daft

Other forms of daft

comparative

dafter·

superlative

daftest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about daft

What does daft mean?

daft means "informal or slang terms for mentally irregular".

How many syllables are in daft?

daft has 1 syllable: daft. In IPA it is /ˈdæft/.

What is another word for daft?

Close synonyms include balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is daft a common word?

daft is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.