What are some opposite words for absurd?
Antonyms for absurd
æbˈsɜrd, -ˈzɜrdab·surd
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term absurd.
Wiktionary
absurdadjective
Synonyms:
incongruous, ridiculous, inconsistent, ludicrous, preposterous, irrational, foolishabsurdadjective
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, irrationalabsurdnoun
That which is absurd.
Synonyms:
ridiculous, ludicrous, incongruous, foolish, inconsistent, preposterous, irrational
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, wiseSynonyms:
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
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
absurd
Antonyms:
sensible, rational, reasonable, consistent, sound, substantial, logical, wise, sagacious, reflective, philosophicalSynonyms:
irrational, ridiculous, monstrous, senseless, asinine, stupid, chimerical, unreasonable, preposterous, silly, nonsensical, foolish
Princeton's WordNet
absurd, the absurdadjective
a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless
"The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"--Albert Camus
Synonyms:
the absurdabsurdadjective
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
Synonyms:
laughable, nonsensical, idiotic, preposterous, ridiculous, derisory, ludicrous, cockeyedabsurd, 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"
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 Words
absurdadjective
Synonyms:
ridiculous, preposterous, nonsensical, incongruous, foolish, irrational, inconsistent
How to use absurd in a sentence?
The timing of this effort is absurd, the FCC has no business being the President's speech police.
The Quarterly Review (England), March 1825:
What can be more palpably absurd than the prospect held out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stagecoaches?
Have we really stooped this low? This suggestion is absurd,illogical and cruel – not to mention a waste of resources.
What is happening is absurd; we have to see if the American customers are willing to accept the price increase.
It is just absurd and preposterous.
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