Synonyms of zaniness

zaniness

noun

as in insanity

lack of good sense or judgment

what zaniness possessed you to take a mental health day when you knew that the head honcho would be visiting?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• insanity
• madness
• simplicity
• craziness
• absurdity
• wackiness
• silliness
• nuttiness
• preposterousness
• daftness
• inanity
• dottiness
• fatuousness
• foolishness
• lunacy
• unwisdom
• imbecility
• witlessness
• balminess
• brainlessness
• nonsensicalness
• stupidness
• asininity
• folly
• fatuity
• senselessness
• idiocy
• stupidity
• dippiness
• dullness
• obtuseness
• dopiness
• irrationality
• mindlessness
• slowness
• dumbness
• ridiculousness
• simpleness
• kookiness
• oafishness
• unreasonableness
• denseness
• feeblemindedness
• simplemindedness
• weirdness
• doltishness
• ludicrousness
• vacuity
• fallacy
• gormlessness
• dim-wittedness
• laughableness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sanity
• wisdom
• sagacity
• soundness
• prudence
• rationality
• validity
• reasonableness
• sapience
• sensibleness
• logicality
• insight
• reasonability
• perception
• sagaciousness
• sageness
• discernment
• logicalness
• rationalness
• percipience

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of zaniness

While a bright teen with auditory hallucinations makes for a fun, provocative lead character, screenwriter-director Kelly never goes much beyond the surface zaniness of Donnie. — Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026

Adding to the mind-blowing zaniness of the piece? — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 12 June 2026

But the draft traditionally ratchets up quarterback zaniness. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026

Some critics found the zaniness of Bale’s ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’ number (an homage to Mel Brooks comedy Young Frankenstein) hysterically brilliant, while others didn’t get the joke. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 Mar. 2026

Plenty of moments on The Fall-Off remind of the hunger of his early mixtapes, the purposeful thrills of his 2010s hits, or even the misguided zaniness of KOD, though none materialize in meaningful doses. — Benny Sun, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2026

The frothy zaniness was, of course, one of Barry’s Hollywood calling cards, but there always were serious themes submerged underneath. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026

The ensemble comedy garnered critical praise for its steady stream of zaniness and quickly gained a reputation for deftly skewering suburban life while still maintaining a general sweetness of tone. — Will Harris, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026

Animated by an irreverent zaniness, Egger’s poetry fuses elements drawn from contemporary idiom and from lyric tradition to render a surreal world that interrogates existential questions about desire and grief. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025