daftness
Lack of sense
Daftness is the quality of being daft—silly, foolish, or absurd.
The word carries a lighter tone than stupidity, suggesting harmless eccentricity rather than serious deficiency: the sheer daftness of the plan, I blame it on late-night daftness.
More common in British than American English.
Mental instability or absurdity
- lunacyExtreme irrational foolishness
- insanitySevere mental illness
- derangementDisturbed mental state
- unhingedMentally or emotionally unstable
barmy · batty · loopy · crackers · bonkers · nutty · mental · touched
Frivolous, absurd behavior
- stupidityLack of intelligence
- absurdityWildly illogical quality
- nonsenseMeaningless words or actions
- idiocyExtreme mental deficiency
inanity · folly · blunder · imprudence · irrationality · asininity · fatuity · senselessness
Lighthearted, frisky spirit
- whimsyPlayful, capricious quality
- sillinessFrivolous, absurd behavior
- goofinessPlayful, harmless foolishness
- frivolityUnserious, lighthearted conduct
funniness · jokiness · clowning · larking · fooling · horsing around · mucking about · capering
Quality of being laughable
- preposterousnessQuality of being ridiculous
- ludicrousnessQuality of being laughable
- farcicalAbsurdly comical or mockable
- laughableWorthy of derision
nonsensical · outlandish · bizarre · inane · grotesque · outrageous · surreal · cockamamie
Unusual or unexpected trait
- oddnessQuality of being unusual
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
- kookinessPlayful, harmless oddness
- zaninessState of absurd silliness
wackiness · weirdness · offbeat · unconventional · idiosyncratic · oddball · flakiness · nuttiness
craziness
Mental instability or absurdity
- lunacyExtreme irrational foolishness
- insanitySevere mental illness
- derangementDisturbed mental state
unhinged · barmy · batty · loopy · crackers · bonkers · nutty · mental · touched · unbalanced
silliness
Frivolous, absurd behavior
idiocy · inanity · folly · blunder · imprudence · irrationality · asininity · fatuity · senselessness · brainlessness
playfulness
Lighthearted, frisky spirit
- whimsyPlayful, capricious quality
- sillinessFrivolous, absurd behavior
- goofinessPlayful, harmless foolishness
frivolity · funniness · jokiness · clowning · larking · fooling · horsing around · mucking about · capering · antics
ridiculousness
Quality of being laughable
- preposterousnessQuality of being ridiculous
- ludicrousnessQuality of being laughable
- farcicalAbsurdly comical or mockable
laughable · nonsensical · outlandish · bizarre · inane · grotesque · outrageous · surreal · cockamamie · harebrained
quirkiness
Unusual or unexpected trait
- oddnessQuality of being unusual
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
- kookinessPlayful, harmless oddness
zaniness · wackiness · weirdness · offbeat · unconventional · idiosyncratic · oddball · flakiness · nuttiness · screwiness
- foolishnessfoolishness, silliness, foolish, stupid, folly
- nonsensenonsense, absurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook
daftnessintelligence
Mental ability, cognitive capacity
wisdom · cleverness · brilliance · smartness · astuteness
daftnesswisdom
Good judgment from experience
sense · prudence · good sense · judiciousness · good judgment
daft, daffy, daftly, dafter, daftest, daffier, daffiness, daffiest