Definition for Futile:

• Futility.

Synonyms for Futile:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • otiose,
  • ineffectual,
  • unavailing,
  • meaningless.
  •failing (adjective)
  • unsuccessful.
  •feckless (adjective)
  • good-for-nothing.
  •hopeless (adjective)
  • desperate.
  •hopeless, pointless (adjective)
  • insufficient,
  • sterile,
  • trivial,
  • to no purpose,
  • unreal,
  • unsatisfactory,
  • unimportant,
  • hollow,
  • delusive,
  • impracticable,
  • unsubstantial,
  • unneeded,
  • trifling,
  • profitless,
  • out the window,
  • nugatory,
  • no dice,
  • impractical,
  • on a treadmill,
  • ineffective,
  • save one's breath,
  • exhausted,
  • Resultless,
  • valueless.
  •impossible (adjective)
  • unrealizable,
  • unworkable,
  • unattainable.
  •unsuccessful (adjective)
  • frustrated,
  • failed,
  • thwarted,
  • foiled.
  •useless (adjective)
  • inadequate,
  • detrimental,
  • unserviceable,
  • nonfunctional,
  • unusable,
  • unsuitable.

• n.

  •frivolous (noun)
  • petty,
  • small.
  •futile (noun)
  • sleeveless,
  • vain,
  • bootless.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Overworked,
  • defunct,
  • muted,
  • defective,
  • infertile,
  • spent,
  • muddled,
  • toothless,
  • uninformative,
  • outworn,
  • inefficient,
  • bum.
  •
  • paralyzed,
  • empty,
  • unresponsive,
  • inoperable.
  •
  • temperamental.
  •
  • barren.
  •
  • dead.
  •discouraging
  • hopeless.
  •Other relevant words:
  • moronic,
  • fuddled,
  • fruitlessness,
  • failure,
  • characterless,
  • superficial,
  • etiolated,
  • inapt,
  • ineffectually,
  • inessential,
  • divulge,
  • Fribble,
  • asinine,
  • puerile,
  • trite,
  • baseless,
  • kooky,
  • Stickit,
  • dazed,
  • sentimental,
  • doomed,
  • foredoomed,
  • inefficiently,
  • dumb,
  • discover,
  • no purpose,
  • witless,
  • unfit,
  • inopportune,
  • flaky,
  • Inservient,
  • uneffective,
  • unrequired,
  • self-conceited,
  • unacknowledged,
  • ditzy,
  • fool,
  • of no effect,
  • despairingly,
  • cockeyed,
  • inoperative,
  • foolish,
  • fatuous,
  • Unpractical,
  • incongruous,
  • declare,
  • immature,
  • inexpedient,
  • of no account,
  • birdbrained,
  • brainless,
  • pointlessly,
  • goofy,
  • inept,
  • out of place,
  • unfitting,
  • Unmeet,
  • ineffectively,
  • maudlin,
  • bad,
  • crazy,
  • windy,
  • uselessness,
  • incompetently,
  • mad,
  • failing,
  • tattling,
  • dystopian,
  • Frailly,
  • ridiculous,
  • frothy,
  • uncalled-for,
  • unable,
  • insignificant,
  • unenforceable,
  • nutty,
  • untimely,
  • loony,
  • apish,
  • preposterous,
  • thankless,
  • unpersuasive,
  • faineant,
  • hopelessly,
  • frivolous,
  • reveal,
  • badly,
  • fiddling,
  • slender,
  • Miscarried,
  • swollen,
  • unskillful,
  • inconstant,
  • desperately,
  • wrong,
  • unproductively,
  • Fribbling,
  • unseemly,
  • inappropriate,
  • unsturdy,
  • jangle,
  • impolitic,
  • futilely,
  • doting,
  • ill-considered,
  • Fatuitous,
  • sisyphean,
  • costly,
  • ill timed,
  • verbalize,
  • invalid,
  • infelicitous,
  • egotistic,
  • stillborn,
  • credulous,
  • unessential,
  • absurd,
  • impart,
  • sappy,
  • idly,
  • use,
  • wickedly,
  • aimless,
  • doggerel,
  • Successless,
  • Gulled,
  • awfully,
  • wacky,
  • inconsiderable,
  • Befooled,
  • redundant,
  • malapropos,
  • infatuated,
  • slothful,
  • void,
  • imbecile,
  • conceited,
  • fond,
  • beguiled,
  • naughtily,
  • unseasonable,
  • unhappy,
  • unfruitful,
  • shallow,
  • pyrrhic,
  • unappreciated,
  • severely,
  • idiotic,
  • footling,
  • light,
  • slight,
  • batty,
  • unsuccessfully,
  • foolheaded,
  • indolent,
  • disastrously,
  • thoughtless,
  • dizzy,
  • gaga,
  • buffoonish,
  • manque,
  • inadvisable,
  • wasteful,
  • unfortunate,
  • unwise,
  • flimsy,
  • weakly,
  • inutile,
  • not binding,
  • Daffy,
  • powerless,
  • nonviable,
  • vacuous,
  • unremunerative,
  • minor,
  • incompetent,
  • counterproductive,
  • unrequited,
  • null,
  • unavailable,
  • Miscarrying,
  • wet,
  • feebly,
  • purposeless,
  • futility,
  • unbefitting,
  • dispensable,
  • screwy,
  • undesirable,
  • calamitously,
  • wasted,
  • daft,
  • senseless,
  • insane,
  • effete,
  • unnecessarily,
  • ill-suited,
  • egotistical,
  • fruitlessly,
  • poorly,
  • besotted,
  • needlessly,
  • unfertile,
  • ill-advised,
  • jingle,
  • improper,
  • impotent,
  • uselessly,
  • catchpenny,
  • silly,
  • lame,
  • nonsensical,
  • seriously,
  • wrongly,
  • vainly,
  • disclose,
  • time-wasting,
  • paltry,
  • airy,
  • null and void,
  • lazy,
  • superfluous,
  • vapid,
  • faintly,
  • speak.

Paraphrases for Futile:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    fruitless, pointless, useless, vain, meaningless.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    ineffectual, ineffective, wasteful, senseless, hopeless, irrelevant, abortive, counterproductive, needless, illusory, idle, feasible, worthwhile, inconclusive, meaningful, redundant, barren, inefficient, useful, absurd, inappropriate, unusable, helpless, elusive, foolish, hollow.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    sterile, unsuccessful, frivolous, unnecessary, unhelpful, superfluous, worthless, trivial, unproductive, nonsensical, infertile, empty.

Antonyms for Futile:

• adj.

  • hopeless, pointless
    useful, successful, valuable, fruitful, effective, helpful, hopeful, profitable, productive, worthwhile.
  • Other antonyms:
    sound, substantial, sober, meaningful, sedate, thoughtful, powerful, dignified, staid, earnest, serviceable, solid, real, competent, advantageous, serious, valid, practical, worthy, severe, adequate, usable, no-nonsense, heavy, somber, melancholy, functional, grave, deadly, solemn, virtuous, expedient, realizable, utile, sufficient, beneficial, applicable.