What are some opposite words for foolishness?
Antonyms for foolishnessfool·ish·ness
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term foolishness.
Wiktionary
foolishnessnoun
Antonyms:
wisdomSynonyms:
stupidity, irresponsibility, imprudence, extravagance, folly, indiscretion, ridiculousness, absurdityfoolishnessnoun
The state of being foolish.
Antonyms:
wisdomSynonyms:
folly, ridiculousness, irresponsibility, indiscretion, absurdity, imprudence, extravagance, stupidityfoolishnessnoun
A thing or event that is foolish, or an absurdity.
Synonyms:
absurdity, indiscretion, folly, ridiculousness, extravagance, imprudence, stupidity, irresponsibilityAntonyms:
wisdom
English Synonyms and Antonyms
foolishness
Idiocy is a state of mental unsoundness amounting almost or quite to total absence of understanding. Imbecility is a condition of mental weakness, which may or may not be as complete as that of idiocy, but is at least such as to incapacitate for the serious duties of life. Incapacity, or lack of legal qualification for certain acts, necessarily results from imbecility, but may also result from other causes, as from insanity or from age, sex, etc.; as, the incapacity of a minor to make a contract. Idiocy or imbecility is weakness of mind, while insanity is disorder or abnormal action of mind. Folly and foolishness denote a want of mental and often of moral balance. Fatuity is sometimes used as equivalent to idiocy, but more frequently signifies conceited and excessive foolishness or folly. Stupidity is dulness and slowness of mental action which may range all the way from lack of normal readiness to absolute imbecility. Compare INSANITY.
Antonyms:
acuteness, astuteness, brilliancy, capacity, common sense, intelligence, sagacity, sense, soundness, wisdomSynonyms:
fatuity, folly, idiocy, imbecility, incapacity, senselessness, stupidity
Princeton's WordNet
folly, foolishness, unwisenessnoun
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
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lunacy, imbecility, madness, foolery, betise, tomfoolery, indulgence, unwiseness, stupidity, craziness, follyfolly, foolishness, craziness, madnessnoun
the quality of being rash and foolish
"trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness"
Synonyms:
lunacy, flakiness, fury, daftness, madness, rabidity, imbecility, stupidity, hydrophobia, rabidness, foolery, tomfoolery, lyssa, folly, craziness, insaneness, indulgence, rage, rabies, unwiseness, betisestupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecilitynoun
a stupid mistake
Synonyms:
lunacy, imbecility, madness, foolery, betise, tomfoolery, stupidity, indulgence, unwiseness, folly, craziness
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
foolishnessnoun
Synonyms:
idiocy, imbecility, fatuity, silliness, irrationality, insagacity, imprudence, indiscretion, unwisdom, folly, absurdity, ineptitude, puerility
How to use foolishness in a sentence?
Milan Kundera, Interview on The Book of Laughter and Forgetting:
The stupidity of people comes from having an answer to everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything... it seems to me that all over the world people nowadays prefer to judge rather than to understand, to answer rather than to ask, so that the voice of the novel can hardly be heard over the noisy foolishness of human certainties.
Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.
This is blatant foolishness and insanity. When he still could address the Bahraini people, Sheikh Isa Qassim... would advise against radical and armed actions, attacking Sheikh Isa Qassim means removing all obstacles blocking heroic Bahraini youths from attacking the regime.
People like that he’s willing to just say whatever foolishness comes to the top of his head.
Mix a little foolishness with your prudence It's good to be silly at the right moment.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1568 | sense | |
#1686 | capacity | |
#2526 | intelligence | |
#5174 | wisdom | |
#36550 | soundness | |
#47276 | foolishness | |
#91928 | sagacity | |
#118635 | brilliancy | |
#177701 | acuteness | |
#249232 | astuteness |
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