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Synonyms for folly
ˈfɒl i
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Princeton's WordNet
folly, foolishness, unwiseness(noun)
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
Synonyms:
lunacy, imbecility, madness, foolery, betise, tomfoolery, indulgence, unwiseness, foolishness, stupidity, crazinessstupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility(noun)
a stupid mistake
Synonyms:
lunacy, imbecility, madness, foolery, betise, tomfoolery, stupidity, indulgence, unwiseness, foolishness, crazinessfolly, foolishness, craziness, madness(noun)
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, foolishness, flakiness, fury, daftness, madness, rabidity, imbecility, stupidity, hydrophobia, rabidness, foolery, tomfoolery, lyssa, craziness, insaneness, indulgence, rage, rabies, unwiseness, betisefolly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence(noun)
foolish or senseless behavior
Synonyms:
lunacy, foolishness, flakiness, indulging, daftness, madness, lenience, pampering, stupidity, humoring, leniency, foolery, tomfoolery, self-indulgence, craziness, insaneness, indulgence, imbecility, unwiseness, betise
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
Synonyms:
fatuity, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, incapacity, senselessness, stupidityAntonyms:
acuteness, astuteness, brilliancy, capacity, common sense, intelligence, sagacity, sense, soundness, wisdom
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
folly
Synonyms:
madness, nonsense, misconduct, imprudence, silliness, foolishness, weakness, absurdity, imbecilityAntonyms:
sense, wisdom, sanity, judgment, prudence, sobriety
Dictionary of English Synonymes
folly(n.)
Synonyms:
foolishness, imbecility, fatuity, stupidity, shallowness, dulness, doltishnessfolly(n.)
Synonyms:
absurdity, extravagance, imprudence, nonsense, indiscretion, act of folly, foolish act
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
folly(n)
Synonyms:
foolishness, fatuity, indiscretion, unwisdom, absurdity, imprudence
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "folly":
madness, insanity, foolishness, lunacy, follies, craziness, stupidity, nonsense, thoughtlessness, crazy
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3304 | crazy | |
#8658 | rage | |
#9249 | madness | |
#10957 | weakness | |
#12351 | nonsense | |
#12585 | fury | |
#15297 | misconduct | |
#17956 | insanity | |
#18098 | indulgence | |
#20444 | stupidity | |
#21891 | folly | |
#26455 | rabies | |
#31904 | incapacity | |
#36992 | follies | |
#37614 | absurdity | |
#41023 | pampering | |
#45111 | silliness | |
#47276 | foolishness | |
#48388 | idiocy | |
#49375 | lunacy | |
#49727 | indulging | |
#57260 | craziness | |
#74912 | leniency | |
#114781 | tomfoolery | |
#173706 | imbecility | |
#177173 | lyssa | |
#180107 | foolery | |
#182661 | imprudence | |
#186849 | thoughtlessness | |
#242028 | hydrophobia | |
#245809 | senselessness | |
#263154 | flakiness | |
#286923 | humoring |
How to use folly in a sentence?
Want and sorrow are the gifts which folly earns for itself.
The Kaliningrad contingent is being heavily upgraded qualitatively, not quantitatively, our general staff understands the folly of a large deployment here.
Were it not Folly, Spider-like to spin The Thread of present Life away to win - What? for ourselves, who know not if we shall Breathe out the very Breath we now breathe in.
He who lives without folly is not so wise as he imagines.
The man who lives free from folly is not so wise as he thinks.
Translations for folly
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- حماقةArabic
- безразсъдство, глупостBulgarian
- Torheit, NarrheitGerman
- malsaĝecoEsperanto
- locuraSpanish
- mielettömyys, hullutus, hölmöily, hulluus, typeryys, hömpötysFinnish
- folie, sottiseFrench
- amaideachd, amaideasScottish Gaelic
- butaság, ostobaság, könnyelműségHungarian
- eccentricità, edificio decorativo, stravaganza, follia, unicumItalian
- איוולתHebrew
- 愚行Japanese
- neprātība, neprātīgumsLatvian
- głupotaPolish
- bobeiraPortuguese
- глупость, дурь, блажь, прихоть, недомыслие, безрассудный поступок, безрассудство, глупый поступокRussian
- dårskap, dåraktighetSwedish
- முட்டாள்தனமானதுTamil
- మూర్ఖత్వంTelugu
- 蠢事Chinese
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