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| Main Entry: | unsound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not well; flimsy |
| Synonyms: | ailing, crazed, dangerous, decrepit, defective, delicate, demented, deranged, diseased, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, fragile, frail, ill, illogical, inaccurate, incongruous, incorrect, infirm, insane, insecure, insubstantial, invalid, lunatic, mad, rickety, shaky, specious, unbalanced, unhealthy, unhinged, unreliable, unsafe, unstable, unsteady, unsubstantial, unwell, weak, wobbly, flawed, in poor health, not solid, tottering, unbacked |
| Antonyms: | safe, sound, stable, strong, well |
| Main Entry: | chancy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dangerous, risky |
| Synonyms: | capricious, contingent, dicey, erratic, fluky, hazardous, iffy*, incalculable, precarious, problematic, rocky, speculative, ticklish, touchy, tricky, uncertain, unpredictable, unsound, whimsical, fluctuant, problematical |
| Antonyms: | certain, safe, secure, sure, tried, not dangerous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | damaged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken, not working |
| Synonyms: | bent, down, gone, hurt, impaired, imperfect, injured, kaput*, on the blink*, on the fritz, run-down, shot, spoiled, unsound, beat-up, blemished, busted, dinged, flawed, flubbed, fouled up, glitched, in need of repair, in poor condition, in smithereens, loused up, marred, messed up, mucked up, no go, out of action, out of kilter, out of whack, screwed up, snafued, sunk, totaled |
| Antonyms: | fixed, mended, perfect, repaired, unbroken, undamaged, working, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decrepit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deteriorated, debilitated, especially as a result of age |
| Synonyms: | aged, antiquated, bedraggled, broken-down, crippled, dilapidated, doddering, effete, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, haggard, incapacitated, infirm, insubstantial, old, ramshackle, rickety, run-down, seedy, senile, shabby, shaking, superannuated, tacky, threadbare, tired, unsound, used, wasted, weak, weather-beaten, worn, worn-out, anile, battered, creaky, quavering, tottering, tumble-down, weakly |
| Antonyms: | fit, healthy, young |
| Main Entry: | defective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken, not working |
| Synonyms: | abnormal, amiss, damaged, deficient, faulty, impaired, imperfect, inadequate, incomplete, injured, insufficient, lacking, out of order, poor, sick, unfinished, unhealthy, unsound, wanting, blemished, flawed, on the bum, seconds, subnormal |
| Notes: | defective means having a defect or fault, while deficient means inadequate or lacking in amount or degree |
| Antonyms: | excellent, faultless, flawless, perfect, unbroken |
| 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: | deranged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy, insane |
| Synonyms: | ape*, baked*, berserk, cracked*, crazed, delirious, demented, disconcerted, disordered, displaced, distracted, dotty*, frantic, frenzied, fried*, irrational, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, nuts*, perplexed, unbalanced, unhinged*, unsettled, unsound, bananas, disarranged, flipped, flipped out, loco, maddened, schizzo, unglued, unscrewed, unzipped, whacko |
| Antonyms: | balanced, calm, sane, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | diseased |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhealthy |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, ailing, indisposed, infectious, infirm, rotten, sick, sickly, tainted, unsound, unwell, unwholesome, infected |
| Antonyms: | fit, healthy |
| Main Entry: | erroneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wrong, incorrect |
| Synonyms: | amiss, askew, awry, defective, fallacious, false, faulty, inaccurate, inexact, invalid, misguided, mistaken, off, specious, spurious, unfounded, unsound, untrue, all off, all wet, flawed, way off, wrong number |
| Antonyms: | correct, right, true, valid |
| Main Entry: | fallacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | false, wrong |
| Synonyms: | deceptive, delusive, erroneous, fictitious, fishy*, fraudulent, illogical, illusory, incorrect, invalid, irrational, mad, misleading, mistaken, off*, phony, spurious, unfounded, unreal, unreasonable, unsound, untrue, beguiling, deceiving, deluding, delusory, reasonless, sophistic, sophistical, ungrounded, unreasoned, way off |
| Antonyms: | correct, real, true, truthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | faulty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working; incorrect |
| Synonyms: | adulterated, amiss, awry, bad, below par, blamable, broken, cracked, damaged, debased, defective, deficient, distorted, erroneous, fallacious, fallible, false, frail, impaired, imperfect, inaccurate, inadequate, incomplete, inexact, injured, insufficient, invalid, lame, leaky, lemon, maimed, malformed, out of order, rank, sick, tainted, unfit, unreliable, unsound, weak, wrong, blemished, botched, flawed, imprecise, malfunctioning, marred, unretentive, warped |
| Antonyms: | accurate, correct, perfect, sound, strong, working |
| Main Entry: | fragile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | breakable, dainty |
| Synonyms: | brittle, crisp, crumbly, decrepit, delicate, feeble, fine, flimsy, frail, friable, infirm, insubstantial, slight, unsound, weak, fracturable, frangible, shatterable, shivery, weakly |
| Antonyms: | durable, firm, strong, tough, unbreakable |
| Main Entry: | frail |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | breakable, weak |
| Synonyms: | brittle, dainty, decrepit, delicate, feeble, fishy, flimsy, fragile, infirm, insubstantial, puny, sad, sickly, slender, slight, slim, tender, tenuous, thin, unsound, unsubstantial, vulnerable, wishy-washy*, wispy, fracturable, frangible, shatterable, shattery, wimpy |
| Antonyms: | firm, strong, unbreakable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hazardous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dangerous, unpredictable |
| Synonyms: | chancy, dicey*, difficult, hairy*, haphazard, hot*, insecure, perilous, precarious, risky, touchy, uncertain, unhealthy, unsafe, unsound, venturesome, wicked, parlous |
| Antonyms: | certain, guarded, predictable, protected, safe, secure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | illogical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not making sense |
| Synonyms: | absurd, cockeyed*, fallacious, false, fatuous, faulty, groundless, hollow, implausible, inconclusive, incongruous, inconsistent, incorrect, invalid, irrational, irrelevant, mad, meaningless, nutty*, off the wall, preposterous, screwy*, senseless, specious, spurious, unconnected, unreasonable, unscientific, unsound, unsubstantial, untenable, wacky, casuistic, inconsequent, not following, self-contradictory, sophistic, sophistical, unproved, without basis, without foundation |
| Antonyms: | correct, logical, meaningful, rational, reasonable, right, sensible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impaired |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | injured, faulty |
| Synonyms: | broken, damaged, debilitated, defective, down*, harmed, hurt, imperfect, kaput*, on the blink*, on the fritz, spoiled, unsound, busted, flawed, marred |
| Antonyms: | healthy, perfect, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imperfect |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flawed |
| Synonyms: | amiss, below par, broken, damaged, defective, deficient, dud*, faulty, garbage*, immature, impaired, incomplete, inexact, injured, junk*, lemon*, limited, low, minus, partial, patchy, rudimentary, sick, sketchy, two-bit*, undeveloped, unfinished, unsound, vicious, bottom-of-barrel, disfigured, few bugs, marred, schlocky, warped |
| Antonyms: | excellent, faultless, finished, perfect, pure, unblemished, unflawed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inaccurate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | erroneous |
| Synonyms: | all wet, careless, counterfactual, defective, discrepant, doesn't wash, fallacious, false, faulty, imprecise, in error, incorrect, inexact, mistaken, off, off base*, out*, specious, unfaithful, unreliable, unsound, untrue, way-off, wide*, wild*, wrong |
| Antonyms: | accurate, correct, right |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incorrect |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wrong |
| Synonyms: | erroneous, false, faulty, improper, inaccurate, inappropriate, inexact, mistaken, out*, specious, unreliable, unseemly, unsound, unsuitable, untrue, wide of the mark*, counterfactual, flawed, imprecise, not trustworthy, unfitting, way off, wrong number |
| Antonyms: | correct, right, true |
* = 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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