featherheads
Brains of air
Featherheads is a plural of featherhead, a mildly dismissive term for foolish or scatterbrained people.
The image suggests a head filled with feathers rather than brains—light, insubstantial, easily blown about: Those featherheads forgot to lock up again.
The word is old-fashioned and gentle compared to harsher synonyms.
Lacking mental focus
- empty-headedLacking sense or intelligence
- birdbrainedSilly and scatterbrained
- dim-wittedLacking intelligence or quickness
- simple-mindedLacking mental acuity
airheaded · ditsy · giddy · silly · frivolous · flighty · vapid · shallow
Easily deceived
- credulousProne to blind trust
- trustingInclined to believe others
- innocentFree from moral wrong
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
unworldly · childlike · ingenuous · impressionable · green · clueless · wide-eyed · inexperienced
Cheerful and without worry
- blitheCheerfully indifferent
- buoyantAble to float
- insouciantCarefree and unconcerned
- untroubledFree from disturbance
jaunty · merry · frolicsome · playful · whimsical · jovial · sprightly · vivacious
scatterbrained
Lacking mental focus
- empty-headedLacking sense or intelligence
- birdbrainedSilly and scatterbrained
- dim-wittedLacking intelligence or quickness
simple-minded · airheaded · ditsy · giddy · silly · frivolous · flighty · vapid · shallow · thoughtless
gullible
Easily deceived
unsophisticated · unworldly · childlike · ingenuous · impressionable · green · clueless · wide-eyed · inexperienced · unsuspecting
lighthearted
Cheerful and without worry
- blitheCheerfully indifferent
- buoyantAble to float
- insouciantCarefree and unconcerned
untroubled · jaunty · merry · frolicsome · playful · whimsical · jovial · sprightly · vivacious · cheerful
reckless
Carelessly ignoring danger
imprudent · unreliable · thoughtless · rash · impulsive · foolhardy · remiss · slipshod · hasty · inconsiderate
featherheadsgeniuses
Exceptionally gifted intellects
deep thinkers · sages · savants · intellectuals · scholars