What is another word for irrational?
Synonyms for irrational
ɪˈræʃ ə nlir·ra·tional
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Wiktionary
irrationaladjective
Antonyms:
rational
English Synonyms and Antonyms
irrational
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.Synonyms:
absurd, anomalous, chimerical, erroneous, false, foolish, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-judged, inconclusive, incorrect, infatuated, ludicrous, mistaken, monstrous, nonsensical, paradoxical, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, stupid, unreasonable, wildAntonyms:
certain, consistent, demonstrable, demonstrated, established, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, infallible, logical, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sensible, sound, substantial, true, undeniable, unquestionable, wise
Princeton's WordNet
irrational number, irrationaladjective
a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number
Synonyms:
irrational numberAntonyms:
lucid, rational, intelligent, thinking(a), sane, demythologized, reasonable, demythologised, reasoning(a), logical, coherentirrationaladjective
not consistent with or using reason
"irrational fears"; "irrational animals"
Antonyms:
rational, coherent, reasonable, thinking(a), lucid, demythologized, demythologised, sane, intelligent, logical, reasoning(a)irrationaladjective
real but not expressible as the quotient of two integers
"irrational numbers"
Antonyms:
rational, sane, coherent, logical, lucid, reasonable, thinking(a), intelligent, demythologized, demythologised, reasoning(a)
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
irrationaladjective
Synonyms:
brutish, brute, void of reason, without reasonirrationaladjective
Synonyms:
absurd, unreasonable, preposterous, foolish, silly, unwise, injudicious, extravagant
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "irrational":
unreasonable, absurd, illogical, senseless, unreasonably, mindless, unsound
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2028 | wild | |
#2392 | false | |
#4775 | stupid | |
#7081 | incorrect | |
#12604 | ridiculous | |
#15666 | mistaken | |
#16024 | unreasonable | |
#16072 | foolish | |
#16818 | absurd | |
#18688 | mindless | |
#18910 | erroneous | |
#22275 | irrational | |
#27327 | anomalous | |
#29606 | illogical | |
#30875 | monstrous | |
#35057 | senseless | |
#35232 | unreasonably | |
#35236 | ludicrous | |
#43014 | inconclusive | |
#43073 | paradoxical | |
#48752 | nonsensical | |
#51009 | preposterous | |
#53805 | unsound | |
#83110 | infatuated | |
#210635 | chimerical |
How to use irrational in a sentence?
Just as it would be madness to settle on medical treatment for the body of a person by taking an opinion poll of the neighbors, so it is irrational to prescribe for the body politic by polling the opinions of the people at large.
It’s irrational day-trading, nothing fundamental. Same as GameStop, Tootsie Roll, Virgin Galactic, etc.
You can't say: The German army is not buying anything, you're not allowed to export anything, but you have to keep jobs here. It's irrational.
You can understand that when people have been following a certain trend for a considerable period of time that it may take time for them to adjust, i would not say that's irrational. I would say that's understandable.
It may be irrational of me, but human beings are quite my favorite species.
Translations for irrational
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- غير منطقيArabic
- irracional, bèstiaCatalan, Valencian
- iracionálníCzech
- irrational, irrationelDanish
- irrationalGerman
- άρρητοςGreek
- neracionala, malraciaEsperanto
- irracionalSpanish
- epälooginen, irrationaalinenFinnish
- irrationnelle, irrationnelFrench
- irracionalGalician
- तर्कहीनHindi
- ésszerűtlen, irracionálisHungarian
- իռացիոնալArmenian
- óræð tala, óræðurIcelandic
- irrazionaleItalian
- 筋違い, 不合理, 無理数, 無理Japanese
- 무리수, 불합리한Korean
- irrationale, onredelijk, irrationele, onzinnig, onredelijke, irrationeel, onzinnige, irrationaalDutch
- irrasjonalNorwegian Nynorsk
- irrasjonell, irrasjonalNorwegian
- nieracjonalny, niewymierny, [[liczba]] [[niewymierna]], irracjonalnyPolish
- irracionalPortuguese
- nerațional, iraționalRomanian
- нерациональный, иррациональныйRussian
- nerazuman, iracionalanSerbo-Croatian
- irrationellSwedish
- అసంబద్ధముTelugu
- phi lýVietnamese
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