Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun broody

1 sense of broody

Sense 1
brood hen, broody, broody hen, setting hen, sitter -- (a domestic hen ready to brood)
       => hen, biddy -- (adult female chicken)

Antonyms of adj broody

2 senses of broody

Sense 1
broody -- (physiologically ready to incubate eggs; "a broody hen")

INDIRECT (VIA viviparous, oviparous) -> ovoviviparous -- (producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body)
INDIRECT (VIA oviparous, ovoviviparous) -> viviparous, live-bearing -- (producing living young (not eggs))

Sense 2
brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative -- (deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";)

INDIRECT (VIA thoughtful) -> thoughtless -- (showing lack of careful thought; "the debate turned into thoughtless bickering")

Similarity of adj broody

2 senses of broody

Sense 1
broody -- (physiologically ready to incubate eggs; "a broody hen")
       => oviparous (vs. ovoviviparous) (vs. viviparous) -- (egg-laying)

Sense 2
brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative -- (deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";)
       => thoughtful (vs. thoughtless) -- (exhibiting or characterized by careful thought; "a thoughtful paper")