Antonyms for ridiculous
rɪˈdɪk yə ləsridicu·lous

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1. ridiculousadjective

   Antonyms:
   solemn, straightforward, somber, serious

   Synonyms:
   surreal, odd, goofy, absurd, silly, funny, humorous, frivolous, willy nilly, unreasonable

2. ridiculousadjective

   Deserving of ridicule; foolish; absurd.

   Adam's hair is ridiculous.

   Synonyms:
   frivolous, odd, surreal, absurd, humorous, unreasonable, silly, goofy, funny, willy nilly

   Antonyms:
   somber, straightforward, solemn, serious

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1. ridiculous

   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, foolish, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-judged, inconclusive, incorrect, infatuated, irrational, ludicrous, mistaken, monstrous, nonsensical, paradoxical, preposterous, senseless, stupid, unreasonable, wild

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1. ridiculous

   Antonyms:
   serious, grave, important, weighty, considerable, venerable, imposing, majestic

   Synonyms:
   laughable, ludicrous, droll, contemptible, preposterous, absurd, grotesque, trifling, trivial

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1. pathetic, ridiculous, sillyadjective

   inspiring scornful pity

   "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett

   Antonyms:
   humorless, humourless, wise, dignified, unhumorous

   Synonyms:
   slaphappy, light-headed, nonsensical, hapless, ludicrous, giddy, poor, farcical, featherbrained, sappy, miserable, lightheaded, absurd, dizzy, laughable, airheaded, wacky, piteous, punch-drunk, cockeyed, misfortunate, pitiable, derisory, zany, silly, preposterous, goofy, pathetic, wretched, empty-headed, pitiful, cockamamy, cockamamie, idiotic, whacky

2. absurd, 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"

   Antonyms:
   humorless, unhumorous, wise, humourless, dignified

   Synonyms:
   farcical, laughable, nonsensical, lopsided, pissed, blind drunk, ludicrous, nonsense(a), besotted, risible, wonky, imbecilic, slopped, mirthful, amusing, blotto, skew-whiff, pixilated, absurd, crocked, crackbrained, comic, 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

3. farcical, ludicrous, ridiculousadjective

   broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce

   "the wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; "ludicrous green hair"

   Antonyms:
   wise, humorless, unhumorous, dignified, humourless

   Synonyms:
   laughable, absurd, silly, farcical, nonsensical, idiotic, preposterous, cockeyed, ludicrous, derisory, pathetic

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1. ridiculousadjective

   Synonyms:
   preposterous, absurd, farcical, burlesque, ludicrous

How to use ridiculous in a sentence?

1. John Lewis:

   It's ridiculous. It's -- Douglas Reese know, I make jokes. But I make jokes because I'm so angry. I have to laugh, to keep from crying.

2. Tre Polk:

   It was ridiculous, he must have known something about Melvin Gordon, and he worked out with Josh Jacobs and liked what he saw so he took him, and he took the Patriots defense, and he grabbed Austin Ekeler. But Polk said one surprising move by Minshew was the fact hedidnt even pickhimself for his team.

3. Pete Ricketts:

   It is ridiculous to suggest that I or anyone else conspired to talk eight women and even more witnesses to make up stories about Charles Herbster, it's just not plausible.

4. Jerry Nadler:

   The Democrats's prejudged -- The Democrats's said there was no crime, there was no interference by the Russians in the election, which we know is ridiculous, all our intelligence agencies say the contrary.

5. John Cornyn:

   That we surprised them by including this restriction on taxpayer-funded abortion that's been the law of the land for 39 years is patently ridiculous.

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