Antonyms for foolish
ˈfu lɪʃfool·ish

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1. foolishadjective

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

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

2. foolishadjective

   lacking good sense or judgement; unwise

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

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

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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 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.

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

   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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. foolish

   Antonyms:
   sensible, sane, deep, clearsighted, sound, sagacious, strongminded, wise, prudent, judicious, calculating, advisable, eligible

   Synonyms:
   senseless, idiotic, crazed, shallow, weak, silly, injudicious, irrational, absurd, contemptible, objectionable, witless, brainless, imbecile, preposterous, ridiculous, nonsensical, simple

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. foolishadjective

   devoid of good sense or judgment

   "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"

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

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

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"

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

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. foolishadjective

   Synonyms:
   idiotic, senseless, irrational, silly, imbecile, witless, insensate, weak-minded, half-witted, brainless, fatuous, fatuitous, insagacious, unintelligent, indiscreet, imprudent, ridiculous, absurd, asinine, inept, nonsensical, puerile

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1. cleverly

   i acted cleverly

   Submitted by anonymous on May 14, 2020  

How to use foolish in a sentence?

1. Christen Kuikoua:

   I have free will, but free will doesn't give me license to be foolish and do anything simply because I have the ability to do so.

2. Russell Hoban:

   Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn't in us. It's almost as if we're put here on earth to show how silly they aren't.

3. Samuel Johnson:

   No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, nor more wise when he had.

4. Albert Einstein:

   Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

5. Probaerb:

   Longer the time duration of the job interview process and its rounds, higher the humiliation of the job aspirants by the organization and bigger the intention of selection of the foolish candidates for the vacant position.

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