nonsensical - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | nonsensical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absurd |
| Synonyms: | foolish, ridiculous, senseless, silly, stupid |
| 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: | cockeyed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crooked, askew |
| Synonyms: | absurd, askance, asymmetrical, awry, crazy, crooked, lopsided, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, squint, askant, cam, canted, cross-eyed, strabismic |
| Antonyms: | level, straight |
| Main Entry: | extravagant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indulgent, wasteful |
| Synonyms: | absurd, bizarre, costly, crazy, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, expensive, extortionate, extreme, fanciful, fancy, fantastic, flamboyant, flashy, foolish, garish, gaudy, grandiose, immoderate, implausible, improvident, imprudent, inordinate, lavish, ludicrous, nonsensical, ornate, ostentatious, outrageous, preposterous, pretentious, prodigal, profligate, reckless, ridiculous, showy, silly, spendthrift, steep, unbalanced, unconscionable, unreasonable, unrestrained, overpriced |
| Antonyms: | close, economical, moderate, provident, reasonable, saving, stingy, thrifty, unpretentious |
| Main Entry: | farcical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absurd |
| Synonyms: | amusing, camp, comic, comical, droll, funny, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, outrageous, preposterous, ridiculous, risible, slapstick, stupid, campy, derisory, diverting, for grins, gelastic, joshing |
| Antonyms: | real, reasonable, sensible, serious, tragic |
| Main Entry: | irrational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illogical, senseless |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, absurd, brainless, crazy, delirious, demented, disconnected, disjointed, distraught, fallacious, flaky*, foolish, incoherent, injudicious, insane, invalid, loony*, mad, mindless, nonsensical, nutty*, preposterous, raving, ridiculous, silly, specious, stupid, unreasonable, unsound, unstable, unthinking, unwise, wacky*, wild, wrong, cockamamie, freaky, kooky, off-the-wall, reasonless, sophistic, unreasoning |
| Antonyms: | logical, rational, reasonable, reflective, sensible, sound, stable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | laughable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easily made fun of |
| Synonyms: | absurd, amusing, asinine, bizarre, camp, comic, comical, derisive, droll, eccentric, entertaining, facetious, fantastic, farcical, funny, hilarious, humorous, inane, jocose, jocular, ludicrous, mirthful, mocking, nonsensical, preposterous, rich, ridiculous, riot, risible, scream, unusual, witty, campy, derisory, diverting, gelastic, har-har, jokey, joshing |
| Antonyms: | grave, serious |
| Main Entry: | ludicrous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absurd, ridiculous |
| Synonyms: | antic, bizarre, burlesque, comic, comical, crazy, droll, fantastic, farcical, foolish, funny, grotesque, incongruous, laughable, nonsensical, odd, outlandish, preposterous, risible, silly, zany, gelastic |
| Antonyms: | logical, reasonable, sensible |
| 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: | meaningless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without use, value, worth |
| Synonyms: | absurd, aimless, blank, doesn't cut it, double-talk*, doublespeak, empty, feckless, fustian, futile, good-for-nothing, hollow, hot air*, inane, inconsequential, insignificant, insubstantial, nonsensical, nothing, nugatory, pointless, purportless, purposeless, senseless, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unmeaning, unpurposed, useless, vacant, vague, vain, valueless, vapid, worthless |
| Antonyms: | meaningful, significant, useful, valuable, worthwhile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | pointless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ridiculous, senseless |
| Synonyms: | absurd, aimless, fruitless, futile, impotent, inane, inconsequential, ineffective, ineffectual, insignificant, irrelevant, meaningless, nonsensical, powerless, remote, silly, stupid, trivial, unavailing, uninteresting, unnecessary, unproductive, unprofitable, useless, vague, vain, worthless, around in circles, going nowhere, in vicious circle, needle in haystack, nongermane, not pertinent, on treadmill, purportless |
| Antonyms: | beneficial, meaningful, pointed, profitable, sensible |
| Main Entry: | preposterous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ridiculous, bizarre |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, crazy, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, fantastic, far-out*, foolish, harebrained*, impossible, incredible, insane, irrational, laughable, ludicrous, monstrous, nonsensical, out of the question, outrageous, senseless, shocking, silly, stupid, thick*, too much*, unbelievable, unreasonable, unthinkable, unusual, wacky*, wild, taking the cake |
| Antonyms: | reasonable, sensible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | purposeless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | useless, insignificant |
| Synonyms: | aimless, desultory, empty, feckless, fustian, good-for-nothing*, haphazard, hit-or-miss*, indiscriminate, irregular, meaningless, needless, nonsensical, pointless, random, senseless, unnecessary, unplanned, unprofitable, vacuous, wanton, worthless, designless, drifting, floundering, goalless, motiveless, purportless, uncalled for, undirected, unhelpful, unpurposed |
| Antonyms: | decided, deliberate, determined, planned, purposeful, significant, useful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ridiculous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid, funny |
| Synonyms: | absurd, antic, bizarre, comic, comical, contemptible, daffy*, droll, fantastic, farcical, foolish, goofy*, grotesque, harebrained*, hilarious, impossible, incredible, jerky*, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, nutty*, outrageous, preposterous, risible, sappy*, silly, slaphappy*, unbelievable, wacky*, derisory, foolheaded, gelastic |
| Antonyms: | believable, reasonable, sensible, 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
| Main Entry: | stupid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not intelligent; irresponsible |
| Synonyms: | brainless, dazed, deficient, dense, dim, dopey*, dull, dumb, dummy*, foolish, futile, gullible, half-baked*, half-witted*, idiotic, ill-advised, inane, indiscreet, insensate, irrelevant, laughable, loser*, ludicrous, meaningless, mindless, moronic, naive, nonsensical, obtuse, pointless, puerile, rash, senseless, shortsighted, simple, simpleminded, slow, sluggish, stolid, stupefied, thick, trivial, unintelligent, unthinking, witless, doltish, imbecilic, out to lunch, thick-headed |
| Notes: | stupid refers to lack of ability while ignorant refers to lack of knowledge |
| Antonyms: | cognizant, intelligent, responsible, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unrealistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not believable or practical |
| Synonyms: | floating, gone*, half-baked*, impossible, impracticable, impractical, improbable, nonsensical, on cloud nine*, quixotic, romantic, silly, starry-eyed, theoretical, unreal, blue sky, ivory-tower, nonrealistic, not applicable, not sensible, reachy, unworkable |
| Antonyms: | believable, practical, pragmatic, realistic, reasonable, sensible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | witless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foolish |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, brainless, crazy, daffy*, dotty*, dumb, feebleminded*, half-baked*, half-witted*, harebrained*, idiotic, ill-advised, irrational, jerky*, loony*, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, mindless, moronic, nonsensical, nutty*, ridiculous, senseless, silly, stupid, unintelligent, unwise, wacky*, zany*, birdbrained, cockamamy, doltish, kooky |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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