absurd synonyms

absurd

modif.

preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous, foolish, silly, laughable, crazy, irrational, senseless, pointless, meaningless, nonsensical, illogical, unreasonable, self-contradictory, impossible, implausible, outlandish, untenable, unsound, incongruous, risible, mad, loony*; see also stupid 1.

Antonyms sensible, logical, rational.

absurd means laughably inconsistent with what is judged as true or reasonable an absurd conclusion; ludicrous is applied to something that provokes laughter or scorn because of incongruity or exaggeration a ludicrous facial expression, a ludicrous suggestion; preposterous is used to describe anything flagrantly absurd or ludicrous; foolish describes that which shows lack of good judgment or of common sense don't take foolish chances; silly and ridiculous apply to whatever excites amusement or contempt by reason of extreme foolishness, silly often indicating an utterly nonsensical quality

Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.