Folly Synonyms and Antonyms

fŏlē
Foolish behavior
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. absurdity
  2. foolery
  3. foolishness
  4. idiocy
  5. imbecility
  6. insanity
  7. lunacy
  8. madness
  9. nonsense
  10. preposterousness
  11. senselessness
  12. silliness
  13. tomfoolery
  14. zaniness
  15. craziness

Words Related to Folly

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Folly Sentence Examples

  • I saw the folly of my forefathers in the histories.

  • I say, this is folly!

  • It would have been folly after that experience to risk defeat and perhaps disaster in assailing formidable positions, effectively held and assiduously fortified.

  • It is folly to speak of a donation of lands which did not belong to the pope, or to maintain that the freedom of the Americans was extinguished by the decision of Alexander VI.

  • Growing up I had a white welsh pony named Folly.

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