Synonyms for Absurdity

Synonyms for "absurdity" (212 found)

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Closest matches (43)

Noun(7 words)

ridiculousness absurd absurdness asininities asininity clownishnesscomic absurdity

absurdnessact of follyaimlessness amphigory anticness babble babblement balderdash bibble-babble bizarreness bizarrerie blabber blather blunder bombast bootlessness charade claptrap craziness curiousness

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daftness deformity dottinessdouble talkdouble-talk drivel drollery drollness drooldumb trickeccentricity emptiness error extravagance falderal fallacy

Related words (106)

joke laughability levity ludicrousness lunacy malformation meaninglessness mockery monstrosity monstrousnessmumbo jumbonarrishkeit niaiserieno chancenonsense nonsensicality nugacity nuttiness oddity otiosity

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outlandishness outrageousness oxymoronpack of nonsensepalaver paradox peculiarity pointlessness prate prattle preposterousness pricelessness profitlessness purposelessness quaintness queerness quizzicalness rantrat racerichness ridiculousness rigamarole rigmarole rodomontade rubbish self-contradiction senselessness silliness singularity skimble-skamble sottise strangenessstuff and nonsensestultiloquencestupid thingstupidity teratismthe absurdthe funny sidethe impossibletrash triviality trumpery twaddle twattle twiddle-twaddle unimaginability unproductiveness unprofitability unprofitableness unreasonableness unthinkabilityunwise stepvaluelessness vanity vaporingvicious circlewaffling weirdnesswhat cannot bewhat cannot happenwhimsicalness wildness witlessness wittiness worthlessness

Noun(18 words)

kookiness lunacies lunacy madnessmeaninglessness of lifemeshugaas meshugge mishegaas mishegoss nonsenseperceived illogicridiculesridiculous humorsillies silliness stupidities wackiness zaniness

Adjective(2 words)

rising irrationalityzany

Related word relations

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More general

10 entries

bunk folly foolishness hokum humor logic meaninglessness nonsense nonsensicality unwiseness

More specific

6 entries

absurd claimabsurd statementcircular reasoningfarcehasty generalizationslapstick scene

Collocations

6 entries

absurdity in educationabsurdity in lifeabsurdity of the claimgreat absurditypure absurdityutter absurdity

Inflections

1 entries

absurdities

Derivations

4 entries

absurd absurdism absurdist absurdly

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

They say everything's bigger in Texas, and that includes absurdity in law enforcement.

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Twitter is a good example of absurdity.

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In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.

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The absurdity of the situation was almost comical.

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Absurdity