Definition for Absurd:

• Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream.

Synonyms for Absurd:

• adj.

  •absurd (adjective)
  • stupid,
  • farcical,
  • implausible,
  • meaningless,
  • fallacious,
  • silly,
  • invalid,
  • anachronistic,
  • bizarre,
  • ludicrous,
  • nonsensical,
  • incongruous,
  • paradoxical,
  • idiotic,
  • outlandish,
  • inconsistent,
  • contradictory,
  • illogical,
  • eccentric.
  •amusing (adjective)
  • comical.
  •balmy (adjective)
  • potty,
  • loony.
  •deranged (adjective)
  • nutty.
  •foolish (adjective)
  • brainless,
  • nitwit,
  • lame-brained,
  • dumb,
  • chuckle-headed,
  • dopey,
  • bone-headed,
  • ignorant,
  • injudicious,
  • kooky,
  • asinine,
  • goofy,
  • crackpot,
  • half-witted,
  • knuckle-headed,
  • doltish,
  • dim-witted,
  • ill-considered,
  • moronic,
  • blockheaded,
  • blithering,
  • meat-headed,
  • cockamamy,
  • imbecilic,
  • jackass.
  •harebrained (adjective)
  • rattlebrained,
  • flighty.
  •impossible (adjective)
  • impracticable,
  • unworkable,
  • unsuitable,
  • inconceivable,
  • unobtainable,
  • egregious,
  • unfeasible,
  • unattainable,
  • contrary to reason,
  • unrealizable.
  •meaningless (adjective)
  • cryptic,
  • gobbledygook,
  • noisy,
  • blathering,
  • unmeaning,
  • double-talk,
  • Driveling,
  • hogwash,
  • jabbering.
  •ridiculous (adjective)
  • dubious,
  • weird,
  • oddball,
  • poppycock,
  • outrageous,
  • curious,
  • incredible.

• n.

  •
  • extreme,
  • childish.
  •
  • tomfool,
  • zany,
  • insane,
  • balmy.
  •absurd (noun)
  • unlogical,
  • laughable.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • disorganized,
  • jerky,
  • imprudent,
  • loopy,
  • unjustifiable,
  • dippy,
  • foolhardy,
  • starry-eyed,
  • irresponsible,
  • unsound,
  • absurdly,
  • softheaded,
  • immoderate.
  •
  • dreamy.
  •Other relevant words:
  • enigmatic,
  • fiction,
  • freaky,
  • Daffy,
  • high-flown,
  • bewildering,
  • guilt,
  • doubtful,
  • confusing,
  • shave,
  • oversight,
  • irregular,
  • deficit,
  • fey,
  • fabrication,
  • Addle-pated,
  • comic,
  • shortcoming,
  • fruitless,
  • fishy,
  • inappropriate,
  • simple-minded,
  • Chuckleheaded,
  • mistaken,
  • nitwitted,
  • wild,
  • undue,
  • ill-advised,
  • romance,
  • lack,
  • idle,
  • sell,
  • jocular,
  • Fatuitous,
  • invention,
  • Rattle-brained,
  • fool,
  • thin,
  • quibbling,
  • unproductive,
  • remote,
  • unbelievable,
  • puzzling,
  • reckless,
  • famine,
  • abnormal,
  • happy,
  • mediocre,
  • Inconsonant,
  • fake,
  • strange,
  • misunderstanding,
  • baffling,
  • immature,
  • idealistic,
  • equivocal,
  • trivial,
  • featherbrained,
  • heedless,
  • gormless,
  • bird-brained,
  • undiscerning,
  • unorthodox,
  • incongruent,
  • incoherent,
  • out of practice,
  • empty-headed,
  • error,
  • mythic,
  • unsatisfactory,
  • imperfection,
  • lapse,
  • vain,
  • illogic,
  • featherheaded,
  • unscientific,
  • unfit,
  • disproportionate,
  • unjustified,
  • paucity,
  • ill-judged,
  • pie-eyed,
  • skimble-skamble,
  • uncontained,
  • disagreeing,
  • gooselike,
  • futile,
  • pitiable,
  • defect,
  • unwise,
  • dubitable,
  • conflicting,
  • quixotic,
  • delusion,
  • airheaded,
  • uncommon,
  • ironic,
  • crime,
  • trashy,
  • hare-brained,
  • unsubstantial,
  • screaming,
  • aberrant,
  • thick,
  • Unreasoned,
  • ideal,
  • rash,
  • waggish,
  • soused,
  • myopic,
  • unexampled,
  • hilarious,
  • singular,
  • far-out,
  • ironical,
  • unparalleled,
  • abstract,
  • humble,
  • witless,
  • romantic,
  • off,
  • erroneous,
  • outre,
  • unseemly,
  • uncalled-for,
  • inharmonious,
  • buffoonish,
  • barmy,
  • improbable,
  • visionary,
  • overblown,
  • batty,
  • rum,
  • unbecoming,
  • cock-eyed,
  • loaded,
  • quizzical,
  • wet,
  • headless,
  • fault,
  • mysterious,
  • merry,
  • helpless,
  • incomprehensible,
  • contrary,
  • prodigious,
  • queer,
  • hum,
  • dizzy,
  • misguided,
  • half-baked,
  • Doubtable,
  • divergent,
  • questionable,
  • witty,
  • blunder,
  • aimless,
  • unimpressive,
  • incompatible,
  • plain,
  • hollow,
  • anserine,
  • demented,
  • unfitting,
  • offbeat,
  • Twaddling,
  • optimistic,
  • scarcity,
  • disharmonious,
  • the absurd,
  • whimsical,
  • suspect,
  • sleeveless,
  • suspicious,
  • madcap,
  • miss,
  • puckish,
  • fooling around,
  • empty,
  • woodenheaded,
  • cuckoo,
  • different,
  • unacceptable,
  • inconsequent,
  • gay,
  • amusing,
  • exaggerated,
  • Unpractical,
  • ambiguous,
  • bubbleheaded,
  • bootless,
  • pixyish,
  • rustic,
  • demerit,
  • irreconcilable,
  • indiscreet,
  • unconvincing,
  • short-sighted,
  • weak,
  • uncanny,
  • malapropos,
  • dissonant,
  • problematic,
  • hopeless,
  • frail,
  • unthinking,
  • fictitious,
  • problematical,
  • pathetic,
  • sloshed,
  • unrealistic,
  • beyond possibility,
  • extraordinary,
  • simple,
  • unusual,
  • joshing,
  • giddy,
  • thoughtless,
  • canard,
  • mindless,
  • deviation,
  • improper,
  • nonsense,
  • dearth,
  • incommensurable,
  • sportive,
  • screwy,
  • lightheaded,
  • mirthful,
  • simpleminded,
  • blind,
  • facetious,
  • question,
  • playful,
  • unreal,
  • unconventional,
  • Dilly,
  • exotic,
  • unimaginable,
  • false,
  • askew,
  • incommensurate,
  • harmless,
  • Unmeet,
  • scatterbrained,
  • discordant,
  • out of proportion,
  • atypical,
  • mistake,
  • barred,
  • wonderful,
  • oxymoronic,
  • hard to believe,
  • Weak-minded,
  • Out of keeping,
  • imbecile,
  • unnatural,
  • Crack-brained,
  • overdone,
  • perplexing,
  • innocent,
  • ungodly,
  • Inimaginable,
  • useless,
  • chimeric,
  • mismatched,
  • puerile,
  • unperceptive,
  • lunkheaded,
  • superstitious,
  • prohibited,
  • goosy,
  • ineffective,
  • freakish,
  • anomalous,
  • groundless,
  • unintelligent,
  • Feather-headed,
  • frivolous,
  • fable,
  • vacuous,
  • steep,
  • ineffectual,
  • insupportable,
  • Feeble-minded,
  • claptrap,
  • open to doubt,
  • muddle-headed,
  • undeserved,
  • not on,
  • nuts,
  • discrepant,
  • crocked,
  • punning,
  • in chaos,
  • remarkable,
  • Misallied,
  • purposeless,
  • out,
  • Unphilosophical,
  • monstrous,
  • traveler,
  • far-fetched,
  • beyond belief,
  • bonkers,
  • Excluded,
  • odd,
  • risible,
  • peculiar,
  • humorous,
  • dopy,
  • exorbitant,
  • side-splitting,
  • Unapt,
  • inexpedient,
  • jocose,
  • increase,
  • dull,
  • worthless,
  • trumped up story,
  • unheard-of,
  • quaint,
  • deficiency,
  • inordinate,
  • unperceiving,
  • Addle-brained,
  • macaronic,
  • flaky,
  • absurdity,
  • fairy tale,
  • goosey,
  • frolicsome,
  • rubbishy,
  • pinheaded,
  • screwball,
  • dreamlike,
  • disparate,
  • disconsonant,
  • exceptional,
  • imagination.

Paraphrases for Absurd:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, illogical.
  • Interjection
    preposterous.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    nonsense, perverse, inconceivable, abhorrent, unthinkable, wrong-headed, inappropriate, unconscionable, rubbish, incredible, odd, exorbitant, useless, contradictory, wrong, misguided, unacceptable, dumb, incomprehensible, futile, mad, repugnant, impossible, self-defeating, unwise, unfair, disproportionate, mindless, extraordinary, pathetic.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    unreasonable, senseless, pointless, irrational, grotesque, aberrant, laughable, incongruous, farcical, stupid, foolish, meaningless, outrageous, silly, crazy, paradoxical, bizarre, insane, idiotic, fallacious, ridiculous, derisory, ironic.
  • Adverb
    absurdly.
  • Interjection
    nonsense, outrageous, ridiculous, rubbish.

Antonyms for Absurd:

• adj.

  • ridiculous, senseless
    practical, responsible, reasonable, logical, rational, wise, smart, serious.
  • Other antonyms:
    solemn, bright, unquestionable, believable, sound, undeniable, realistic, well-advised, sage, incontestable, infallible, brainy, demonstrable, demonstrated, sapient, sensible, indisputable, substantial, certain, earnest, sane, established, conceivable, true, clever, judicious, credible, indubitable, prudent, valid, incontrovertible, consistent.

Homophones for Absurd:

• absurdity.

Hyponym for Absurd:

• n.

  • state
    state of affairs, situation.