Synonyms for silliness
silli·ness

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1. silliness

   Synonyms:
   absurdity, error, fatuity, folly, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, imprudence, indiscretion, miscalculation, misjudgment, nonsense, senselessness, stupidity

   Antonyms:
   attainment, depth, discernment, discretion, enlightenment, erudition, foresight, information, insight, judgment, judiciousness, knowledge, learning, prescience, profundity, prudence, reason, reason, reasonableness, sagacity, sense, skill, understanding, wisdom

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1. absurdity, fatuity, fatuousness, sillinessnoun

   a ludicrous folly

   "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior"

   Synonyms:
   ridiculousness, absurdity, fatuity, absurdness, fatuousness, giddiness

2. giddiness, sillinessnoun

   an impulsive scatterbrained manner

   Synonyms:
   fatuousness, giddiness, lightheadedness, fatuity, dizziness, vertigo, absurdity

Matched Categories

1. • Folly
   • Frivolity

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1. sillinessnoun

   Synonyms:
   folly, foolishness, puerility, stupidity, inanity, inaneness, absurdity, senselessness, ineptitude

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1. President Barack Obama:

   We do not have time for this kind of silliness, we've got better stuff to do. I've got better stuff to do.

2. Betsy Brantner Smith:

   This notion that American law enforcement is somehow dangerous to students or the very innocuous slogan of ‘Back the Blue.’ In other words, we support our police that that is somehow a triggering issue or somehow a sensitive thing to say. Again, it's silliness, and it's based on a false narrative, and we, the American people, have got to continue to stand together to fight that false narrative.

3. Marco Rubio:

   We have an incredible decision to make, not just about the direction of America but the identity of our party and the conservative movement. The time for games is over, i know you had a lot of choices to make, but now it's time to narrow it down and I'm asking you to get behind me ... so we can bring an end to this silliness, this looniness.

4. Leslie Miklosy:

   Past all the silliness of youth -- with its insecurities, cheap thrills, and ill-fitting identities -- lies the snug comfort of age.

5. Ted Cruz:

   This issue is largely silliness stirred up by the media, nobody reasonably thinks Chris Christie is opposed to vaccinating kids other than a bunch of reporters who want to write headlines.