You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd.
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Absurd
//əbˈsɜːd//
Synonyms for "absurd" (193 found)
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Strong matches (58)
drolldubiousdubitableeccentricemptyexcludedextravagantfancifulfantasticfantasticalfarcicalfatuitousfatuousfreaked outfreakyfunnyfutilegrotesquehard of beliefhard to believe
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harebrainedhigh flownhigh-flownhilarioushollowhopelesshumorousidioticidleimbecileimbecilicimplausibleimpossibleimprobableinaneincoherentincommensurableincommensurateincompatibleinconceivableincongruousinconsequentinconsistentinconsonantincredibleinsaneirrationalirreconcilablekookylaughablelogically impossibleloony
Adjective(4 words)
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ludicrouslunaticmadmeaninglessmonstrousmoronicnonsensicalnot deserving beliefnot possiblenot to be believednutsnuttyoddoddballoffoff the wallopen to doubtopen to suspicionoutout of proportion
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out of the questionoutlandishoutrageousoutreoxymoronicparadoxicalpassing beliefpassing strangepeculiarpickwickianpointlesspoppycockishpottypricelessproblematicproblematicalprohibitedquaintqueerquestionquestionablequixoticquizzicalrichridiculousrisibleromanticrubbishyruled-outrumsappyscreamingself-contradictorysenselesssillysimplesingularskimble-skamblestaggering beliefstrangestupidsuspectsuspicioustallthickthintomfooltrashytwaddlingtwaddlyunbelievableuncalled forunconvincingunearthlyungodlyunimaginableunreasonableunsoundunthinkableunworthy of beliefvainwackyweirdwhimsicalwildwittywondrous strangezany
Adjective(4 words)
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Noun(1 words)
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116 translations across 52 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- absurd adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Arabic
2 entries- سَخِيف adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- عَبَثِيّ adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Armenian
2 entries- աբսուրդ adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- անհեթեթ adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Belarusian
3 entries- абсу́рдны adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- бязглу́зды adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- недарэ́чны adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Bulgarian
4 entries- абсу́рден adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- безсми́слен adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- неле́п adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- абсу́рд noun (obsolete: an absurdity)
Catalan
1 entries- absurd adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Chinese
1 entries- 譀古 /𰶆古 adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 悖謬 /悖谬 adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- 荒唐 adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- 荒誕 /荒诞 adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- 荒謬 /荒谬 adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Czech
1 entries- absurdní adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Danish
4 entries- absurd adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- forrykt adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- meningsløs adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- åndssvag adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Dutch
2 entries- absurd adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- absurd noun (obsolete: an absurdity)
Esperanto
1 entries- absurda adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Estonian
2 entries- absurdne adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- mõttetu adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Finnish
2 entries- absurdi adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- järjetön adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
French
1 entries- absurde adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Galician
1 entries- absurdo adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Georgian
3 entries- აბსურდული adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- მცდარი adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- უაზრო adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
German
1 entries- absurd adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Greek
1 entries- παράλογος adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Hebrew
1 entries- אבסורד adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Hungarian
2 entries- abszurd adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- abszurdum noun (obsolete: an absurdity)
Ido
1 entries- absurda adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Indonesian
2 entries- absurd adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- tak masuk akal adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Interlingua
1 entries- absurde adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Italian
1 entries- assurdo adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Japanese
4 entries- 愚か adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- 荒唐な adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- 馬鹿らしい adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- 愚鈍 noun (that which is absurd)
Khmer
2 entries- ផ្ដាស adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- ព្រើល adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Korean
2 entries- 불합리하다 adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- 황당하다 adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Latin
1 entries- absurdus adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Latvian
2 entries- absurds adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- bezjēdzīgs adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Macedonian
2 entries- апсурден adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- апсурд noun (obsolete: an absurdity)
Manx
1 entries- meecheeallagh adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Mongolian
1 entries- учир утгагүй adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Māori
1 entries- haraki adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- absurd adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- meningsløs adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- tåpelig adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- absurdisme noun (obsolete: an absurdity)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- absurd adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- meiningslaus adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- onveninftich adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Polish
4 entries- absurdalny adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- bezsensowny adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- niedorzeczny adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- absurd noun (obsolete: an absurdity)
Portuguese
3 entries- absurdo adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- absurdo noun (obsolete: an absurdity)
- absurdo noun (that which is absurd)
Romanian
3 entries- absurd adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- irațional adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- absurd noun (obsolete: an absurdity)
Russian
4 entries- абсу́рдный adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- неле́пый adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- абсу́рд noun (obsolete: an absurdity)
- абсу́рд noun (that which is absurd)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- amaideach adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- bèsmislen adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- àpsurd noun (obsolete: an absurdity)
- а̀псурд noun (obsolete: an absurdity)
Slovak
1 entries- absurdný adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Slovene
1 entries- absúrden adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Spanish
3 entries- absurdo adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- absurdo noun (obsolete: an absurdity)
- absurdo noun (that which is absurd)
Swedish
2 entries- absurd adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- befängd adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Thai
1 entries- บ้า adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Turkish
4 entries- abes adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- absürt adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- ipe sapa gelmez adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- saçma adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Ukrainian
2 entries- абсу́рдний adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
- безглу́здий adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hoang đường adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַבסורד adj (contrary to reason or propriety)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
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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