Synonyms for ridiculous
rɪˈdɪk yə ləsridicu·lous

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1. ridiculousadjective

   Synonyms:
   surreal, odd, goofy, absurd, silly, funny, humorous, frivolous, willy nilly, unreasonable

   Antonyms:
   solemn, straightforward, somber, serious

2. ridiculousadjective

   Deserving of ridicule; foolish; absurd.

   Adam's hair is ridiculous.

   Synonyms:
   frivolous, odd, surreal, absurd, humorous, unreasonable, silly, goofy, funny, willy nilly

   Antonyms:
   somber, straightforward, solemn, serious

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1. ridiculous

   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, nonsensical, paradoxical, preposterous, senseless, stupid, unreasonable, wild

   Antonyms:
   certain, consistent, demonstrable, demonstrated, established, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, infallible, logical, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sensible, sound, substantial, true, undeniable, unquestionable, wise

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1. ridiculous

   Synonyms:
   laughable, ludicrous, droll, contemptible, preposterous, absurd, grotesque, trifling, trivial

   Antonyms:
   serious, grave, important, weighty, considerable, venerable, imposing, majestic

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1. pathetic, ridiculous, sillyadjective

   inspiring scornful pity

   "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett

   Synonyms:
   slaphappy, light-headed, nonsensical, hapless, ludicrous, giddy, poor, farcical, featherbrained, sappy, miserable, lightheaded, absurd, dizzy, laughable, airheaded, wacky, piteous, punch-drunk, cockeyed, misfortunate, pitiable, derisory, zany, silly, preposterous, goofy, pathetic, wretched, empty-headed, pitiful, cockamamy, cockamamie, idiotic, whacky

   Antonyms:
   humorless, humourless, wise, dignified, unhumorous

2. 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, nonsensical, lopsided, pissed, blind drunk, ludicrous, nonsense(a), besotted, risible, wonky, imbecilic, slopped, mirthful, amusing, blotto, skew-whiff, pixilated, absurd, crocked, crackbrained, comic, 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, askew

   Antonyms:
   humorless, unhumorous, wise, humourless, dignified

3. farcical, ludicrous, ridiculousadjective

   broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce

   "the wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; "ludicrous green hair"

   Synonyms:
   laughable, absurd, silly, farcical, nonsensical, idiotic, preposterous, cockeyed, ludicrous, derisory, pathetic

   Antonyms:
   wise, humorless, unhumorous, dignified, humourless

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1. ridiculousadjective

   Synonyms:
   ludicrous, laughable, droll, funny, preposterous, farcical, comical, absurd

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1. ridiculousadjective

   Synonyms:
   preposterous, absurd, farcical, burlesque, ludicrous

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1. List of paraphrases for "ridiculous":

   ludicrous, laughable, absurd, derisory, silly, preposterous, grotesque, stupid, ridicule, foolish, farcical, nonsense, pathetic, -ridiculous, risible, nonsensical, unbecoming, nutty

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1. Joe Concha:

   Because Joe Biden’s ban comes from good, decent place in an effort to save lives, while Trump just did it as an excuse to ban people from coming here, as utterly sophomoric and ridiculous as those arguments are in applying motive, there are actually enough viewers and readers out there willing to believe it.

2. Republican State Representative Chad Hays:

   This is ridiculous. Day after day after day we're no closer to a budget.

3. Matt Weiner:

   I feel very lucky that I was exposed to people who were super-opinionated and had different points of view, and I am very malleable, despite whatever my reputation is, to new ideas, and I always felt that the best part of this job…was that someone would think of something and if it was outrageous or ridiculous or risky or something like that, we would do it. And I’m proud of that.

4. Jane Natoli:

   It struck me as really, really ridiculous to be against a Ferris wheel, it’s not like it will be there until the end of time.

5. President Biden:

   They want to make it to where candidates that you may not even agree with or approve get money from taxpayers. I mean, it's just ridiculous what they're trying to do here to federalize these elections when it's perfectly clear in our Constitution in Article Two, Section One, Clause Two that the state legislatures are given the right exclusively to set the voting laws in the states and in the union.