| 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, taking the cake, thick*, too much*, unbelievable, unreasonable, unthinkable, unusual, wacky*, wild |
Antonyms: |
reasonable, sensible |
| Main Entry: | absurd |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ridiculous, senseless |
Synonyms: |
batty, campy, crazy, daffy, dippy, flaky*, fooling around, foolish, for grins, freaky, gagged up, goofy*, idiotic, illogical, inane, incongruous, irrational, jokey, joshing, laughable, loony, ludicrous, nonsensical, nutty, off the wall, preposterous, sappy*, screwy, silly, stupid, tomfool, unreasonable, wacky |
Antonyms: |
certain, logical, rational, reasonable, sensible, wise |
| Main Entry: | balmy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insane |
Synonyms: |
absurd, bugged out, cracked, crazed, crazy, daft, deranged, dotty, foolish, harebrained, idiotic, loony, mentally incompetent, moronic, nuts, nutty, odd, potty, preposterous, silly, stupid, wacky |
Antonyms: |
balanced, rational, sane, sensible |
| Main Entry: | cockeyed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crooked, askew |
Synonyms: |
absurd, askance, askant, asymmetrical, awry, cam, canted, crazy, crooked, cross-eyed, lopsided, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, squint, strabismic |
Antonyms: |
level, straight |
| Main Entry: | crazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrealistic, fantastic |
Synonyms: |
absurd, balmy, beyond all reason, bizarre, cockeyed, derisory, eccentric, fatuous, foolhardy, foolish, goofy*, half-baked, harebrained, idiotic, ill-conceived, impracticable, imprudent, inane, inappropriate, insane, irresponsible, loony, ludicrous, nonsensical, odd, out of all reason, outrageous, peculiar, preposterous, puerile, quixotic, ridiculous, senseless, short-sighted, silly, strange, unworkable, weird, wild |
Antonyms: |
believeable, realistic, reasonable, sensible |
| Main Entry: | droll |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amusing, farcical |
Synonyms: |
absurd, camp, campy, clownish, comic, comical, crack-up, diverting, eccentric, entertaining, for grins, funny, gagged up, gelastic, humorous, jocular, joshing, laffer, laughable, ludicrous, odd, preposterous, quaint, queer, quizzical, ridiculous, riot, risible, waggish, whimsical |
Antonyms: |
dramatic, serious, traumatic, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | egregious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | outstandingly bad; outrageous |
Synonyms: |
arrant, atrocious, capital, deplorable, extreme, flagrant, glaring, grievous, gross*, heinous, infamous, insufferable, intolerable, monstrous, nefarious, notorious, outright, preposterous, rank, scandalous, shocking, stark |
| Notes: | egregious means conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; exceptional means well above average or surpassing what is common or usual or expected |
Antonyms: |
little, minor, secondary, slight |
| Main Entry: | exaggerated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overstated, embellished |
Synonyms: |
a bit thick, abstract, amplified, artificial, bouncing, caricatural, distorted, embroidered, exalted, excessive, extravagant, fabricated, fabulous, false, fantastic, farfetched, hammy, highly colored, histrionic, hyperbolic, impossible, inflated, magnified, melodramatic, out of proportion, overblown, overdone, overestimated, overkill, overwrought, preposterous, pretentious, schmaltzy, sensational, spectacular, steep, strained, stylized, tall, too much*, too-too, unrealistic |
Antonyms: |
depreciated, minimized, played down, reduced, understated, unembellished, unexaggerated |
| Main Entry: | exorbitant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extravagant, excessive |
Synonyms: |
absonant, dear, enormous, exacting, expensive, extortionate, extreme, high, highway robbery, immoderate, inordinate, out of sight, outrageous, over one's head, overboard, overmuch, preposterous, pricey, steep*, stiff*, towering, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, unwarranted, up to here, wasteful |
Antonyms: |
cheap, inexpensive, low, moderate, reasonable, sensible |
| 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, overpriced, preposterous, pretentious, prodigal, profligate, reckless, ridiculous, showy, silly, spendthrift, steep, unbalanced, unconscionable, unreasonable, unrestrained |
Antonyms: |
close, economical, moderate, provident, reasonable, saving, stingy, thrifty, unpretentious |