Nonsensical

Synonyms for "nonsensical" (72 found)

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Closest matches (15)

Adjective(1 words)
absurd
Adjective(3 words)
absurdcockeyedderisory

Strong matches (21)

Adjective(2 words)
foolishirrational
Adjective(2 words)
idioticlaughable

Related words (36)

Related word relations

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Related terms

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derived

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related to

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similar

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Translations

45 translations across 25 languages.

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Armenian

1 entries
  • անիմաստ adj (without sense)

Bikol Central

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  • daing hawong adj (without sense)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • безсмислен adj (without sense)
  • глупав adj (without sense)

Czech

1 entries
  • nesmyslný adj (without sense)

Danish

1 entries
  • absurd adj (without sense)

Dutch

3 entries
  • betekenisloos adj (without sense)
  • onzinnig adj (without sense)
  • zinloos adj (without sense)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • sensenca adj (without sense)

Finnish

4 entries
  • järjenvastainen adj (without sense)
  • järjetön adj (without sense)
  • mieletön adj (without sense)
  • tolkuton adj (without sense)

French

2 entries
  • absurde adj (without sense)
  • sans queue ni tête adj (without sense)

Galician

1 entries
  • absurdo adj (without sense)

German

3 entries
  • sinnwidrig adj (without sense)
  • unsinnig adj (without sense)
  • widersinnig adj (without sense)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אבסורדי adj (without sense)
  • שטותי adj (without sense)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • abszurd adj (without sense)
  • képtelen adj (without sense)
  • nonszensz adj (without sense)
  • értelmetlen adj (without sense)

Japanese

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  • 意味不明な adj (without sense)

Latin

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  • nūgax adj (without sense)

Manx

1 entries
  • meecheeallagh adj (without sense)

Māori

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  • nenekara adj (without sense)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • onsennich adj (without sense)

Polish

2 entries
  • bezsensowny adj (without sense)
  • nonsensowny adj (without sense)

Russian

2 entries
  • бессмы́сленный adj (without sense)
  • неле́пый adj (without sense)

Spanish

1 entries
  • estólido adj (without sense)

Swedish

1 entries
  • meningslös adj (without sense)

Thai

1 entries
  • ไร้สาระ adj (without sense)

Turkish

4 entries
  • abes adj (without sense)
  • abidik gubidik adj (without sense)
  • absürt adj (without sense)
  • abuk sabuk adj (without sense)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אומזיניק adj (without sense)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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His nonsensical behavior is shocking.

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I know this sounds nonsensical, but it is exactly what I feel.

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Absolutely nonsensical things happen in this world.

Source: tatoeba (2785712)

He was so drunk, his explanations were nonsensical.

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