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Foolish

🔄 Synonyms of "Foolish"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
vacuous	Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant.
anserinenoun	Pertaining to a goose or geese; gooselike.
asinine	Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality.
inanenoun	Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.
ludicrous	Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny; amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd.
derisory	Laughable, ridiculous, especially due to being small, inadequate, or low-quality; provoking derision.
fondnoun	Having a liking or affection (for). [(chiefly) with of]
fatuous	Obnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
zanynoun	Unusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish.
sillynoun	Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
stupidnoun	Without intelligence.
absurdnoun	Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly.
preposterous	Absurd, or contrary to common sense.
madverb	(chiefly US; informal in UK and Ireland) Angry, annoyed.
foolnoun	(derogatory) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
ridiculous	Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd.
sappy	(US) Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)
goofynoun	silly, quirky
nonsensical	Without sense; absurd.
mindless	Showing a lack of forethought or sense.
misguided	Misled or mistaken.
insane	Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.
wackynoun	(slang, informal) Zany; eccentric.
cockamamy	foolish, silly
cockamamienoun	(informal) Foolish, ill-considered, silly, unbelievable.

↔️ Antonyms of "Foolish"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
wisenoun	Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Foolish"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
fatuous	Obnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
asinine	Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality.
stupid	Without intelligence.
cockamamy	foolish, silly
anserine	Pertaining to a goose or geese; gooselike.
fool	(informal) Foolish.
rattlebrained	Foolish
dopey	Stupid, silly.
harebrained	(of a person) Frivolous and silly; featherbrained or scatterbrained; stupid.
scatterbrained	Having the qualities of a scatterbrain: absent-minded, forgetful, easily distracted.
rattlepated	rattlebrained; rattleheaded; foolish
goofy	silly, quirky
scatty	(slang, Britain, Ireland) Scatterbrained; flighty.
ridiculous	Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd.
wacky	(slang, informal) Zany; eccentric.
silly	Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
derisory	Laughable, ridiculous, especially due to being small, inadequate, or low-quality; provoking derision.
zany	Unusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish.
ludicrous	Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny; amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd.
preposterous	Absurd, or contrary to common sense.