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- \-ˌbrān\
- /ˈfeð.ə.breɪnd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- \-ˌbrān\
Definitions of featherbrained word
- noun featherbrained Alternative spelling of feather-brained. 1
- adjective featherbrained person: absent-minded or stupid 1
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Parts of speech for Featherbrained
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featherbrained popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for featherbrained
adjective featherbrained
- stupid — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- brainless — If you describe someone or something as brainless, you mean that you think they are stupid.
- flighty — given to flights of fancy; capricious; frivolous.
- foolish — resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
- giddy — affected with vertigo; dizzy.
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