flighty

Meaning

1. Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
2. That flies easily or often.
3. (obsolete) Swift.

Synonyms

frivolous

scatterbrained

moody

nervous

changeable

vain

skittish

spooky

flippant

capricious

thoughtless

flyaway

volatile

fickle

head-in-the-clouds

fastidious

fidgety

floating

foolish

freakish

giddy

heedless

hoity-toity

inconstant

insecure

lightheaded

light-minded

mad

maggoty

mercurial

moodiness

nutty

on edge

perfunctory

pernickety

perverse

quirky

sciolistic

shallow

skin-deep

superficial

tergiversator

uncertain

unsettled

unstable

vacillating

wanton

wavering

wayward

whiffler

whimsical

wild

wry

faddy

fly-away

birdbrained

absurd

wifty

barmy

breezy

confused

😕

crackpot

cranky

crazy

crotchety

cursory

daft

daredevil

dissipated

distorted

empty-headed

erratic

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈflaɪti/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: vluchtig

Cognate with German: flüchtig

Cognate with Danish: flygtig

Cognate with Swedish: flyktig

In summary

From flight + -y. Compare Dutch vluchtig (“volatile; fleeting; cursory”), German flüchtig (“volatile; fleeting; momentary; quick”), Danish flygtig (“elusive; evasive”), Swedish flyktig.