Folly

/ˈfɑli/

Synonyms for "folly" (108 found)

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Noun(8 words)

foolishnessabsurd actasininities bah balderdash betise carelessness craziness

absurdity absurdnessact of follyasininity battiness blunder brainlessness buffoonery clownishness crackpottedness crankiness craziness daffiness daftness

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Noun(10 words)

decorative structurefooleries fooleryfoolish actgarden follygrotto idiocies imbecilities imbecility imprudence

desipience dottinessdumb trickdumbness eccentricity error fatuity fatuousnessfaux pasfluff foolery foolheadedness foolishness frivolity frivolousness gaffe giddiness goof goofiness idiocy

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imbecility imprudence

Related words (54)

inanity indiscretion ineptitude insanity irrationality kookiness levity lunacy madness mindlessness mistake niaiserie nonsense nugacity nuttiness obtuseness preposterousness queerness rashness sappiness

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screwiness senselessness silliness sottise stolidity stolidnessstupid thingstupidity thoughtlessness triflingness trivialityunwise stepvanity wackiness weak-mindedness weirdness witlessness zaniness zanyism

Noun(15 words)

indulgencelandscape featurelunacies lunacy madness meshugaas misjudgment nonsenseornamental structurepshawridiculous undertakingstupidities stupidity tomfoolery unwiseness

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More general

17 entries

architectural featurebehavioral traitcapercharacter flawcognitive errorerror exclamation fault frolic gambol interjectionirrational actionmistake play romp stupidity

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More specific

13 entries

absurd schemebah carelessnesscastellated follyfiddlesticksfool's errandgarden follygimmick imprudence misjudgmentmock ruinpshaw stunt

Collocations

10 entries

act of follyeconomic follyfolly of youthgarden follygreat follyintellectual follypolicy follypolitical follypublic follyutter folly

Inflections

1 entries

follies

Antonyms

1 entries

wisdom

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

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You should be ashamed of your folly.

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I cannot help laughing at your folly.

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Who lives without folly is not so wise as he thinks.

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What a piece of folly!

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