scatterbrain

noun

ˈska-tər-ˌbrān How to pronounce scatterbrain (audio)
Definition of scatterbrainnext
as in ditz
a silly flighty person don't be such a scatterbrain—it's only a wedding, not the invasion of Normandy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scatterbrain
  1. ditz
  2. flibbertigibbet
  3. fool
  4. cuckoo
  5. goose
  6. birdbrain
Noun
  • Her foothold in the entertainment industry firmly established, Grande soon landed her breakthrough role as the loveable ditz Cat Valentine on Nickelodeon’s Victorious.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Allen’s dramatic assertions about the lusts of movie men for a nubile young woman are matched by his contemptuous depiction of her as a ditz out of her depth, especially as compared to the soulful rebel Gatsby, who throws her over for a younger girl (Gomez).
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2024
Definition of ditz
Noun
  • Duvall is a big reason why: All the film’s insights into the slipperiness of identity are there in her casually virtuosic, veritable dual performance, in which a funny flibbertigibbet loses hold of herself as the world around seems to splinter into something frighteningly new.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 19 July 2024
  • Projects about Monroe have handled her personal life to varying degrees of success, often leaning into her flibbertigibbet persona, her struggles with addiction, and the paradox of her oozing sexuality and her little girl brokenness.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2023
Definition of flibbertigibbet
Noun
  • Death comes for us all, but not before time makes fools of us first.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Being thought of as cool is a little bit of a fool’s errand for parents and other adults when coolness, like language itself, is a moving target.
    R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of fool
Noun
  • For evolutionary biologists, the term cuckoldry originated to describe cuckoo birds who lay their eggs in other species’ nests, leaving their offspring to be unknowingly raised by foster parents.
    Brooke Scelza, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The loss of common cuckoos, meanwhile, means that spring arrives in the U.K. without its iconic song.
    Jared Del Rosso, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of cuckoo
Noun
  • After 1935, duck and goose hunters were limited to fake decoys.
    Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Other academics were less incredulous, suggesting that the paper was a wild goose chase — a phrase itself invented by Shakespeare.
    David Hodari, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of goose
Noun
  • Should former President Trump stop calling Ambassador Haley birdbrain?
    CBS News, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2024
  • By solving one kind of puzzle that stumped crows, though, the kids may have shown how a human mind treats problems differently than a birdbrain.
    Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2012
Definition of birdbrain
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