sillies

Bouts of goofiness

Sillies is an informal noun that means silly behavior that is not appreciated by others.

playful

giggles

Short, silly laughs

  • anticsAbsurd, attention-seeking behavior
  • goofinessPlayful, harmless foolishness
  • rompingPlaying with energetic movement

frolicking · horseplay · tomfoolery · hijinks · shenanigans · mischief · prankishness · clowning · capering · skylarking

nonsensical

absurdities

Utterly senseless notions

poppycock · hogwash · malarkey · rubbish · twaddle · piffle · claptrap · gobbledygook · foolishness · inanities

childlike

giggly

Prone to tittering

puerile · kidlike · babyish · immature · naive · innocent · impish · rascally · frisky · frolicsome

lighthearted

gaiety

Lively, exuberant cheerfulness

joviality · levity · breeziness · buoyancy · effervescence · jauntiness · sprightliness · vivacity · perkiness · sunniness

Opposites
seriousness/gravitas

silliessobersides

Habitually serious person

stuffed shirts · stiffs · straights · grown-ups · adults

rationality/sensibility

sillieswiseguys

Smug jokers or mobsters

brainiacs · intellectuals · thinkers · sages · pragmatists

seriousness/gravity

silliesgravitas

Dignified, weighty manner

solemnity · earnestness · seriousness · soberness · gravity

Family

sillier, silliest, silliness, sillily

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G