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irrational

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of irrational

not using or following good reasoning

He has an irrational fear of cats.

Synonyms of irrational

fallacious, illegitimate, illogical, inconsequent, inconsequential, invalid, nonrational, unreasonable, unreasoning, unsound, weak

Words Related to irrational

misleading, specious

half-baked, ill-advised, misguided, unconsidered, unreasoned

absurd, asinine, foolish, meaningless, nonsensical, preposterous, reasonless, senseless, silly

odd, peculiar, strange, surreal, unusual, weird

insane, mad, nutty, wacky (also whacky)

disordered, disorganized, rambling, random

inexplicable, unaccountable, unexplainable

Near Antonyms of irrational

commonsense, sane, sensible, sober, wise

enlightened, informed, just, justified, reasoned

ordered, organized

clear, cogent, compelling, convincing, credible, persuasive, plausible, satisfying, solid

certain, sure, true

confirmed, corroborated, demonstrated, established, substantiated, validated

Antonyms of irrational

logical, rational, reasonable, sound, valid, well-founded, well-grounded

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