Synonyms of fatuous

fatuous 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in stupid

not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily

the fatuous questions that the audience members asked after the lecture suggested to the oceanographer that they had understood little

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stupid
• dumb
• slow
• simple
• thick
• idiotic
• foolish
• dull
• dense
• vacuous
• ignorant
• silly
• doltish
• obtuse
• dopey
• witless
• unintelligent
• unreasonable
• mindless
• dunderheaded
• irrational
• brain-dead
• lamebrain
• oafish
• boneheaded
• senseless
• brainless
• thickheaded
• soft
• dim
• empty-headed
• pinheaded
• opaque
• softheaded
• insane
• dopy
• dorky
• weak-minded
• mad
• lamebrained
• bonehead
• gormless
• moronic
• dim-witted
• idiotical
• crazy
• half-witted
• chuckleheaded
• absurd
• airheaded
• knuckleheaded
• thick-witted
• bubbleheaded
• lunkheaded
• slow-witted
• unsmart
• cretinous
• imbecilic
• looney
• lunatic
• imbecile
• simpleminded
• birdbrained
• feebleminded
• unthinking
• uninformed
• nonsensical
• unintellectual
• asinine
• preposterous
• fool
• uneducated
• illogical
• zany
• daft
• unwise
• fallacious
• whacky
• illiterate
• loony
• lowbrow
• untaught
• harebrained
• wacky
• dippy
• nutty
• invalid
• sappy
• cuckoo
• kooky
• daffy
• dotty
• screwball
• crackpot
• half-baked
• cockeyed
• balmy
• tomfool
• boobish
• kookie
• featherheaded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brilliant
• clever
• intelligent
• quick
• apt
• ingenious
• bright
• smart
• sharp
• acute
• keen
• fast
• wise
• insightful
• nimble
• astute
• intellectual
• resourceful
• sagacious
• perceptive
• thinking
• erudite
• cerebral
• keen
• brainy
• knowing
• savvy
• scholarly
• knowledgeable
• quick-witted
• discerning
• sharp-witted
• sage
• literate
• learned
• skilled
• reasonable
• perspicacious
• shrewd
• supersmart
• cunning
• sensible
• informed
• ultrasmart
• hyperintelligent
• wily
• educated
• sound
• trained
• highbrow
• valid
• logical
• rational
• prudent
• percipient
• crafty
• sapient
• judicious
• sane
• well-read
• foxy
• schooled

2

as in foolish

showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment

ignoring the avalanche warnings, the fatuous skiers continued on their way down the trail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stupid
• foolish
• absurd
• silly
• idiotic
• mad
• crazy
• insane
• lunatic
• irrational
• ridiculous
• nonsensical
• asinine
• preposterous
• dumb
• simple
• fool
• witless
• zany
• daft
• looney
• whacky
• unwise
• idiotical
• unreasonable
• loony
• simpleminded
• weak
• harebrained
• inept
• dippy
• wacky
• nutty
• senseless
• sappy
• brainless
• kooky
• daffy
• unreasoning
• dotty
• weak-minded
• moronic
• screwball
• crackpot
• cuckoo
• out to lunch
• slow
• half-baked
• jerky
• half-witted
• vacuous
• cockeyed
• balmy
• tomfool
• thoughtless
• imbecilic
• bubbleheaded
• lunkheaded
• imbecile
• illogical
• unreasoned
• doltish
• ludicrous
• kookie
• obtuse
• dopey
• clueless
• unintelligent
• fallacious
• laughable
• mindless
• dunderheaded
• dense
• farcical
• dull
• brain-dead
• lamebrain
• oafish
• featherheaded
• dim
• thickheaded
• feebleminded
• empty-headed
• pinheaded
• invalid
• opaque
• softheaded
• dopy
• dorky
• lamebrained
• gormless
• thick
• unsound
• dim-witted
• soft
• surd
• clownish
• nonrational
• chuckleheaded
• airheaded
• knuckleheaded
• buffoonish
• notional
• slow-witted
• ill-advised
• unconsidered
• birdbrained
• boobish
• chowderheaded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sensible
• wise
• sound
• prudent
• judicious
• sane
• reasonable
• clever
• intelligent
• sagacious
• bright
• smart
• valid
• logical
• rational
• sage
• sapient
• brainy
• well-advised

fatuousness

2 of 2

noun

as in insanity

lack of good sense or judgment

the sheer fatuousness of the theory precludes any serious discussion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• insanity
• madness
• simplicity
• absurdity
• foolishness
• preposterousness
• unwisdom
• craziness
• inanity
• daftness
• imbecility
• witlessness
• silliness
• fatuity
• dottiness
• wackiness
• zaniness
• brainlessness
• asininity
• nuttiness
• lunacy
• folly
• stupidity
• stupidness
• balminess
• nonsensicalness
• idiocy
• senselessness
• dulness
• obtuseness
• dullness
• irrationality
• mindlessness
• unreasonableness
• feeblemindedness
• slowness
• simplemindedness
• oafishness
• simpleness
• dopiness
• dippiness
• ridiculousness
• dumbness
• denseness
• fallacy
• vacuity
• doltishness
• ludicrousness
• kookiness
• weirdness
• gormlessness
• dim-wittedness
• laughableness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wisdom
• sagacity
• prudence
• soundness
• sanity
• rationality
• validity
• reasonableness
• sapience
• sensibleness
• sagaciousness
• logicality
• perception
• insight
• reasonability
• sageness
• discernment
• logicalness
• rationalness
• percipience

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