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Synonyms for irrational

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  1. Illogical

    unreasonable, specious, fallacious, untenable; see illogical, wrong 2.

  2. Stupid

    senseless, silly, ridiculous, absurd; see stupid 1.

irrational implies mental unsoundness or may be used to stress the utterly illogical nature of that which is directly contrary to reason an irrational belief that everybody was his enemy; unreasonable implies bad judgment, willfulness, prejudice, etc. as responsible for that which is not justified by reason unreasonable demands

See irrational in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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