featherbrained

Questions about featherbrained

What does featherbrained mean?

featherbrained means "lacking seriousness; given to frivolity".

How many syllables are in featherbrained?

featherbrained has 4 syllables: fea-ther-brai-ned. The stress falls on "ther".

What is another word for featherbrained?

Close synonyms include airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, giddy, light-headed. 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 featherbrained a common word?

featherbrained is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.