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inanity

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Synonyms and Antonyms of inanity

1 a foolish act or idea

quickly realized that her suggestion was an inanity and withdrew it

Synonyms of inanity

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

Words Related to inanity

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 inanity

discretion, forethought, prudence, sagacity, wisdom

brainstorm, inspiration

2 lack of good sense or judgment

the jaw-dropping inanity of the singerʼs comments on the awards show

Synonyms of inanity

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

Words Related to inanity

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 inanity

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

discernment, insight, perception, percipience

Antonyms of inanity

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

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