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absurdity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of absurdity

1 a foolish act or idea

to say men canʼt cook as well as women is of course an absurdity

Synonyms of absurdity

asininity, bêtise, fatuity, folly, foolery, foppery, idiocy, imbecility, inanity, insanity, lunacy, stupidity

Words Related to absurdity

absurdness, craziness, foolishness, inaneness, madness, senselessness, witlessness

buffoonery, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan(s), tomfoolery

drivel, humbug, nonsense, twaddle

blunder, bungle, flub, goof, howler

Near Antonyms of absurdity

discretion, forethought, prudence, sagacity, wisdom

brainstorm, inspiration

2 lack of good sense or judgment

the absurdity of expecting a 98-year-old woman to adequately supervise four six-year-olds

Synonyms of absurdity

asininity, balminess, brainlessness, craziness, daftness, dippiness, dottiness, fatuity, fatuousness, folly, foolishness, imbecility, inanity, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsensicalness, nuttiness, preposterousness, senselessness, silliness, simplicity, unwisdom, wackiness, witlessness, zaniness

Words Related to absurdity

denseness, dim-wittedness, doltishness, dopiness, dullness (also dulness), dumbness, feeblemindedness, gormlessness [chiefly British], idiocy, mindlessness, oafishness, obtuseness, simplemindedness, simpleness, slowness, stupidity, stupidness, vacuity

fallacy, irrationality, unreasonableness

kookiness, weirdness

laughableness, ludicrousness, ridiculousness

Near Antonyms of absurdity

logicality, logicalness, rationality, rationalness, reasonability, reasonableness, validity

discernment, insight, perception, percipience

Antonyms of absurdity

prudence, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sanity, sapience, sensibleness, soundness, wisdom

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