What is another word for irrational?
Synonyms for irrational
ɪˈræʃ ə nlir·ra·tional
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Wiktionary
irrationaladjective
Antonyms:
rational
English Synonyms and Antonyms
irrational
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, ludicrous, mistaken, monstrous, nonsensical, 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
irrational number, irrationaladjective
a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number
Synonyms:
irrational numberAntonyms:
lucid, rational, intelligent, thinking(a), sane, demythologized, reasonable, demythologised, reasoning(a), logical, coherentirrationaladjective
not consistent with or using reason
"irrational fears"; "irrational animals"
Antonyms:
rational, coherent, reasonable, thinking(a), lucid, demythologized, demythologised, sane, intelligent, logical, reasoning(a)irrationaladjective
real but not expressible as the quotient of two integers
"irrational numbers"
Antonyms:
rational, sane, coherent, logical, lucid, reasonable, thinking(a), intelligent, demythologized, demythologised, reasoning(a)
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
irrationaladjective
Synonyms:
brutish, brute, void of reason, without reasonirrationaladjective
Synonyms:
absurd, unreasonable, preposterous, foolish, silly, unwise, injudicious, extravagant
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "irrational":
unreasonable, absurd, illogical, senseless, unreasonably, mindless, unsound
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2028 | wild | |
#2392 | false | |
#4775 | stupid | |
#7081 | incorrect | |
#12604 | ridiculous | |
#15666 | mistaken | |
#16024 | unreasonable | |
#16072 | foolish | |
#16818 | absurd | |
#18688 | mindless | |
#18910 | erroneous | |
#22275 | irrational | |
#27327 | anomalous | |
#29606 | illogical | |
#30875 | monstrous | |
#35057 | senseless | |
#35232 | unreasonably | |
#35236 | ludicrous | |
#43014 | inconclusive | |
#43073 | paradoxical | |
#48752 | nonsensical | |
#51009 | preposterous | |
#53805 | unsound | |
#83110 | infatuated | |
#210635 | chimerical |
How to use irrational in a sentence?
For the first time in history, the rational and the good are fully armed in the battle against evil. Here we finally find the answer to our paradox; now we can understand the nature of the social power held by evil. Ultimately, the evil, the irrational, truly has no power. The evil men’s control of morality is transient; it lives on borrowed time made possible only by the errors of the good. In time, as more honest men grasp the truth, evil’s stranglehold will be easily broken.
Repeatedly accusing the Jewish state of Israel of ‘genocide,' ‘apartheid,' and other fictitious crimes while praising China, a country that is putting Muslims in internment camps, indicates an irrational hatred of Jews and not a concern for human rights, with regards to Jews, diversity heads seem to share much in common with grand wizards of the Ku Klux Klan, and it is clear that the entire field needs to be reevaluated before more Jewish students are placed at unnecessary risk.
On the day of protest, they tried to take away our Pride flags and stop us from distributing them at the event, i resisted, because Pride flags are a symbol of our community, of our embrace of our queerness, and when you have these bills trying to target and silence queer youth, I didn't understand. I thought it was irrational to try to take away our Pride flags at a rally that is about anti-gay legislation.
Nature never allows man to understand it, however intelligent he thinks he may be. It tempts his reason by offering an initial success only to seduce and pull him on its side later, once for all. Finally, a man is left to sing the irrational songs of the nature!
Never did Bryan Riley make a threat, just a bizarre, irrational statement but no threats of violence.
Translations for irrational
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- غير منطقيArabic
- irracional, bèstiaCatalan, Valencian
- iracionálníCzech
- irrational, irrationelDanish
- irrationalGerman
- άρρητοςGreek
- neracionala, malraciaEsperanto
- irracionalSpanish
- epälooginen, irrationaalinenFinnish
- irrationnelle, irrationnelFrench
- irracionalGalician
- तर्कहीनHindi
- ésszerűtlen, irracionálisHungarian
- իռացիոնալArmenian
- óræð tala, óræðurIcelandic
- irrazionaleItalian
- 筋違い, 不合理, 無理数, 無理Japanese
- 무리수, 불합리한Korean
- irrationale, onredelijk, irrationele, onzinnig, onredelijke, irrationeel, onzinnige, irrationaalDutch
- irrasjonalNorwegian Nynorsk
- irrasjonell, irrasjonalNorwegian
- nieracjonalny, niewymierny, [[liczba]] [[niewymierna]], irracjonalnyPolish
- irracionalPortuguese
- nerațional, iraționalRomanian
- нерациональный, иррациональныйRussian
- nerazuman, iracionalanSerbo-Croatian
- irrationellSwedish
- అసంబద్ధముTelugu
- phi lýVietnamese
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