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ridiculous
Synonyms and Antonyms of ridiculous
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so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter
asinine, brainless, dumb, fatuous, foolish, half-baked, half-witted, harebrained, idiotic (also idiotical), imbecile (or imbecilic), inane, jerky, moronic, nonsensical, simpleminded, stupid, unwise, weak-minded, witless
balmy, cockeyed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dotty, insane, kooky (also kookie), loony (also looney), lunatic, mad, nutty, screwball, senseless, wacky (also whacky)
fantastic (also fantastical), far-fetched, inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unreal, unrealistic, unreasonable
for the birds
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causing or intended to cause laughter
antic, chucklesome, comedic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, hilarious, humoristic, humorous, hysterical (also hysteric), killing, laughable, ludicrous, riotous, risible, screaming, sidesplitting, uproarious
Synonym Discussion of ridiculous
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- laughable attempts at skating
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- a thriller with a ludicrous plot
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- a ridiculous display of anger
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- a comic character
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- a comical hat
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