light-headed
adjEtymology From light (“lacking weight or mental gravity”, adjective) + headed (“having a head”, adjective).
1
Dizzy or feeling faint, usually as a result of a drop in blood pressure to the brain; delirious.
2
Figuratively Thoughtless; volatile; frivolous.
- Synonyms
- giddy, heedless, unsteady, fickle, lightbrained, unaware, inattentive, careless, silly
- Derived terms
- light-headedly, lightheadedness
- Related terms
- lighthearted