Absurd

/əbˈsɜːd/

Synonyms for "absurd" (262 found)

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Closest matches (53)

a bit thicka bit thinabnormal amusing anomalous asinine balmy barredbeyond beliefbizarre childish chimerical closed-out cockamamie comic comicalcontrary to reasoncrazy curious daft

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dilly disproportionate dotty doubtable doubtful droll dubious dubitable

Adjective(15 words)

absurdest barmy bonkers clownish cockeyed crass crazier craziest dafter daftest delusional demented derisory dimwitted dopiest

Noun(7 words)

absurdism absurdity addlehead bananas crackpot cuckoo culturalized

Adjective(2 words)

cockamamie cockeyed

Verb(1 words)

driveling

Strong matches (78)

eccentric empty excluded extravagant fanciful fantastic fantastical farcical fatuitous fatuous foolishfreaked outfreaky funny futile grotesquehard of beliefhard to believeharebrainedhigh flown

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Noun(9 words)

excessiveexistential tensionexorbitant foolishness gonzo horseshit illogical lamebrain looney

Adjective(7 words)

farcical foolishfull of itincongruous inconsistent irrational laughable

Adjective(12 words)

gilbertian goofiest gormless idioticillogical reasoninginsanest kafkaesque kookier laughablelogical incoherenceloonier looniest

Related words (131)

loony ludicrous lunatic mad meaningless monstrous moronic nonsensicalnot deserving beliefnot possiblenot to be believednuts nutty odd oddball offoff the wallopen to doubtopen to suspicionout

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out of proportionout of the questionoutlandish outrageous outre oxymoronic paradoxicalpassing beliefpassing strangepeculiar pickwickian pointless poppycockish potty preposterous priceless problematic problematical prohibited quaint queer question questionable quixotic quizzical rich ridiculous risible romantic rubbishy ruled-out rum sappy screaming self-contradictory senseless silly simple singular skimble-skamblestaggering beliefstrange stupid suspect suspicious tall thick thin tomfool trashy twaddling twaddly unbelievableuncalled forunconvincing unearthly ungodly unimaginable unreasonable unsound unthinkableunworthy of beliefvain wacky weird whimsical wild wittywondrous strangezany

Adjective(6 words)

ludicrous nonsensical preposterous ridiculous skimble-skamble unreasonable

Adjective(17 words)

ludicrous nonsensical oafish pathetic pottiest preposterous ridiculous screwier sillier silliest wackier wackiest whackier whacky witless zaniest zany

Noun(17 words)

ludicrous lunatic meaninglessness meshugaas meshugge mishegaas nonsense nonsensicalnonsensical justificationnumbskullold high german toloutrageous preposterous ridiculous ridiculousness rubbishthe absurd

Verb(1 words)

unhinged

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6 relation types

More general

12 entries

concept exclamationextreme degreeidea interjection irrationality nonsensicality phenomenonphilosophical conceptsituationstate of affairstheory

More specific

20 entries

absurd claimabsurd hypothesisabsurd propositionabsurd situationabsurdism balderdash baloney hogwashillogical procedureludicrous nonsensenonsense explanationoutrageous costoverpricing preposterous ridiculous

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Collocations

10 entries

absurd claimabsurd ideaabsurd notionabsurd priceabsurd propositionabsurd resultabsurd resultsabsurd situationabsurd statementabsurdity of life

Inflections

3 entries

absurdsmore absurdmost absurd

Derivations

4 entries

absurdism absurdist absurdity absurdly

similar

3 entries

foolish illogical unlogical

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd.

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Your method of teaching English is absurd.

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It's absurd of you to do that.

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It is absurd of you to do that.

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