What is another word for foolish?

Synonyms for foolish
ˈfu lɪʃfool·ish

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Wiktionary3.9 / 9 votes

  1. foolishadjective

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

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

  2. foolishadjective

    lacking good sense or judgement; unwise

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

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

  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 Antonyms3.7 / 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.

    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

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

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. foolishadjective

    devoid of good sense or judgment

    "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"

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

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

  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"

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

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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. foolishadjective

    Synonyms:
    senseless, idiotic, silly, weak, DAFT, simple, irrational, insensate, shallow, brainless, witless, thick-skulled, buffle-headed, shallow-brained

  2. foolishadjective

    Synonyms:
    unwise, unreasonable, absurd, ridiculous, nonsensical, ill-judged, preposterous, indiscreet, imprudent

  3. foolishadjective

    Synonyms:
    idle, trivial, trifling, vain, childish, puerile, contemptible

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#176916arrhythmic
#210635chimerical
#219214injudicious

How to use foolish in a sentence?

  1. Heather Cho:

    I apologize to the people of this country as chairman of Korean Air and as a father for the trouble caused by my daughter's foolish conduct.

  2. Anne Brown:

    A wise man keeps secrets in his heart a foolish man tells tales.

  3. Sir Thomas Browne:

    I could be content that we might procreate, without conjunction, or that there were any way to perpetuate the world without this trivial and vulgar way of coition it is the most foolish act a wise man commits in all his life.

  4. Anatole France:

    If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

  5. Richard Brinsley Sheridan:

    For if there is anything to one's praise, it is foolish vanity to be gratified at it, and if it is abuse -- why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or another!


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