Another word for absurd
absurd
modif.
preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous, foolish, silly, laughable, crazy, irrational, senseless, pointless, meaningless, nonsensical, illogical, unreasonable, self-contradictory, impossible, implausible, outlandish, untenable, unsound, incongruous, risible, mad, loony*; see also stupid 1.
absurd means laughably inconsistent with what is judged as true or reasonable an absurd conclusion; ludicrous is applied to something that provokes laughter or scorn because of incongruity or exaggeration a ludicrous facial expression, a ludicrous suggestion; preposterous is used to describe anything flagrantly absurd or ludicrous; foolish describes that which shows lack of good judgment or of common sense don't take foolish chances; silly and ridiculous apply to whatever excites amusement or contempt by reason of extreme foolishness, silly often indicating an utterly nonsensical quality
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Another word for absurd
So senseless as to be laughable:
foolish, harebrained, idiotic, imbecilic, insane, lunatic, mad, moronic, nonsensical, preposterous, silly, softheaded, tomfool, unearthly, zany. (Informal) cockeyed, crazy, loony, loopy. (Slang) balmy2, dippy, dopey, jerky, sappy, wacky. See ability, knowledge
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