Synonyms for cockamamie
- aberrant
- absurd
- crazy
- foolish
- incoherent
- insane
- preposterous
- ridiculous
- stupid
- unreasonable
- unsound
- unwise
- wrong
- invalid
- loony
- raving
- silly
- wild
- brainless
- delirious
- demented
- disconnected
- disjointed
- distraught
- fallacious
- flaky
- freaky
- injudicious
- kooky
- mad
- mindless
- nonsensical
- nutty
- off-the-wall
- reasonless
- sophistic
- specious
- unreasoning
- unstable
- unthinking
- wacky
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Antonyms for cockamamie
- balanced
- logical
- rational
- realistic
- reasonable
- responsible
- sane
- sensible
- serious
- smart
- sound
- thoughtful
- well
- wise
- reflective
- stable
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WORD ORIGIN
American English slang word attested by 1946, popularized c.1960, but said to be New York City children's slang from mid-1920s; perhaps an alteration of decalcomania (see decal).
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR COCKAMAMIE
imbecilic
adjectivefoolish- absurd
- asinine
- brainless
- cockamamie
- crazy
- daffy
- daft
- dippy
- doltish
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- fantastic
- fatuous
- feebleminded
- half-baked
- half-witted
- harebrained
- idiotic
- ill-advised
- ill-considered
- imprudent
- incautious
- indiscreet
- injudicious
- insane
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- jerky
- kooky
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- moronic
- nerdy
- nonsensical
- nutty
- preposterous
- ridiculous
- senseless
- short-sighted
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- tomfool
- unearthly
- unintelligent
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irrational
adjectiveillogical, senseless- aberrant
- absurd
- brainless
- cockamamie
- crazy
- delirious
- demented
- disconnected
- disjointed
- distraught
- fallacious
- flaky
- foolish
- freaky
- incoherent
- injudicious
- insane
- invalid
- kooky
- loony
- mad
- mindless
- nonsensical
- nutty
- off-the-wall
- preposterous
- raving
- reasonless
- ridiculous
- silly
- sophistic
- specious
- stupid
- unreasonable
- unreasoning
- unsound
- unstable
- unthinking
- unwise
- wacky
- wild
- wrong
nuttiest
adjectivederangednutty
adjectivederangedunbelievable
adjectivebeyond the imagination- astonishing
- beyond belief
- cockamamie
- cockeyed
- doubtful
- dubious
- far-fetched
- fishy
- flaky
- flimsy
- for the birds
- full of holes
- harebrained
- implausible
- impossible
- improbable
- incogitable
- inconceivable
- incredible
- kooky
- lamebrained
- open to doubt
- outlandish
- past belief
- phony
- preposterous
- questionable
- reaching
- scatterbrained
- screwy
- staggering
- suspect
- thick
- thin
- too much
- unconvincing
- unimaginable
- unsubstantial
- unthinkable
- weak
- won't hold water
- won't wash
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