Thesaurus:absurd

Thesaurus

absurd

English

Adjective

Sense: obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth

Synonyms

• absurd
• cockamamie (slang)
• cockeyed
• farcical
• foolish    [⇒ thesaurus]
• full of it
• irrational
• preposterous
• inconsistent
• incongruous
• laughable
• ludicrous
• nonsensical
• ridiculous
• skimble-skamble
• unreasonable

Hypernyms

• false    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• nonsense    [⇒ thesaurus]
• fake    [⇒ thesaurus]
• insane    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “497. absurdity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “853. ridiculousness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “absurd” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.