Related Searches
Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foolish |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, brainless, cockamamy, crazy*, daffy, daft, dippy, doltish, dotty, fantastic, fatuous, feebleminded, half-baked, half-witted, harebrained, idiotic, ill-advised, ill-considered, imbecilic, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insane, irrational, jerky, kooky, loony, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, moronic, nerdy, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, short-sighted, silly, simple, softheaded, stupid*, unearthly, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise, wacky*, weak, witless, zany* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | absurd |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ridiculous, senseless |
| Synonyms: | batty, campy, crazy, daffy, dippy, flaky*, fooling around, foolish, for grins, freaky, gagged up, goofy*, idiotic, illogical, inane, incongruous, irrational, jokey, joshing, laughable, loony, ludicrous, nonsensical, nutty, off the wall, preposterous, sappy*, screwy, silly, stupid, tomfool, unreasonable, wacky |
| Antonyms: | certain, logical, rational, reasonable, sensible, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | idiot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very stupid person |
| Synonyms: | blockhead, bonehead, cretin, dimwit, dork, dumbbell, dunce, fool, ignoramus, imbecile, jerk, kook, moron, muttonhead, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, out to lunch, pinhead, simpleton, stupid, tomfool, twit |
| Notes: | an idiot is a stupid person with a mental age below three years, while a moron is a stupid person with a mental age of between seven to twelve years |
| Antonyms: | brain |
| Main Entry: | blockhead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dummy |
| Synonyms: | beefhead, bonehead, bust, chump, dolt, dunce, fool, halfwit, hardhead, harebrain, idiot, jackass, knucklehead, moron, nincompoop, ninny, noodle, numskull, oaf, screwball, simpleton, tomfool |
| Main Entry: | imbecilic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foolish |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, brainless, cockamamie, crazy, daffy, daft, dippy, doltish, dotty, fantastic, fatuous, feebleminded, half-baked, half-witted, harebrained, idiotic, ill-advised, ill-considered, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insane, irrational, jerky, kooky, loony, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, moronic, nerdy, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, short-sighted, silly, simple, softheaded, stupid, tomfool, unearthly, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise, wacky*, weak, witless, zany* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | loopy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foolish |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, brainless, cockamamy, crazy*, daffy, daft, dippy, doltish, dotty, fantastic, fatuous, feebleminded, half-baked, half-witted, harebrained, idiotic, ill-advised, ill-considered, imbecilic, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insane, irrational, jerky, kooky, loony, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, moronic, nerdy, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, short-sighted, silly, simple, softheaded, stupid*, tomfool, unearthly, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise, wacky*, weak, witless, zany* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mooncalf |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fool |
| Synonyms: | ass, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, boob*, bore*, buffoon, clod, clown, cretin*, dimwit, dolt*, dope*, dumb ox, dunce, dunderhead, easy mark, fair game, fathead, goose, halfwit, idiot, ignoramus, illiterate, imbecile, innocent, jackass, jerk*, lamebrain, lightweight, loon, moron, nerd*, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, numskull, oaf, sap*, schlemiel, silly, simple, simpleton, softhead, stooge, sucker, tomfool, turkey, twerp, twit, victim |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ninny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fool |
| Synonyms: | ass, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, boob*, bore*, buffoon, clod, clown, cretin*, dimwit, dolt*, dope*, dumb ox, dunce, dunderhead, easy mark, fair game, fathead, goose, halfwit, idiot, ignoramus, illiterate, imbecile, innocent, jackass, jerk*, lamebrain, lightweight, loon, mooncalf, moron, nerd*, nincompoop, nitwit, numskull, oaf, sap*, schlemiel, silly, simple, simpleton, softhead, stooge, sucker, tomfool, turkey, twerp, twit, victim |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | schmo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fool |
| Synonyms: | ass, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, boob*, bore*, buffoon, clod, clown, cretin*, dimwit, dolt*, dope*, dumb ox, dunce, dunderhead, easy mark, fair game, fathead, goose, halfwit, idiot, ignoramus, illiterate, imbecile, innocent, jackass, jerk*, lamebrain, lightweight, loon, mooncalf, moron, nerd*, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, numskull, oaf, sap*, schlemiel, silly, simple, simpleton, softhead, stooge, sucker, tomfool, turkey, twerp, twit, victim |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
