What are some opposite words for absurd?

Antonyms for absurd
æbˈsɜrd, -ˈzɜrdab·surd

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Wiktionary3.0 / 2 votes

  1. absurdadjective

    Synonyms:
    incongruous, ridiculous, inconsistent, ludicrous, preposterous, irrational, foolish

  2. absurdadjective

    Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous.

    Synonyms:
    inconsistent, ridiculous, foolish, ludicrous, preposterous, incongruous, irrational

  3. absurdnoun

    That which is absurd.

    Synonyms:
    ridiculous, ludicrous, incongruous, foolish, inconsistent, preposterous, irrational

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  1. absurd

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

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. absurd, the absurdadjective

    a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless

    "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"--Albert Camus

    Antonyms:
    logical, wise

    Synonyms:
    the absurd

  2. absurdadjective

    inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense

    "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman

    Antonyms:
    logical, wise

    Synonyms:
    laughable, nonsensical, idiotic, preposterous, ridiculous, derisory, ludicrous, cockeyed

  3. absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculousadjective

    incongruous;inviting ridicule

    "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"

    Antonyms:
    logical, wise

    Synonyms:
    farcical, laughable, nonsensical, lopsided, pissed, blind drunk, ludicrous, nonsense(a), besotted, risible, wonky, imbecilic, slopped, mirthful, amusing, blotto, skew-whiff, pixilated, crocked, crackbrained, comic, ridiculous, fuddled, tight, comical, funny, soused, imbecile, cockeyed, squiffy, derisory, silly, preposterous, sozzled, stiff, pathetic, awry(p), plastered, pie-eyed, sloshed, smashed, soaked, loaded, wet, idiotic, askew

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. absurdadjective

    Synonyms:
    ridiculous, preposterous, nonsensical, incongruous, foolish, irrational, inconsistent

How to use absurd in a sentence?

  1. Buck Sexton:

    We knew it was absurd, [T]hey were scoring cheap political points, when we all know there is a seasonality to the virus.

  2. Pat Toomey:

    That's so absurd and dishonest for anyone to suggest that it has anything to do with BBB, who knew about BBB, you know, previous weeks when I've been raising this issue for all this time and I'm very clearly on record about this. So someone has to be willfully ignorant of the facts or dishonest.

  3. Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire:

    Doubt is not a pleasant state of mind, but certainty is absurd.

  4. John Bel Edwards:

    In addition to the fact that this legislation is patently unconstitutional, this bill would criminalize the use of certain types of contraception, as well as parts of the in vitro fertilization process, and it could even serve as a barrier to life-saving medical treatment for a woman who is suffering a miscarriage, to suggest that a woman would be jailed for an abortion is simply absurd.

  5. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

    The American people are watching this spectacle. I'm told the futures market is down 5 %, the notion that we have time to play games here with the American economy and The American people is utterly absurd.

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