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irrational

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of irrational

not using or following good reasoning

itʼs irrational to think that you can continue to consume an excess of calories and not gain weight

Synonyms of irrational

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

Words Related to irrational

eristic (also eristical), misleading, sophistic (or sophistical), specious

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

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

Kafkaesque, 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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