Screwball
Screwball adjective - Showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment.
Usage example: she's always off on some screwball plan
Thickheaded and screwball are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thickheaded" instead an adjective "Screwball".
Nearby Word: screw
Thickheaded
Thickheaded adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Usage example: don't suppose that he's thickheaded just because he doesn't understand English very well
Screwball and thickheaded are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Screwball" instead an adjective "Thickheaded".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- stupid and screwball
- stupid and thickheaded
- foolish and screwball
- foolish and thickheaded
- silly and screwball
- silly and thickheaded
- senseless and screwball
- senseless and thickheaded
- fatuous and screwball
- fatuous and thickheaded
- lunatic and screwball
- lunatic and thickheaded
- insane and screwball
- insane and thickheaded
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