meaning of flighty

adjective
  1. fickle and irresponsible.
    you may be seen as too flighty and lightweight for real responsibility

mid 16th century: from flight + -y1.

Information about flighty

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of flighty

flighty

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • flighty is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

flighty synonyms

Meaning flyaway:

flyaway, scatterbrained

Meaning skittish:

skittish, spooky, nervous

Meaning changing frequently, especially as regards one's loyalties or affections:

fickle

Meaning not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable:

erratic

Meaning liable to unpredictable variation:

changeable

Meaning (of a person or their behaviour) not faithful and dependable:

inconstant

Meaning showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain:

irresolute

Meaning subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind:

mercurial

Meaning playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way:

whimsical

Meaning given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behaviour:

capricious

Meaning (of a person) liable to display rapid changes of emotion:

volatile

Meaning liable to fall or shake; not steady in position:

unsteady

Meaning likely to give way; not stable:

unstable

Meaning (of a person) emotionally or mentally disturbed:

unbalanced

Meaning acting or done without forethought:

impulsive

Meaning (of a person, attitude, or action) not showing a proper sense of responsibility:

irresponsible

Meaning not showing a serious or respectful attitude:

flippant

Meaning excitable and frivolous:

giddy

Meaning having or showing a lack of common sense or judgement; absurd and foolish:

silly

Meaning (of a person) carefree and superficial:

frivolous

Meaning heedless of danger or the consequences of one's actions; rash or impetuous:

reckless

Meaning (of an animal or plant) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated:

wild

Meaning not giving sufficient attention or thought to avoiding harm or errors:

careless

Meaning (of a person or their behaviour) not showing consideration for the needs of other people:

thoughtless

Meaning showing a reckless lack of care or attention:

heedless

Meaning free from anxiety or responsibility:

carefree

Meaning showing a casual lack of concern:

insouciant

Meaning silly and eccentric or scatterbrained:

dippy

Meaning stupefied by sleep or a drug:

dopey

Meaning tasting like nuts:

nutty

Meaning mad; insane:

batty

Meaning eccentric or slightly mad:

dotty

Meaning absent-minded and disorganized:

scatty

Meaning silly or scatterbrained (typically used of a woman):

ditzy

flighty antonyms

Meaning firmly fixed, supported, or balanced; not shaking or moving:

steady

Meaning having an obligation to do something, or having control over or care for someone, as part of one's job or role:

responsible

Words that rhyme with flighty

Geraghty, Almighty, Blighty, almighty, alrighty, blighty, eighty, frighty, lighty, mighty, moonlighty, nighty, overmighty, righty, sighty, sleighty, slighty, sprighty, twilighty, unflighty, unmighty, unweighty, weighty, Doughty, doughty, droughty, foughty, haughty, naughty, noughty, overhaughty, paughty, raughty, thoughty, tonguedoughty, undoughty

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