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Antonyms for folly
ˈfɒl ifol·ly

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. folly

    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, wisdom

    Synonyms:
    fatuity, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, incapacity, senselessness, stupidity

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. folly

    Antonyms:
    sense, wisdom, sanity, judgment, prudence, sobriety

    Synonyms:
    madness, nonsense, misconduct, imprudence, silliness, foolishness, weakness, absurdity, imbecility

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Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 1 vote

  1. folly, foolishness, unwisenessnoun

    the trait of acting stupidly or rashly

    Antonyms:
    wiseness, wisdom

    Synonyms:
    lunacy, imbecility, madness, foolery, betise, tomfoolery, indulgence, unwiseness, foolishness, stupidity, craziness

  2. stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecilitynoun

    a stupid mistake

    Antonyms:
    wisdom, wiseness

    Synonyms:
    lunacy, imbecility, madness, foolery, betise, tomfoolery, stupidity, indulgence, unwiseness, foolishness, craziness

  3. folly, 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"

    Antonyms:
    wisdom, wiseness

    Synonyms:
    lunacy, foolishness, flakiness, fury, daftness, madness, rabidity, imbecility, stupidity, hydrophobia, rabidness, foolery, tomfoolery, lyssa, craziness, insaneness, indulgence, rage, rabies, unwiseness, betise

  4. folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgencenoun

    foolish or senseless behavior

    Antonyms:
    wisdom, wiseness

    Synonyms:
    lunacy, foolishness, flakiness, indulging, daftness, madness, lenience, pampering, stupidity, humoring, leniency, foolery, tomfoolery, self-indulgence, craziness, insaneness, indulgence, imbecility, unwiseness, betise

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. follynoun

    Synonyms:
    foolishness, fatuity, indiscretion, unwisdom, absurdity, imprudence

How to use folly in a sentence?

  1. Austin Farrar:

    Knowledge, without common sense," says Lee, is "folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death." But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power; with clarity, it is beneficence; with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace.

  2. Horace:

    Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

  3. Theodore Roszak:

    To bemoan the messiness of politics is not just a folly it betrays a dangerous impatience with basic realities. It is like becoming disturbed that people do not fall in love sensibly -- and so deciding to computerize the problem.

  4. Richard Needham:

    It is the part of wisdom to keep your word and the part of folly to count on other people keeping theirs.

  5. Leonardo DaVinci, The notebooks of Leonardo DaVinci by Macurdy:

    Supreme happiness will be the greatest cause of misery, and the perfection of wisdom the occassion of folly.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#1568sense
#1686capacity
#2526intelligence
#4456judgment
#5174wisdom
#18221sanity
#21891folly
#30290prudence
#36550soundness
#41208sobriety
#91928sagacity
#118635brilliancy
#177701acuteness
#249232astuteness

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