DAFT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DAFT?

Need another word that means the same as “daft”? Find 48 synonyms and 30 related words for “daft” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Daft” are: balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky, absurd, preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous, farcical, laughable, risible, simple-minded, simple, stupid, idiotic, moronic, imbecilic, dull, dim-witted, slow-witted, slow, witless, half-witted, cretinous, empty-headed, vacuous, vapid, infatuated with, smitten with, doting on, very fond of

Daft as an Adjective

Definitions of "Daft" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “daft” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
• Infatuated with.
• Silly; foolish.

Synonyms of "Daft" as an adjective (48 Words)

absurd	Inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense- Walter Lippman. The absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant.
balmy	Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular. Balmy days and nights.
barmy	Marked by spirited enjoyment. I thought I was going barmy at first.
bats	Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
batty	Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular. You ll drive me batty.
bonkers	Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular. You re stark raving bonkers.
buggy	Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
cracked	(of a person’s voice) having an unusual harshness or pitch, especially through strain. Her voice emerged cracked from a throat tight with dread.
crackers	Extremely angry. If Luke wasn t here I d go crackers.
cretinous	Foolish or stupid.
dim-witted	Lacking mental capacity and subtlety.
doting on	Extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent.
dotty	Infatuated with. A dotty old lady.
dull	(of an edge or blade) blunt. So exhausted she was dull to what went on about her.
empty-headed	Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity.
farcical	Relating to or resembling farce, especially because of absurd or ridiculous aspects. He considered the whole idea farcical.
fruity	Sexually suggestive in content or style. He disparages as fruity a marble fountain of a nymph.
half-witted	Retarded in intellectual development.
haywire	Erratic; out of control. Her imagination had gone haywire.
idiotic	So unreasonable as to invite derision. An idiotic idea.
imbecilic	Having a mental age of three to seven years.
infatuated with	Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness.
kookie	Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
kooky	Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular. I like kooky foreign films.
laughable	Arousing or provoking laughter. A contribution so small as to be laughable.
loco	Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
loony	Mad or silly. Loony drivers.
loopy	Having many loops. A big loopy signature.
ludicrous	So unreasonable as to invite derision. Ludicrous green hair.
moronic	Having a mental age of between eight and twelve years. Television s latest moronic soap opera.
nuts	Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular. The way he turns on the television as soon as he walks in drives me nuts.
nutty	Tasting like nuts. He came up with a few nutty proposals.
preposterous	Contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous. A preposterous suggestion.
ridiculous	Deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd. It seems absolutely ridiculous that anyone would try to pull a stunt like this.
risible	Arousing or provoking laughter. Risible courtroom antics.
round the bend	Having a circular shape.
simple	Humble and unpretentious. The simple truth.
simple-minded	Lacking subtlety and insight.
slow	At a slow tempo. Bake the dish in a preheated slow oven.
slow-witted	Retarded in intellectual development.
smitten with	Affected by something overwhelming.
vacuous	Devoid of intelligence. A vacuous mind.
vapid	Lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest. A vapid smile.
very fond of	Being the exact same one; not any other.
wacky	Funny or amusing in a slightly odd or peculiar way. Some wacky plan for selling more books.
whacky	Ludicrous, foolish.
witless	(of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment. I was scared witless.

Usage Examples of "Daft" as an adjective

• Don't ask such daft questions.
• I was daft about him.

Associations of "Daft" (30 Words)

absurdity	A message whose content is at variance with reason. The crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown s behavior.
certifiable	Able or needing to be officially recorded. Encephalitis was a certifiable condition.
crazy	Extremely angry. Crazy about cars and racing.
dumb	Make dumb or unheard silence. They stared in dumb amazement.
fatuity	A ludicrous folly.
fatuous	Silly and pointless. A fatuous comment.
folly	A stupid mistake. Trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly.
fool	Fool or hoax. I felt a bit of a fool.
foolery	Silly or foolish behaviour. We endured his foolery all afternoon.
freak	A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed. A bodybuilding freak.
goofy	Foolish or harmlessly eccentric. A goofy grin.
imbecility	A stupid mistake.
inadvisable	Not advisable. Running on the ice is inadvisable.
inane	Devoid of intelligence. Don t badger people with inane questions.
insane	In a state of mind which prevents normal perception, behaviour, or social interaction; seriously mentally ill. Was declared insane.
insanity	The state of being seriously mentally ill; madness. It might be pure insanity to take this loan.
lunacy	The state of being a lunatic; insanity (not in technical use. It has been suggested that originality demands a degree of lunacy.
mad	Make someone mad. A man who had gone mad.
mentally	In your mind. Soldiers become physically and mentally exhausted.
nuts	Mad. The way he turns on the television as soon as he walks in drives me nuts.
ridiculous	Inspiring scornful pity- Dashiell Hammett. That ridiculous tartan cap.
ridiculously	So as to cause surprise or disbelief. Ridiculously I felt like crying.
silly	Ridiculously trivial or frivolous. Don t be silly she said.
simpleton	A person lacking intelligence or common sense. Stop grinning at me like a simpleton.
stupidity	Behaviour that shows a lack of good sense or judgement. A comedy of infantile stupidity.
twit	Aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing.
uneducated	Not having a good education. Women from uneducated backgrounds.
vacuous	Devoid of significance or force. A vacuous space.
zany	A zany person. A zany sense of humor.