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brainlessness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of brainlessness

1 lack of good sense or judgment
  • had the inexplicable brainlessness to sell his car for half of what it was worth
Synonyms of brainlessness

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

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

fallacy, irrationality, unreasonableness

kookiness, weirdness

laughableness, ludicrousness, ridiculousness
Near Antonyms of brainlessness

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

discernment, insight, perception, percipience
Antonyms of brainlessness

prudence, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sanity, sapience, sensibleness, soundness, wisdom
2 the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind
  • The turkey is one bird that has often been cited for its brainlessness.
Synonyms of brainlessness

denseness, density, dim-wittedness, doltishness, dopiness, dullness (also dulness), dumbness, fatuity, foolishness, mindlessness, oafishness, obtuseness, senselessness, simpleness, slowness, stupidity, stupidness, thickness, vacuity, witlessness
Words Related to brainlessness

feeblemindedness, simplemindedness

absurdity, asininity, balminess, craziness, daftness, dottiness, fatuousness, folly, idiocy, inaneness, inanity, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsensicalness, nuttiness, preposterousness, silliness, wackiness, zaniness
Near Antonyms of brainlessness

acumen, alertness, astuteness, discernment, insight, judgment (or judgement), perception

sagacity, sageness, sapience, wisdom, wit

logicalness, rationality, reasonableness, soundness, validity
Antonyms of brainlessness

braininess, brightness, brilliance, cleverness, intelligence, quick-wittedness, smartness

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