Antonyms for foolish
ˈfu lɪʃfool·ish

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1. foolishadjective

   Antonyms:
   bright, sane, intelligent, wise, quick-witted, smart

   Synonyms:
   unwise, brainless, indiscreet, ridiculous, idiotic, silly, imprudent

2. foolishadjective

   lacking good sense or judgement; unwise

   Antonyms:
   smart, intelligent, wise, sane, bright, quick-witted

   Synonyms:
   silly, imprudent, idiotic, unwise, ridiculous, indiscreet, brainless

3. foolishadjective

   Resembling or characteristic of a fool.

   Being foolish once in a while does not make one a foolish person.

   Synonyms:
   idiotic, brainless, silly, ridiculous, indiscreet, unwise, imprudent

   Antonyms:
   quick-witted, wise, bright, sane, smart, intelligent

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. foolish

   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.

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

   Synonyms:
   absurd, anomalous, chimerical, erroneous, false, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-judged, inconclusive, incorrect, infatuated, irrational, ludicrous, mistaken, monstrous, nonsensical, paradoxical, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, stupid, unreasonable, wild

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. foolish

   Antonyms:
   sensible, sane, deep, clearsighted, sound, sagacious, strongminded, wise, prudent, judicious, calculating, advisable, eligible

   Synonyms:
   senseless, idiotic, crazed, shallow, weak, silly, injudicious, irrational, absurd, contemptible, objectionable, witless, brainless, imbecile, preposterous, ridiculous, nonsensical, simple

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. foolishadjective

   devoid of good sense or judgment

   "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"

   Antonyms:
   all-knowing, wise, sapient, sagacious, owlish, omniscient, perspicacious, sage, smart, sapiential

   Synonyms:
   jerky, goosy, goosey, anserine, dopey, dopy, gooselike

2. anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerkyadjective

   having or revealing stupidity

   "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books"

   Antonyms:
   sapient, sage, wise, perspicacious, all-knowing, omniscient, smart, sagacious, owlish, sapiential

   Synonyms:
   jerking, choppy, anserine, dopy, dopey, goosy, goosey, jerky, arrhythmic, gooselike

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. foolishadjective

   Synonyms:
   idiotic, senseless, irrational, silly, imbecile, witless, insensate, weak-minded, half-witted, brainless, fatuous, fatuitous, insagacious, unintelligent, indiscreet, imprudent, ridiculous, absurd, asinine, inept, nonsensical, puerile

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1. cleverly

   i acted cleverly

   Submitted by anonymous on May 14, 2020  

How to use foolish in a sentence?

1. Katie Harbath:

   It’s very important to recognize that both of these decisions are going to have a ton of impactful consequences. And it would be foolish to think that either way is an easy decision.

2. Tyrone Dennis:

   They got to do better with pay... incentives to retain officers, it would be foolish for me to stay for $ 48,000. When I have a wife and three kids to feed for $ 48,000. I can almost qualify for public assistance. That's not cool.

3. Tryon Edwards:

   Where duty is plain, delay is both foolish and hazardous where it is not, delay may provide both wisdom and safety.

4. George Washington:

   The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.

5. J. Neil Schulman:

   Gun control advocates need to realize that passing laws that honest gun owners will not obey is a self-defeating strategy. Gun owners are not about to surrender their rights, and only the most foolish of politicians would risk the stability of the government by trying to use the force of the state to disarm the people.

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