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| Main Entry: | idiotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very stupid |
| Synonyms: | asinine, batty*, crazy, daffy*, daft, dull, dumb, fatuous, foolhardy, foolish, harebrained*, imbecile, inane, insane, lunatic, moronic, senseless, silly, unintelligent, birdbrained, imbecilic, squirrelly, thick-witted |
| Antonyms: | brainy, intelligent, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | absurd |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ridiculous, senseless |
| Synonyms: | batty, crazy, daffy, flaky*, foolish, goofy*, idiotic, illogical, inane, incongruous, irrational, laughable, loony, ludicrous, nonsensical, nutty, off the wall, preposterous, sappy*, screwy*, silly, stupid, unreasonable, wacky, campy, dippy, fooling around, for grins, freaky, gagged up, jokey, joshing, tomfool |
| Antonyms: | certain, logical, rational, reasonable, sensible, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | asinine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | senseless |
| Synonyms: | absurd, daft, foolish, half-witted, idiotic, inane, moronic, silly, sophomoric, stupid, cretinous |
| Main Entry: | daft |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid; crazy |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, bedlamite, bonkers, cracked*, crackers, daffy*, demented, deranged, dopey*, flaky*, foolish, fried*, giddy, half-baked*, idiotic, in the ozone, inane, insane, lunatic, mad, mental*, nuts, nutty*, off the wall, out of one's gourd, ridiculous, screwy*, silly, simple, touched, unbalanced, unhinged*, unsound, wacky, whacko, witless |
| Antonyms: | brainy, bright, intelligent, smart, understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demented |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy, insane |
| Synonyms: | bananas, bemused, crackbrained, daft, delirious, deranged, distracted, distraught, flipped out, foolish, frenzied, fruity, hysterical, idiotic, in the ozone, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, manic, non compos mentis, nutty as a fruitcake, out of one's gourd, out of one's tree, psycho, psychopathic, psychotic, schitzy, schizoid, unbalanced, unglued, unhinged*, unsound, whacko |
| Antonyms: | balanced, rational, reasonable, sane, sensible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dopey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | comatose, dense, dumb, foolish, heavy, idiotic, lethargic, senseless, silly, simple, slow, sluggish, thick, torpid, hebetudinous, slumberish |
| Antonyms: | brainy, intelligent, sensible, smart |
| Main Entry: | fatuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, brainless*, dense, dull, foolish, idiotic, imbecile, inane, insensate, jerky*, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, mindless, moronic, puerile, sappy, silly, simple, vacuous, witless, birdbrained, boneheaded, lamebrained |
| Antonyms: | aware, bright, intelligent, keen, sensible, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frivolous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trivial, silly |
| Synonyms: | barmy*, childish, dizzy*, empty-headed*, facetious, featherbrained*, flighty, flip, flippant, foolish, gay, giddy*, harebrained*, idiotic, idle, impractical, juvenile, light, minor, niggling*, paltry, peripheral, petty, playful, pointless, puerile, scatterbrained*, senseless, shallow, sportive, superficial, tongue-in-cheek*, unimportant, volatile, whimsical, ill-considered, light-minded, nonserious, not serious, unprofound |
| Antonyms: | grave, mature, sensible, serious, solemn, thoughtful, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | goofy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly |
| Synonyms: | crazy, daffy*, dopey, dotty, empty-headed*, flaky*, foolish, idiotic, nutty*, screwy, stupid, wacky*, weird, dippy, ditzy, kooky |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | half-baked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid; not thought through |
| Synonyms: | backward, batty*, brainless, crazy, dumb, foolish, harebrained*, idiotic, ignorant, impractical, indiscreet, moronic, retarded, senseless, short-sighted, silly, slow, sophomoric, underdeveloped, unformed, witless, birdbrained, blockheaded, boneheaded, feeble-minded, ill-conceived, imbecilic, poorly planned |
| Antonyms: | intelligent, smart, thoughtful, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imbecile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid, foolish |
| Synonyms: | asinine, backward, deranged, dim-witted, dull, fatuous, idiotic, inane, ludicrous, moronic, simple, slow, thick, witless, feeble-minded, imbecilic, simple-minded |
| Antonyms: | brainy, intelligent, smart |
| Main Entry: | inane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, daft, empty, fatuous, flat, foolish, frivolous, futile, harebrained*, idiotic, illogical, innocuous, insipid, jejune, laughable, meaningless, mindless, pointless, puerile, ridiculous, sappy*, senseless, silly, trifling, unintelligent, vacant, vacuous, vain, vapid, weak, wishy-washy*, worthless, imbecilic |
| Notes: | inane means silly, lacking significance or insubstantial; insane means mentally deranged, mad or very foolish |
| Antonyms: | bright, intelligent, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally ill; foolish |
| Synonyms: | batty*, bizarre, cracked*, crazed, crazy, cuckoo*, daft, demented, derailed, deranged, fatuous, frenzied, idiotic, impractical, irrational, irresponsible, loony*, lunatic, mad, maniacal, mental, moonstruck, nuts*, nutty*, of unsound mind, off one's rocker, out of one's mind, paranoid, preposterous, psychopathic, psychotic, rabid, raging, raving, schizophrenic, screwy, senseless, touched, unhinged, unsettled, wild |
| Antonyms: | balanced, healthy, rational, reasonable, sane, sound, well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lunatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy, mad |
| Synonyms: | absurd, baked*, balmy*, bonkers*, cracked, crazed, daft, demented, deranged, flaky*, foolish, fried*, idiotic, insane, irrational, maniac, maniacal, nonsensical, nutty*, preposterous, psychotic, screwy*, stupid, unsound, zany, bananas, dippy, flipped out, freaked out, kooky, loco, psyched out, schizoid, whacko |
| Antonyms: | healthy, sane, sensible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mindless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | oblivious, stupid; automatic |
| Synonyms: | asinine, careless, daydreaming, foolish, forgetful, gratuitous, heedless, idiotic, inattentive, moronic, neglectful, negligent, obtuse, out, rash, senseless, silly, simple, thoughtless, unaware, unintelligent, unmindful, unthinking, witless, brutish, imbecilic, mooning, moony, nitwitted, out of it, spaced-out |
| Antonyms: | intelligent, mindful, thinking, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | moronic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | asinine, brainless, dense, dopey*, dumb, foolish, half-baked*, idiotic, ill-advised, inane, irresponsible, ludicrous, mindless, nonsensical, pointless, senseless, unintelligent, unthinking, dimwitted, doltish, imbecilic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | oafish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clumsy, stupid |
| Synonyms: | bungling, dumb, gawky, graceless, half-witted*, heavy-handed, idiotic, ignorant, inelegant, inept, lumbering, lumpish, moronic, simple, simpleminded, slow, uncoordinated, ungainly, unintelligent, all thumbs, blundering, blunderous, bumbling, butterfingered*, gawkish, klutzy, lubberly, stumbling, undexterous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sappy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foolish, sentimental |
| Synonyms: | absurd, balmy, crazy*, idiotic, illogical, insane, loony*, maudlin, mushy*, preposterous, silly, sticky*, stupid, bathetic, drippy, slushy, soppy |
| Antonyms: | realistic, serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | senseless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly, meaningless |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, batty, crazy, daft, double talk, fatuous, flaky, foolish, idiotic, illogical, inane, incongruous, inconsistent, insignificant, irrational, ludicrous, mad, mindless, moronic, nonsensical, nutty, pointless, purposeless, ridiculous, simple, stupid, trivial, unimportant, unintelligent, unreasonable, unsound, unwise, wacky*, doublespeak, imbecilic, purportless, unmeaning, without rhyme or reason |
| Antonyms: | feeling, intelligent, rational, reasonable, sensible, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | silly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absurd, giddy, foolish |
| Synonyms: | asinine, balmy, brainless, childish, crazy, dizzy*, empty, empty-headed*, fatuous, featherbrained*, flighty, foolhardy, frivolous, harebrained*, idiotic, ignorant, illogical, immature, imprudent, inane, inappropriate, inconsistent, irrational, irresponsible, ludicrous, meaningless, nonsensical, pointless, preposterous, puerile, ridiculous, senseless, simple, simpleminded, stupid, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise, vacuous, witless, dippy, muddle-headed, nitwitted, sheepheaded |
| Antonyms: | mature, mundane, practical, sensible, serious, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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