absurd

absurd
I
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous, foolish, silly, laughable, crazy, irrational, senseless, pointless, meaningless, nonsensical, illogical, unreasonable, self-contradictory, impossible, implausible, outlandish, untenable, unsound, incongruous, risible, mad, loony*; see also stupid 1 .
Ant. sensible, logical, rational.
Syn.- absurd means laughably inconsistent with what is judged as true or reasonable [ an absurd conclusion ] ; ludicrous is applied to something that provokes laughter or scorn because of incongruity or exaggeration [ a ludicrous facial expression, a ludicrous suggestion ] ; preposterous is used to describe anything flagrantly absurd or ludicrous; foolish describes that which shows lack of good judgment or of common sense [ don't take foolish chances ] ; silly and ridiculous apply to whatever excites amusement or contempt by reason of extreme foolishness, silly often indicating an utterly nonsensical quality
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
ridiculous, ludicrous, laughable, silly, preposterous, foolish, outrageous, asinine, idiotic, loony, stupid, crazy, nonsense.
ANT.: serious, weighty
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective So senseless as to be laughable: foolish, harebrained, idiotic, imbecilic, insane, lunatic, mad, moronic, nonsensical, preposterous, silly, softheaded, tomfool, unearthly, zany. Informal: cockeyed, crazy, loony, loopy. Slang: balmy2, dippy, dopey, jerky, sappy, wacky. See ABILITY, KNOWLEDGE.

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