Thesaurus results for DITZ

ditz

noun

ˈdits

Definition of ditz

as in scatterbrain

a silly flighty person I felt like a total ditz for forgetting about the appointment

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Recent Examples of ditz There’s a tramp, a ditz, a bad boss, a hippie, a by-the-book good girl. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026 Rather than stay pigeonholed as a ditz, Simpson (who just released new music for the first time in 15 years) went on to launch her own fashion brand, which hit $1 billion in sales in 2015 and is still going strong today. — Ew Staff, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025 Besides offering a cash prize of up to $250,000, the show can help change perception of a villain or a ditz and be a springboard for their next casting. — Shivani Gonzalez, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 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 Instead, she was cast as the lovable ditz on Nickelodeon’s Victorious, which unexpectedly thrust her to a kind of teen idol status. — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

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Noun

The fool-proof collection covers all the bases from your first cleanse to your five-to-nine, and easy refreshes throughout the day.

— Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026
There was simply no reason to try to match that; and Bogaerts would have been a fool not to accept it.

— Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of fool

Noun

Winnie, on the other hand, is a flibbertigibbet of stream-of-consciousness.

— Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
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

The glamorous Emmy winner known for Loewe red-carpet looks and starring on prestige dramedy The Bear is returning to full-bore silly in order to play America’s favorite beagle.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026
It was shot in portrait because it was shot in Instagram by and for a woman who was losing her mind in quarantine and had fully let the sillies take the wheel.

— Ego Nwodim, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025

Definition of silly

Noun

One experiment, conducted in England, looked at how people understand the diminishment of ordinary bird species like the common cuckoo and the house sparrow.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
My favorite depictions of this city know its real history is too cuckoo to capture sincerely; straight reenactments make the production of 35mm masterpieces look as piddly as Shrinky Dinks.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of cuckoo

Noun

Taylor Sheridan is Paramount's golden goose right now, creating the ultra-popular Yellowstone franchise along with a passel of other shows.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 30 July 2026
They were provided by a speedy and adventurous black squirrel, who spent the better part of an inning on and around the playing field and at one point led an army of ground crew members on a wild goose — uh, squirrel — chase in right field.

— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026

Definition of goose

Noun

Occasionally, some nitwit will play chicken with the offending lane changer, get in front of him or her, and stop the car in the middle of the road to continue with verbal and nonverbal critique of the offender’s driving skills.

— Oc Register, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
In each show, the two nitwits would set out on some caper, which would inevitably go horribly wrong, leaving them broke, or tied up, or in jail, or hanging over a cliff, or some other situation of great peril.

— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026

Definition of nitwit

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