Synonyms of nonsensical

nonsensical

adjective

1

as in absurd

conceived or made without regard for reason or reality

a nonsensical decision that didn't take account of all of the facts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• absurd
• bizarre
• foolish
• insane
• unreal
• crazy
• fanciful
• strange
• ridiculous
• preposterous
• fantastic
• wild
• grotesque
• incredible
• curious
• weird
• odd
• peculiar
• funny
• implausible
• off the wall
• unbelievable
• inconceivable
• ludicrous
• eccentric
• extravagant
• unimaginable
• unthinkable
• outlandish
• wacky
• farcical
• laughable
• quirky
• surreal
• quaint
• queer
• nightmarish
• screwy
• outré
• kinky
• out-of-the-way
• kooky
• dreamlike
• Alice-in-Wonderland
• way-out
• bizarro
• far-out
• queerish
• Kafkaesque

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reasonable
• realistic

2

as in silly

showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment

your plan to lose weight through total starvation is completely nonsensical

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nonsensical

But after the governor declared war on rainbows, making the nonsensical argument that colorful crosswalks were somehow dangerous, the state had tried to hide the evidence of its earlier position. — Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2026

Once he was arrested, prosecutors said Ruiz made rambling, nonsensical statements that appeared paranoid and delusional. — William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026

After a week of testing, this device is nonsensical as a phone. — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026

For all the tectonic shifts in college sports, for the nonsensical new national conferences, for the greed and growing pains spurred by pay for play, there was no one more ready to meet this moment than Close. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026

Quarterback will forever remain arguably the most difficult position in all sports yet the one that draws the most unsolicited—and sometimes nonsensical—opinions. — Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

But the quality remains extremely uneven—mathematicians are finding some papers readable and others utterly nonsensical. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026

Gen Z Wants to Go Ghost, Not Girlboss That said, the characters do have to be worth clipping, and love him or hate him, Ryan Murphy has always had a knack for creating fictional people who feel bigger than whatever nonsensical story spawned them. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026

In this context, their baseless First Amendment argument as a basis of this lawsuit is nonsensical hogwash! — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026