scatterbrained

Questions about scatterbrained

What does scatterbrained mean?

scatterbrained means "lacking sense or discretion". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scatterbrained?

scatterbrained has 3 syllables: scat-ter-brained. The stress falls on "scat".

What is another word for scatterbrained?

Close synonyms include rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatty, flighty, flyaway. 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 scatterbrained a common word?

scatterbrained 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.