Synonyms for futility
fyuˈtɪl ɪ tifu·til·i·ty

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 6 votes

1. futility

   Synonyms:
   disadvantage, folly, impolicy, inadequacy, inexpediency, inutility, unprofitableness, uselessness, worthlessness

   Antonyms:
   advantage, avail, benefit, expediency, profit, service, serviceableness, use, usefulness, utility

Princeton's WordNet

1. futilitynoun

   uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result

Matched Categories

1. • Uselessness

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1. futilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   triviality, frivolousness

2. futilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   uselessness, worthlessness, vanity

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "futility":

   uselessness, non-requirement, worthlessness

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. futility

   Synonyms:
   See Medical futility
   

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1. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry:

   Commonly, people believe that defeat is characterized by a general bustle and a feverish rush. Bustle and rush are the signs of victory, not of defeat. Victory is a thing of action. It is a house in the act of being built. Every participant in victory sweats and puffs, carrying the stones for the building of the house. But defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom. And above all of futility.

2. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.

3. Nicole Gibbs:

   I'm definitely kicked off my timeline and Wimbledon qualifying is looking out of the question, i've had some humbling moments in the past couple weeks that have made me realize the futility of a' plan' when it comes to a recovery like this.

4. William O. Douglas:

   The truth is that a vast restructuring of our society is needed if remedies are to become available to the average person. Without that restructuring the good will that holds society together will be slowly dissipated. It is that sense of futility which permeates the present series of protests and dissents. Where there is a persistent sense of futility, there is violence; and that is where we are today.

5. Duncan Bew:

   The futility of speaking to families and telling mothers their children have died has spurred a lot of us to think : what more could we have done to have actually stopped it happening ?