Definition for Foolishness:

• Want of wisdom or judgment.

Synonyms for Foolishness:

• n.

  •
  • weakness.
  •
  • ability.
  •absurdity (noun)
  • anachronism,
  • inconsistency,
  • meaninglessness,
  • paradox,
  • incongruity,
  • invalidity,
  • impossibility,
  • Self-contradiction,
  • contradiction,
  • balderdash,
  • outlandishness,
  • implausibility,
  • baloney,
  • farce,
  • bizarreness,
  • eccentricity.
  •betise (noun)
  • betise.
  •drollery (noun)
  • whimsicality,
  • Waggeries,
  • whimsicalities,
  • waggery.
  •dumbness (noun)
  • denseness,
  • mindlessness,
  • stupidness,
  • doltishness,
  • slowwittedness,
  • brainlessness,
  • slow-wittedness,
  • dopiness.
  •folly (noun)
  • un soundness,
  • un-soundnesses,
  • daftnesses,
  • in-advisability,
  • in-advisabilities,
  • un soundnesses,
  • witlessnesses,
  • in advisabilities,
  • in advisability,
  • un-soundness,
  • dumb tricks,
  • inadvisabilities,
  • dumb thing do,
  • dottinesses.
  •foolishness (noun)
  • imbecility.
  •guff (noun)
  • bunkum,
  • guff.
  •hogwash (noun)
  • de-bris,
  • horsefeatherses,
  • de bris,
  • hokums,
  • re fuses,
  • de brises,
  • re-fuse,
  • de-brises,
  • re fuse.
  •hooey (noun)
  • Jas,
  • JA.
  •idiocy (noun)
  • in sipidity,
  • in-sipidities,
  • fatuousnesses,
  • asininities,
  • in sipidities,
  • in-sipidity.
  •idiocy, nonsense (noun)
  • fool trick,
  • bunk,
  • mistake,
  • claptrap,
  • rubbish.
  •ignorance (noun)
  • illiteracy,
  • ignorance,
  • simpleness.
  •piffle (noun)
  • futile talk,
  • empty talk,
  • useless words.
  •ridiculousness (noun)
  • curiosity,
  • dubiousness,
  • outrageousness,
  • nonsensicality,
  • weirdness,
  • incredibility,
  • grotesqueness,
  • ridiculousness.
  •rot (noun)
  • stuff nonsense,
  • stuff and nonsenses,
  • stuff nonsenses.
  •silliness (noun)
  • goofinesses,
  • inanenesses.
  •stupidity (noun)
  • misguidednesses.
  •tomfoolery (noun)
  • funny business,
  • fooling around.
  •twaddle (noun)
  • idle talk,
  • Stultiloquence.
  •unreason (noun)
  • illogicality,
  • illogicalness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • drivel,
  • flimflam.
  •
  • zaniness.

Paraphrases for Foolishness:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    stupidity, folly, nonsense, madness, craziness.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    mistake.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    insanity, fool, crap, lunacy.

Antonyms for Foolishness:

• n.

  • idiocy, nonsense
    caution, carefulness, care, sense, wiseness, prudence, judgment, wisdom, thoughtfulness, seriousness, circumspection.
  • Other antonyms:
    capacity, horse sense, alertness, brilliance, rationalness, Sageness, common sense, acumen, quick-wittedness, validity, reasonability, acuteness, cleverness, logicality, perception, logicalness, astuteness, sensibleness, levelheadedness, discernment, sanity, keenness, sharpness, intelligence, soundness, wit, brilliancy, brightness, sagaciousness, sagacity, smartness, sapience, reasonableness, insight, Percipience, perspicacity, braininess, rationality, quickness.

Foolishness Sentence Examples:

• And in a moment I was all flesh and blood and foolishness.

• It is the wisdom of foolishness.