Synonyms of inanity

inanity

noun

i-ˈna-nə-tē 

1

as in insanity

a foolish act or idea

quickly realized that her suggestion was an inanity and withdrew it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• insanity
• idiocy
• absurdity
• stupidity
• madness
• imbecility
• bêtise
• asininity
• foppery
• lunacy
• folly
• foolery
• fatuity
• craziness
• buffoonery
• absurdness
• blunder
• tomfoolery
• witlessness
• nonsense
• foolishness
• twaddle
• senselessness
• drivel
• inaneness
• shenanigan(s)
• flub
• monkeyshine(s)
• bungle
• howler
• goof
• humbug

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wisdom
• discretion
• prudence
• sagacity
• forethought
• inspiration
• brainstorm

2

as in madness

lack of good sense or judgment

the jaw-dropping inanity of the singer's comments on the awards show

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of inanity in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Fittingly, for an event involving a former President notorious for spreading disinformation and inanity online, the assassination attempt on Trump suggests just how rapidly today’s social platforms can distort a deadly serious news event into misleading tidbits and gleefully empty jokes. —Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 17 July 2024

Of course, griping about the inanity of TikTok can make a person feel dusty and oblivious. —Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024

In fact, the bland inanity of some of GPT-4o's responses seems to be a weakness that a convincing vocal register can't always overcome. —Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 13 May 2024

Americans have been through two national campaigns starring Trump before, but this may set new levels of inanity. —Philip Elliott, TIME, 31 May 2024