| Main Entry: | unwise |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid, irresponsible |
Synonyms: |
childish, foolhardy, foolish, ill-advised, ill-considered, immature, impolitic, improvident, imprudent, inadvisable, inane, inappropriate, indiscreet, inept, injudicious, misguided, naive, rash, reckless, senseless, short-sighted, silly, thoughtless, undesirable, unfortunate, unintelligent, unsound, witless |
Antonyms: |
responsible, sagacious, thoughtful, wise |
| Main Entry: | foolish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonsensical, idiotic |
Synonyms: |
absurd, asinine, brainless, cockamamy, crazy, daffy, daft, dippy, doltish, dotty, fantastic, fatuous, feebleminded, half-baked, half-witted, harebrained, ill-advised, ill-considered, imbecilic, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insane, irrational, jerky, kooky, loony, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, moronic, nerdy, nutty, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, short-sighted, silly, simple, stupid, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise, wacky*, weak, witless, zany* |
Antonyms: |
careful, cautious, circumspect, prudent, sensible, serious, thoughtful, unfoolish, wise |
| Main Entry: | impractical/impracticable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrealistic |
Synonyms: |
abstract, absurd, chimerical, idealistic, illogical, impossible, impracticable, improbable, inapplicable, inefficacious, infeasible, inoperable, irrealizable, ivory-tower, no-go, nonfunctional, nonviable, not a prayer, otherworldly, out of the question, quixotic, romantic, speculative, starry-eyed, theoretical, unattainable, unbusinesslike, unfeasible, unreal, unserviceable, unusable, unwise, unworkable, useless, visionary, wild, won't fly |
Antonyms: |
practicable, practical, probable, realistic, reasonable, tenable, viable |
| Main Entry: | imprudent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without much thought |
Synonyms: |
brash, careless, foolhardy, foolish, heedless, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-judged, impolitic, improvident, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious, irresponsible, leaving self wide open, off the deep end, overhasty, playing with fire, rash, reckless, temerarious, thoughtless, unadvisable, unthinking, unwise |
Antonyms: |
careful, cautious, discreet, prudent, wise |
| Main Entry: | inadvisable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not recommended |
Synonyms: |
careless, foolhardy, foolish, harebrained, ill-advised, impolitic, improper, imprudent, inappropriate, incautious, inconvenient, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious, pointless, rash, undesirable, unsensible, unsuitable, unwise, wrong |
Antonyms: |
advisable, good, ok, recommended, wise |
| Main Entry: | irrational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illogical, senseless |
Synonyms: |
aberrant, absurd, brainless, cockamamie, crazy, delirious, demented, disconnected, disjointed, distraught, fallacious, flaky*, foolish, freaky, incoherent, injudicious, insane, invalid, kooky, loony, mad, mindless, nonsensical, nutty, off-the-wall, preposterous, raving, reasonless, ridiculous, silly, sophistic, specious, stupid, unreasonable, unreasoning, unsound, unstable, unthinking, unwise, wacky*, wild, wrong |
Antonyms: |
logical, rational, reasonable, reflective, sensible, sound, stable |
| Main Entry: | misguided |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ill-advised, deluded |
Synonyms: |
bearded, bum-steer, confused, deceived, disinformed, erroneous, faked-out, foolish, imprudent, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious, led up the garden path, misled, misplaced, mistaken, stonewalled, uncalled for, unreasonable, unwarranted, unwise, wrong |
Antonyms: |
well-guided |
| Main Entry: | senseless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly, meaningless |
Synonyms: |
absurd, asinine, batty, crazy, daft, double talk, doublespeak, fatuous, flaky, foolish, idiotic, illogical, imbecilic, inane, incongruous, inconsistent, insignificant, irrational, ludicrous, mad, mindless, moronic, nonsensical, nutty, pointless, purportless, purposeless, ridiculous, simple, stupid, trivial, unimportant, unintelligent, unmeaning, unreasonable, unsound, unwise, wacky*, without rhyme or reason |
Antonyms: |
feeling, intelligent, rational, reasonable, sensible, wise |
| Main Entry: | silly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absurd, giddy, foolish |
Synonyms: |
asinine, balmy, brainless, childish, crazy, dippy, dizzy*, empty, empty-headed, fatuous, featherbrained, flighty, foolhardy, frivolous, harebrained, idiotic, ignorant, illogical, immature, imprudent, inane, inappropriate, inconsistent, irrational, irresponsible, ludicrous, meaningless, muddle-headed, nitwitted, nonsensical, pointless, preposterous, puerile, ridiculous, senseless, sheepheaded, simple, simpleminded, stupid, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise, vacuous, witless |
Antonyms: |
mature, mundane, practical, sensible, serious, wise |
| Main Entry: | unadvised |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not smart; careless |
Synonyms: |
brash, hasty, heedless, hot-headed, ignorant, ill-advised, imprudent, in the dark, inadvisable, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, injudicious, rash, reckless, thoughtless, unaware, unconsidered, uninformed, unknowing, unsuspecting, unwarned, unwary, unwise |
Antonyms: |
advised, wise |