Meanings
comparative flightier · superlative flightiest
- Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
- That flies easily or often.
"We know that flighty birds suffer from greater risk of raptor predation, and I assume that it is useful to understand the effects of urbanization because flighty species may be more vulnerable to anthropogenic disturbance."
2013, Diego Gil, Henrik Brumm, Avian Urban Ecology - datedSwift.
Permanent way and other checks then somewhat slowed down this flighty progress.
1962 July, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Modern Railways, page 44
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveguided by whim and fancy
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian вятърничав, лекомислен
- вятърничав (vjatărničav)given to silly ideas
- лекомислен (lekomislen)given to silly ideas
Chinese Mandarin 輕浮 /轻浮, 輕率 /轻率
- 輕浮 /轻浮 (qīngfú)given to silly ideas
- 輕率 /轻率 (qīngshuài)given to silly ideas
- 善飛的 /善飞的 (shànfēi de)(of a bird) that flies easily or often
- 飛行力強的 /飞行力强的 (fēixínglì qiáng de)(of a bird) that flies easily or often
Czech nestálý, přelétavý
- nestálýgiven to silly ideas
- přelétavýgiven to silly ideas
- rozmarnýgiven to silly ideas
Esperanto facilanima
- facilanimagiven to silly ideas
Finnish kevytmielinen, hyvä lentäjä
- kevytmielinengiven to silly ideas
- hyvä lentäjä(of a bird) that flies easily or often
French candide, insouciant
- candidegiven to silly ideas
- insouciantgiven to silly ideas
German flatterhaft, schrullig
- flatterhaftgiven to silly ideas
- schrulliggiven to silly ideas
- alberngiven to silly ideas
Greek ελαφρόμυαλος, επιπόλαιος
- ελαφρόμυαλος (elafrómyalos)given to silly ideas
- επιπόλαιος (epipólaios)given to silly ideas
- φαντασιόπληκτος (fantasiópliktos)given to silly ideas
Hebrew קַל דַּעַת
- קַל דַּעַת (qal dá'at)given to silly ideas
Irish aerach, aidhmeannach
- aerachgiven to silly ideas
- aidhmeannachgiven to silly ideas
- arduallachgiven to silly ideas
- giodalachgiven to silly ideas
- eitleach(of a bird) that flies easily or often
Russian взбалмошный
- взбалмошный (vzbalmošnyj)given to silly ideas
Spanish volador
- volador(of a bird) that flies easily or often
Turkish hercai
- hercaigiven to silly ideas
Welsh penysgafn, penchwiban
- penysgafngiven to silly ideas
- penchwibangiven to silly ideas
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with flighty
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flighty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flighty
“flighty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flighty. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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