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inanity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of inanity

1 a foolish act or idea
  • Pam quickly realized that her suggestion was an inanity and withdrew it.
Synonyms of inanity

absurdity, asininity, 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 inanity of the winner's 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, wackiness, witlessness, zaniness
Words Related to inanity

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 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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