What is another word for nonsensical?
Synonyms for nonsensical
non·sen·si·cal
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
nonsensical
That is absurd which is contrary to the first principles of reasoning; as, that a part should be greater than the whole is absurd. A paradoxical statement appears at first thought contradictory or absurd, while it may be really true. Anything is irrational when clearly contrary to sound reason, foolish when contrary to practical good sense, silly when petty and contemptible in its folly, erroneous when containing error that vitiates the result, unreasonable when there seems a perverse bias or an intent to go wrong. Monstrous and preposterous refer to what is overwhelmingly absurd; as, "O monstrous! eleven buckram men grown out of two,"
Shakespeare 1 King Henry IV, act ii, sc. 4. The ridiculous or the nonsensical is worthy only to be laughed at. The lunatic's claim to be a king is ridiculous; the Mother Goose rimes are nonsensical. Compare INCONGRUOUS.Synonyms:
absurd, anomalous, chimerical, erroneous, false, foolish, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-judged, inconclusive, incorrect, infatuated, irrational, ludicrous, mistaken, monstrous, paradoxical, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, stupid, unreasonable, wildAntonyms:
certain, consistent, demonstrable, demonstrated, established, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, infallible, logical, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sensible, sound, substantial, true, undeniable, unquestionable, wise
Princeton's WordNet
absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculousadjective
incongruous;inviting ridicule
"the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
Synonyms:
farcical, laughable, lopsided, pissed, blind drunk, ludicrous, nonsense(a), besotted, risible, wonky, imbecilic, slopped, mirthful, amusing, blotto, skew-whiff, pixilated, absurd, crocked, crackbrained, comic, ridiculous, fuddled, tight, comical, funny, soused, imbecile, cockeyed, squiffy, derisory, silly, preposterous, sozzled, stiff, pathetic, awry(p), plastered, pie-eyed, sloshed, smashed, soaked, loaded, wet, idiotic, askewAntonyms:
wise, meaningfulnonsense(a), nonsensicaladjective
having no intelligible meaning
"nonsense syllables"; "a nonsensical jumble of words"
Antonyms:
meaningful, wise
Editors Contribution
desipient
foolish, childish.
Dictionary of English Synonymes
nonsensicaladjective
Synonyms:
absurd, foolish, silly, senseless, insensate, stupid, ill-judged, unreasonable, irrational, preposterous, unmeaning, frivolous, trifling
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
nonsensicaladjective
Synonyms:
absurd, senseless, preposterous, insensate, amphigoric, silly
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "nonsensical":
absurd, senseless, pointless, nonsense, meaningless, preposterous, unreasonable, foolish, illogical, ridiculous, ludicrous
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2028 | wild | |
#2347 | funny | |
#2392 | false | |
#3208 | wet | |
#3986 | tight | |
#4214 | comic | |
#4775 | stupid | |
#4886 | loaded | |
#7081 | incorrect | |
#8155 | silly | |
#12351 | nonsense | |
#12588 | stiff | |
#12604 | ridiculous | |
#15644 | amusing | |
#15666 | mistaken | |
#16024 | unreasonable | |
#16072 | foolish | |
#16282 | pissed | |
#16818 | absurd | |
#18127 | pathetic | |
#18270 | pointless | |
#18910 | erroneous | |
#19887 | meaningless | |
#21291 | soaked | |
#22275 | irrational | |
#26251 | smashed | |
#27327 | anomalous | |
#29606 | illogical | |
#30875 | monstrous | |
#35057 | senseless | |
#35236 | ludicrous | |
#36473 | comical | |
#38606 | idiotic | |
#40737 | askew | |
#42698 | laughable | |
#43014 | inconclusive | |
#43073 | paradoxical | |
#48752 | nonsensical | |
#50305 | plastered | |
#51009 | preposterous | |
#62323 | lopsided | |
#83110 | infatuated | |
#85552 | farcical | |
#87233 | wonky | |
#98357 | imbecile | |
#147412 | besotted | |
#149523 | cockeyed | |
#172858 | risible | |
#173612 | sloshed | |
#193776 | blotto | |
#199502 | mirthful | |
#210635 | chimerical | |
#231163 | pixilated | |
#251648 | derisory | |
#268320 | slopped | |
#285830 | imbecilic | |
#312870 | soused |
How to use nonsensical in a sentence?
Nietzche started a nonsensical idea that men had once sought as good what we now call evil; if it were so, we could not talk of surpassing or even falling short of them.
The problem with the force of tribalism is that, it survives only when you're with your relatives but subsides when you start counting your personal friends. It's a nonsensical, subjective fundamental force, thus why it exists nowhere in physics.
World War II's such a nonsensical statement to start with.
Anne Rice, The Vampire Lestat:
Nothing in all the world is so nonsensical and contradictory, save mortals, that is, who live in the grip of the superstitions of the past.
If President Donald Trump argument in these tweets is' Stop diverting water to the Pacific and use it to fight the fires,' it's nonsensical, president Donald Trump's said this before that somehow President Donald Trump thinks California's water policies are depriving firefighters of water needed to fight the fires. Which is absolutely absurd.
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