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foolish
adjective as in nonsensical, idiotic
Strongest matches
absurd, crazy, fantastic, ill-advised, insane, irrational, ludicrous, preposterous, ridiculous, silly, stupid, unreasonable, unwise
Weak matches
asinine, brainless, cockamamy, daffy, daft, dippy, doltish, dotty, fatuous, feebleminded, half-baked, half-witted, harebrained, ill-considered, imbecilic, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, jerky, kooky, loony, lunatic, mad, moronic, nutty, senseless, short-sighted, simple, unintelligent, wacky, weak, witless, zany
Example Sentences
When asked who might become the next CEO of Disney, Kimmel said it would be “foolish” to answer that question.
Expecting a definitive answer may have been a foolish expectation to have for “Alice in Borderland,” a series that revels in the in-between.
Still, some folks on X are calling the Mariners fan “stupid” and “foolish” for giving away a ball that could be worth a fortune.
"The only response," wrote far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, is "the removal of the foolish idea of a Palestinian state from the agenda forever."
I’m more of a “Simpsons” fan, but I’ve always appreciated “South Park” for consistently arguing throughout its 27-year run that indiscriminately deporting Mexicans is not just morally and economically wrong but foolish.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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