Antonyms for foolishnessfool·ish·ness

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1. foolishnessnoun

   Antonyms:
   wisdom

   Synonyms:
   stupidity, irresponsibility, imprudence, extravagance, folly, indiscretion, ridiculousness, absurdity

2. foolishnessnoun

   The state of being foolish.

   Antonyms:
   wisdom

   Synonyms:
   folly, ridiculousness, irresponsibility, indiscretion, absurdity, imprudence, extravagance, stupidity

3. foolishnessnoun

   A thing or event that is foolish, or an absurdity.

   Synonyms:
   absurdity, indiscretion, folly, ridiculousness, extravagance, imprudence, stupidity, irresponsibility

   Antonyms:
   wisdom

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1. foolishness

   Idiocy is a state of mental unsoundness amounting almost or quite to total absence of understanding. Imbecility is a condition of mental weakness, which may or may not be as complete as that of idiocy, but is at least such as to incapacitate for the serious duties of life. Incapacity, or lack of legal qualification for certain acts, necessarily results from imbecility, but may also result from other causes, as from insanity or from age, sex, etc.; as, the incapacity of a minor to make a contract. Idiocy or imbecility is weakness of mind, while insanity is disorder or abnormal action of mind. Folly and foolishness denote a want of mental and often of moral balance. Fatuity is sometimes used as equivalent to idiocy, but more frequently signifies conceited and excessive foolishness or folly. Stupidity is dulness and slowness of mental action which may range all the way from lack of normal readiness to absolute imbecility. Compare INSANITY.

   Antonyms:
   acuteness, astuteness, brilliancy, capacity, common sense, intelligence, sagacity, sense, soundness, wisdom

   Synonyms:
   fatuity, folly, idiocy, imbecility, incapacity, senselessness, stupidity

Matched Categories

1. • Mistake
   • Trait

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. folly, foolishness, unwisenessnoun

   the trait of acting stupidly or rashly

   Synonyms:
   lunacy, imbecility, madness, foolery, betise, tomfoolery, indulgence, unwiseness, stupidity, craziness, folly

2. folly, foolishness, craziness, madnessnoun

   the quality of being rash and foolish

   "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness"

   Synonyms:
   lunacy, flakiness, fury, daftness, madness, rabidity, imbecility, stupidity, hydrophobia, rabidness, foolery, tomfoolery, lyssa, folly, craziness, insaneness, indulgence, rage, rabies, unwiseness, betise

3. stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecilitynoun

   a stupid mistake

   Synonyms:
   lunacy, imbecility, madness, foolery, betise, tomfoolery, stupidity, indulgence, unwiseness, folly, craziness

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1. foolishnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   idiocy, imbecility, fatuity, silliness, irrationality, insagacity, imprudence, indiscretion, unwisdom, folly, absurdity, ineptitude, puerility

How to use foolishness in a sentence?

1. Pst Sam Onitiri:

   FOOLISHNESS IS NOT AN ABUSE BUT A QUALIFICATION. Pst Sam Onitiri

2. Ron Paul:

   For me to disavow everything I ever wrote in a newsletter, I mean, that's foolishness.

3. Alfred North Whitehead:

   Almost all really new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.

4. Horace:

   Mix a little foolishness with your prudence It's good to be silly at the right moment.

5. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei:

   This is blatant foolishness and insanity. When he still could address the Bahraini people, Sheikh Isa Qassim... would advise against radical and armed actions, attacking Sheikh Isa Qassim means removing all obstacles blocking heroic Bahraini youths from attacking the regime.

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