| Main Entry: | foolishness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idiocy, nonsense |
Synonyms: |
absurdity, absurdness, bunk, carrying-on, claptrap, craziness, dumb trick, folly, fool trick, foolery, horse feathers, impracticality, imprudence, inanity, indiscretion, insanity, insensibility, irrationality, irresponsibility, ludicrousness, lunacy, mistake, poppycock, preposterousness, rubbish*, senselessness, silliness, stupidity, tommyrot, twaddle, unreasonableness, unwiseness, weakness, witlessness |
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care, carefulness, caution, circumspection, prudence, sense, seriousness, thoughtfulness, wiseness |
| Main Entry: | fun |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, play |
Synonyms: |
absurdity, ball*, big time, blast*, buffoonery, celebration, cheer, clowning, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, escapade, festivity, foolery, frolic, gaiety, gambol, game*, good time, grins, high jinks, holiday, horseplay, jesting, jocularity, joke, joking, jollity, joy, junketing, laughter, living it up, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, nonsense, pastime, picnic, playfulness, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, riot, romp, romping, solace, sport, tomfoolery*, treat, whoopee |
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sadness, work |
| Main Entry: | monkey business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shenanigans |
Synonyms: |
absurdity, absurdness, antics, buffoonery, carrying-on, clowning around, craziness, disobedience, foolery, foolishness, hanky-panky, high jinks, hokey-pokey, horse feathers, horseplay, inanity, insanity, irresponsibility, ludicrousness, lunacy, misbehavior, mischief, mischief-making, monkeyshine, nonsense, poppycock, prank, silliness, stupidity, tommyrot |
| Main Entry: | play |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, entertainment |
Synonyms: |
caper, dalliance, delight, disport, diversion, foolery, frisk, frolic, fun, gambol, game, gaming, happiness, humor, jest, joking, lark, match, pastime, pleasure, prank, recreation, relaxation, romp, sport, sportiveness, teasing |
Antonyms: |
work |
| Main Entry: | poppycock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
Synonyms: |
babble, balderdash, baloney, bull*, bunk, drivel, empty talk, foolery, foolishness, gibberish, hogwash, hooey, hot air, jive, malarkey, mumbo jumbo, palaver, prattle, rubbish, silliness, trash* |
| Main Entry: | ridicule |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contemptuous laughter at someone or something |
Synonyms: |
badinage, banter, buffoonery, burlesque, caricature, chaff, comeback, contempt, derision, dig*, disdain, disparagement, farce, foolery, gibe, irony, jab, jeer, laughter, leer, mockery, mordancy, needling, parody, parting shot, persiflage, put-on, putdown, raillery, rally, razz, rib, roast, sarcasm, sardonicism, satire, scorn, slam*, sneer*, swipe, taunt, taunting, travesty |
Antonyms: |
flattery, praise |
| Main Entry: | tomfoolery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
Synonyms: |
absurdity, antics, bunk, carrying-on, clowning, craziness, folly, foolery, fooling around, foolishness, fun, funny business, giddiness, high jinks, horseplay, insanity, irresponsibility, joking, kidding around, ludicrousness, lunacy, madness, ridiculousness, senselessness, shenanigans*, silliness |
| Main Entry: | craziness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foolishness |
Synonyms: |
absurdity, brainlessness, flakiness, foolery, idiocy, imbecility, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsense, nuttiness, senselessness, silliness, tomfoolery, wackiness, zaniness |
| Main Entry: | imbecility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foolishness |
Synonyms: |
absurdity, absurdness, bunk, carrying-on, claptrap, craziness, dumb trick, folly, fool trick, foolery, horse feathers, idiocy, impracticality, imprudence, inanity, indiscretion, insanity, insensibility, irrationality, irresponsibility, ludicrousness, lunacy, madness, mistake, nonsense, poppycock, preposterousness, rubbish*, senselessness, silliness, stupidity, tomfoolery, tommyrot, twaddle, unreasonableness, unwiseness, weakness*, witlessness, zaniness |
| Main Entry: | senselessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foolishness |
Synonyms: |
absurdity, absurdness, bunk, carrying-on, claptrap, craziness, dumb trick, folly, fool trick, foolery, horse feathers, idiocy, imbecility, impracticality, imprudence, inanity, indiscretion, insanity, insensibility, irrationality, irresponsibility, ludicrousness, lunacy, madness, mistake, nonsense, poppycock, preposterousness, rubbish*, silliness, stupidity, tomfoolery, tommyrot, twaddle, unreasonableness, unwiseness, weakness*, witlessness, zaniness |