Inane

//ɪˈneɪn//

Synonyms for "inane" (336 found)

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Strong matches (100)

dotty draggy drearisome dreary driveling dry dryasdust dull dumb dusty effete elephantine empty empty headed empty-headed empty-minded empty-pated empty-skulled etiolated fade

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Adjective(15 words)

dozy drowsy dumb as a post dumb as an ox dumb as dirt dunderheaded fatheaded fatuous flea-brained half-brained half-witted hammer-headed headass jolterheaded lackluster

Adjective(1 words)

fatuous

Related words (168)

loony low spirited low-spirited ludicrous lunatic mad maudlin meaningless mild milk-and-water moronic naive namby pamby namby-pamby nescient nirvanic nonconnotative nondenotative nonsensical nugacious

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nugatory null null and void nuts nutty oblivious of no force otiose pale pallid pappy passive pedestrian phatic plodding pointless poky ponderous preposterous pulpy purportless purposeless quietistic rattlebrained rattleheaded raw relaxed ridiculous risible sapless sappy savorless scatterbrained scrambled screwy senseless sentimental shallow simple slender slight slow solemn spiceless spiritless stale sterile stiff stodgy strange to stuffy stupid superficial tasteless tedious tentative thin thoughtfree thoughtless tranquil trifling trite trivial unacquainted unacquainted with unapprized unavailing uncomprehending unconversant unenlightened unfamiliar unflavored unideaed unilluminated uninformed uninitiated unintellectual unintelligent unknowing unlively unmeaning unoccupied unposted unreasonable unreasoning unrelieved unripe unsavory unsignificant unsure unthinking unversed unwise useless vacant vacuity vacuous vain vapid void wacky washy watered watered down watered-down watery weak wet white windy wishy washy wishy-washy with nothing inside without content without rhyme or reason witless wooden zany

Adjective(30 words)

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thick as a brick thick as a plank thick as a whale omelette thick as mince thick as pig shit thick as two short planks thickheaded underbrained vapid woodenheaded

Related word relations

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4 relation types

Synonyms

2 entries

asinine silly

derived

5 entries

inanely inaneness inanery inanity uninane

related to

9 entries

annoyance boredom empty lack meaning pointless purposeless sense void

similar

1 entries

stupid

Translations

76 translations across 21 languages.

Azerbaijani

4 entries

boş adj (lacking sense or meaning)
mənasız adj (lacking sense or meaning)
məqsədsiz adj (purposeless; pointless)
məzmunsuz adj (lacking sense or meaning)

Bulgarian

3 entries

безсмислен adj (lacking sense or meaning)
безцелен adj (purposeless; pointless)
глупав adj (lacking sense or meaning)

Catalan

3 entries

va adj (lacking sense or meaning)
vacu adj (lacking sense or meaning)
vacu adj (purposeless; pointless)

Czech

4 entries

bezúčelný adj (purposeless; pointless)
hloupý adj (lacking sense or meaning)
marný adj (purposeless; pointless)
nejapný adj (lacking sense or meaning)

Danish

2 entries

intetsigende adj (lacking sense or meaning)
åndsforladt adj (lacking sense or meaning)

Dutch

4 entries

doelloos adj (purposeless; pointless)
flauw adj (lacking sense or meaning)
inhoudsloos adj (lacking sense or meaning)
stom adj (lacking sense or meaning)

Finnish

3 entries

merkityksetön adj (lacking sense or meaning)
tyhjä adj (lacking sense or meaning)
typerä adj (lacking sense or meaning)

French

4 entries

inane adj (lacking sense or meaning)
inane adj (purposeless; pointless)
inepte adj (lacking sense or meaning)
insensé adj (lacking sense or meaning)

Galician

1 entries

inane adj (purposeless; pointless)

German

4 entries

albern adj (lacking sense or meaning)
bedeutungslos adj (lacking sense or meaning)
belanglos adj (lacking sense or meaning)
hohl adj (lacking sense or meaning)

Italian

1 entries

inane adj (purposeless; pointless)

Māori

1 entries

heahea adj (lacking sense or meaning)

Norwegian

1 entries

intetsigende adj (lacking sense or meaning)

Polish

4 entries

bezcelowy adj (purposeless; pointless)
bezmyślny adj (lacking sense or meaning)
bezsensowny adj (purposeless; pointless)
beztreściowy adj (lacking sense or meaning)

Portuguese

4 entries

fútil adj (lacking sense or meaning)
inane adj (lacking sense or meaning)
inane adj (purposeless; pointless)
vazio adj (lacking sense or meaning)

Romanian

4 entries

fără sens adj (lacking sense or meaning)
inept adj (lacking sense or meaning)
inutil adj (purposeless; pointless)
stupid adj (lacking sense or meaning)

Russian

4 entries

бессмы́сленный adj (lacking sense or meaning)
бессмы́сленный adj (purposeless; pointless)
бесце́льный adj (purposeless; pointless)
глу́пый adj (lacking sense or meaning)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

faoin adj (lacking sense or meaning)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

besmislen adj (lacking sense or meaning)
бесмислен adj (lacking sense or meaning)

Spanish

4 entries

absurdo adj (lacking sense or meaning)
inane adj (lacking sense or meaning)
inane adj (purposeless; pointless)
sin sentido adj (lacking sense or meaning)

Swedish

2 entries

andefattig adj (lacking sense or meaning)
intetsägande adj (lacking sense or meaning)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Non sequitur is the last resort of the inane.

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It was completely inane.

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I can't stand such number of inane trivialities.

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Wise men told him his simple fancies were inane and childish, and he believed it because he could see that they might easily be so.

Source: tatoeba (11783545)

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