Meanings
comparative lighter-headed · comparative more light-headed · superlative lightest-headed · superlative most light-headed · alternative lightheaded
- figurativelyThoughtless; volatile; frivolous.
Synonyms: heedless, unsteady, fickle, lightbrained, unaware, inattentive, careless, silly
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveDizzy or feeling faint, usually as a result of a drop in blood pressure to the brain; delirious.
adjectiveThoughtless; volatile; frivolous.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivelacking seriousness; given to frivolity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From light (“lacking weight or mental gravity”, adjective) + headed (“having a head”, adjective).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic دَائِخ
- دَائِخ (dāʔiḵ)feeling faint
Dutch licht in het hoofd
- licht in het hoofdfeeling faint
German benommen
- benommenfeeling faint
Greek λιπόθυμος
- λιπόθυμος (lipóthymos)feeling faint
Hungarian szédül, kóválygó (s)
- szédülfeeling faint
- kóválygó (s)feeling faint
- kábafeeling faint
- kábultfeeling faint
- bódultfeeling faint
Irish aertha
- aerthafeeling faint
Māori aniroro, pōātinitini
- anirorofeeling faint
- pōātinitinifeeling faint
Russian кружится голова́
- кружится голова́feeling faint
Spanish mareado, aturdido
- mareadofeeling faint
- aturdidofeeling faint
Cite this entry
light-headed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/light-headed
“light-headed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/light-headed. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “light-headed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/light-headed.
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