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synonyms for foolish

  • absurd
  • crazy
  • fantastic
  • ill-advised
  • insane
  • irrational
  • ludicrous
  • preposterous
  • ridiculous
  • silly
  • stupid
  • unreasonable
  • unwise
  • 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
  • nerdy
  • nutty
  • senseless
  • short-sighted
  • simple
  • unintelligent
  • wacky
  • weak
  • witless
  • zany
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On this page you'll find 170 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to foolish, such as: absurd, crazy, fantastic, ill-advised, insane, and irrational.

antonyms for foolish

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  • balanced
  • logical
  • plain
  • practical
  • rational
  • realistic
  • reasonable
  • responsible
  • sane
  • sensible
  • serious
  • smart
  • sound
  • wise
  • careful
  • cautious
  • circumspect
  • prudent
  • thoughtful
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The adjective foolish implies a lack of common sense or good judgment or, sometimes, a weakness of mind: a foolish decision; The child seems foolish. Fatuous implies being not only foolish, dull, and vacant in mind, but complacent and highly self-satisfied as well: fatuous and self-important; fatuous answers. Silly denotes extreme and conspicuous foolishness; it may also refer to pointlessness of jokes, remarks, etc.: silly and senseless behavior; a perfectly silly statement. Inane applies to silliness that is notably lacking in content, sense, or point: inane questions that leave one with no reply. Stupid implies natural slowness or dullness of intellect, or, sometimes, a benumbed or dazed state of mind; it is also used to mean foolish or silly: He was rendered stupid by a blow; It is stupid to do such a thing. Asinine originally meant like an ass; it applies to witlessly stupid conversations or conduct and suggests a lack of social grace or perception: He failed to notice the reaction to his asinine remarks.

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How to use foolish in a sentence

Not only that, but a lot of their male family members — brothers, brothers-in-law, and fathers — had volunteered unsolicited opinions about how foolish they had been.
“PEOPLE WANT TO BELIEVE”: HOW LOVE FRAUD BUILDS AN ABSORBING DOCUSERIES AROUND A ROMANTIC CON MANALISSA WILKINSONSEPTEMBER 4, 2020VOX
When Christians believe and propagate foolish things like QAnon, they make it even harder for others to listen.
EVANGELICALS ARE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS ONLINE. THEY’RE FINDING QANON INSTEAD.ABBY OHLHEISERAUGUST 26, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
I think the coronavirus response, which has been incompetent and foolish, has probably also contributed to their grievances.
WHY YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT BELARUSTRACY MORANAUGUST 17, 2020OZY
In Lukashenko’s Belarus, independent political leaders are seen as brave yet reckless, even foolish, for voluntarily jumping into the spotlight and risking his wrath.
COULD SHE UPSET BELARUS’ DICTATOR?PALLABI MUNSIAUGUST 5, 2020OZY
By the end of the 1500s, silly was used for “lacking good sense, foolish, irrational, ridiculous.”
IS “SILLY” A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE WORD?CANDICE BRADLEYJULY 24, 2020EVERYTHING AFTER Z
It's an idle question, I know; wise men and musty philosophers say that regrets are foolish.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
For others life is but a foolish leisure with mock activities and mimic avocations to mask its uselessness.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCK
More foolish, more culpable weakness was never shown than in thus yielding to these schemes.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOOD
They that sit on mount Seir, and the Philistines, and the foolish people that dwell in Sichem.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
Feeling sixteen and very foolish, she sank to the edge of a chair and muttered something about the charm of the room.
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