What is another word for ridiculous?
1028 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɹɪdˈɪkjʊləs], [ ɹɪdˈɪkjʊləs], [ ɹ_ɪ_d_ˈɪ_k_j_ʊ_l_ə_s]
The word ridiculous means something that is absurd, laughable, or foolish. There are several synonyms for the word ridiculous that can be used in different situations. Some of the synonyms for ridiculous are preposterous, nonsensical, ludicrous, farcical, and comical. If someone is acting in a silly or foolish manner, they can be described as absurd or nonsensical. Similarly, if a situation seems unreal or difficult to believe, it can be described as preposterous or ludicrous. On the other hand, something that is meant to be funny or amusing can be described as comical or farcical. These synonyms can help add variety and interest to your writing or conversation.
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Similar words for ridiculous:
- absurd (adjective)
- amusing (adjective)
- daft (adjective)
- foolish (adjective)
- ridiculous (adjective)
- senseless (adjective)
- witless (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- bizarre (adjective)
- comic/comical (adjective)
- comical (adjective)
- crazy (adjective)
- dotty (adjective)
- droll (adjective)
- extravagant (adjective)
- facetious (adjective)
- fantastic (adjective)
- fantastical (adjective)
- funny (adjective)
- grotesque (adjective)
- inane (adjective)
- incredible (adjective)
- indecent (adjective)
- inept (adjective)
- ironic/ironical (adjective)
- irrational (adjective)
- laughable (adjective)
- nuts/nutty (adjective)
- outlandish (adjective)
- priceless (adjective)
- puerile (adjective)
- rich (adjective)
- risible (adjective)
- silly (adjective)
- softheaded (adjective)
- suspect (adjective)
- unearthly (adjective)
- witty (adjective)
- stultify (verb)
Synonyms for Ridiculous:
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adj.
• absurd- anachronistic ,
- contradictory ,
- eccentric ,
- fallacious ,
- farcical ,
- idiotic ,
- illogical ,
- implausible ,
- impossible ,
- incongruous ,
- inconsistent ,
- invalid ,
- ludicrous ,
- meaningless ,
- nonsensical ,
- preposterous ,
- self-contradictory ,
- stupid .
- extra-ordinary ,
- farout ,
- grodier ,
- grodiest ,
- more curious ,
- more oddball ,
- more outre ,
- more ridiculous ,
- most outre ,
- oddest ,
- off the wall ,
- off wall ,
- un usual ,
- un-usual ,
- wayout .
- foolest ,
- gumper ,
- gumpest ,
- horses tail ,
- joking ,
- more boffo ,
- more foolheaded ,
- more gelastic ,
- more goofus ,
- more joshing ,
- more side splitting ,
- more side-splitting ,
- most boffo ,
- most comic ,
- most foolheaded ,
- most gelastic ,
- most goofus ,
- most joshing ,
- most side splitting ,
- most side-splitting ,
- schticker ,
- schtickest ,
- side splitting .
- half baked ,
- halfbaked ,
- ill conceived ,
- illconceived ,
- in appropriate ,
- in sane ,
- in saner ,
- in sanest ,
- in-appropriate ,
- in-sane ,
- in-saner ,
- in-sanest ,
- more derisory ,
- more ill conceived ,
- more ill-conceived ,
- more illconceived ,
- more impracticable ,
- most derisory ,
- most ill conceived ,
- most ill-conceived ,
- most illconceived ,
- out all reason ,
- out of reason ,
- out reason ,
- short sighted ,
- un workable ,
- un-workable .
- more clownish ,
- more crack up ,
- more crack-up ,
- more crackup ,
- more laffer ,
- most clownish ,
- most crack up ,
- most crack-up ,
- most crackup ,
- most laffer ,
- riotest .
- ex pensive ,
- ex-pensive ,
- in ordinate ,
- in-ordinate ,
- more overpriced ,
- more spendthrift ,
- most overpriced ,
- most spendthrift ,
- ostentatious ,
- over priced ,
- over-priced ,
- un conscionable ,
- un reasonable ,
- un-conscionable ,
- un-reasonable ,
- un-restrained .
- flippest ,
- in decorous ,
- in-decorous ,
- irreverent ,
- more capering ,
- more jesting ,
- more punning ,
- more wisecracking ,
- most capering ,
- most jesting ,
- most jocose ,
- most punning ,
- most sportive ,
- most wisecracking ,
- playful ,
- pulling leg ,
- pulling one leg ,
- pulling ones leg ,
- sportive ,
- wry .
- far fetched ,
- fictional ,
- mis leading ,
- mis-leading ,
- more phantasmagorical ,
- most phantasmagorical ,
- out sight ,
- un believable ,
- un likelier ,
- un likeliest ,
- un likely ,
- un-believable ,
- un-likelier ,
- un-likeliest ,
- un-likely ,
- un-real .
- funnier ,
- gassest ,
- good humored ,
- goodhumored ,
- killing ,
- knee slapper ,
- kneeslapper ,
- more antic ,
- more humdinger ,
- more killing ,
- more knee slapper ,
- more knee-slapper ,
- more kneeslapper ,
- more screaming ,
- most antic ,
- most humdinger ,
- most killing ,
- most knee slapper ,
- most knee-slapper ,
- most kneeslapper ,
- most screaming .
- de formed ,
- de-formed ,
- in congruous ,
- in-congruous ,
- malformed ,
- more surrealistic ,
- most surrealistic ,
- sur realistic ,
- sur-realistic ,
- un cannier ,
- un canniest ,
- un canny ,
- un-cannier ,
- un-canniest ,
- un-canny ,
- un-natural .
- in cogitable ,
- in conceivable ,
- in credible ,
- in supposable ,
- in-cogitable ,
- in-conceivable ,
- in-credible ,
- in-supposable ,
- more incogitable ,
- more insupposable ,
- most incogitable ,
- most insupposable ,
- out question ,
- out the question ,
- un convincing ,
- un imaginable ,
- un substantial ,
- un tenable ,
- un thinkable ,
- un-convincing ,
- un-imaginable ,
- un-substantial ,
- un-tenable ,
- un-thinkable .
- ill bred ,
- in decent ,
- in delicate ,
- in-decent ,
- in-delicate ,
- more ill bred ,
- more ill-bred ,
- more illbred ,
- more undecorous ,
- most ill bred ,
- most ill-bred ,
- most illbred ,
- most undecorous ,
- off color ,
- offcolor ,
- un becoming ,
- un decorous ,
- un seemlier ,
- un seemliest ,
- un seemly ,
- un-becoming ,
- un-decorous ,
- un-seemlier ,
- un-seemliest ,
- x rated ,
- xrated .
- ill-timed ,
- illtimed ,
- in apter ,
- in aptest ,
- in felicitous ,
- in-apter ,
- in-aptest ,
- in-felicitous ,
- out place ,
- un due ,
- un duer ,
- un duest ,
- un seasonable ,
- un suitable ,
- un-due ,
- un-duer ,
- un-duest ,
- un-fit ,
- un-seasonable ,
- un-suitable .
- double edged ,
- doubleedged ,
- mocking ,
- mordant ,
- more backbiting ,
- more chaffing ,
- more double edged ,
- more double-edged ,
- more doubleedged ,
- more ironic ,
- more jibing ,
- more paradoxical ,
- more satiric ,
- more uncomplimentary ,
- most backbiting ,
- most chaffing ,
- most double edged ,
- most double-edged ,
- most doubleedged ,
- most ironical ,
- most jibing ,
- most paradoxical ,
- most uncomplimentary ,
- quick witted ,
- quickwitted ,
- satiric ,
- scathing ,
- un complimentary ,
- un-complimentary .
- dis connected ,
- dis jointed ,
- dis-connected ,
- dis-jointed ,
- in valid ,
- in-coherent ,
- in-valid ,
- more cockamamie ,
- more off the wall ,
- more off-the-wall ,
- more reasonless ,
- more unreasoning ,
- most cockamamie ,
- most off the wall ,
- most off-the-wall ,
- most reasonless ,
- most unreasoning ,
- un reasoning ,
- un stable ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un thinking ,
- un-reasoning ,
- un-stable ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest ,
- un-thinking .
- har har ,
- harhar ,
- jokier ,
- jokiest ,
- more har har ,
- more har-har ,
- more harhar ,
- most har har ,
- most har-har ,
- most harhar ,
- screamest .
- more rib tickling ,
- more rib-tickling ,
- more ribtickling ,
- most rib tickling ,
- most rib-tickling ,
- most ribtickling ,
- rib tickling ,
- ribtickling .
- in experienced ,
- in-experienced ,
- more babylike ,
- more unfledged ,
- more ungrown ,
- most babylike ,
- most unfledged ,
- most ungrown ,
- un fledged ,
- un grown ,
- un-fledged ,
- un-grown .
- empty headed ,
- more nitwitted ,
- more sheepheaded ,
- most nitwitted ,
- most sheepheaded ,
- muddle headed ,
- muddleheaded .
- more doubtable ,
- most doubtable ,
- suspected ,
- un clear ,
- un clearest ,
- un sure ,
- un-clear ,
- un-clearest ,
- un-sure .
- hair raising ,
- hairraising ,
- hyper physical ,
- hyper-physical ,
- more demoniac ,
- more hyperphysical ,
- more phantom ,
- most demoniac ,
- most hyperphysical ,
- most phantom ,
- not of world ,
- not this world ,
- not world ,
- sub lime ,
- sub-lime ,
- super-human ,
- un earthlier ,
- un earthliest ,
- un earthly ,
- un godlier ,
- un godliest ,
- un godly ,
- un holier ,
- un holiest ,
- un holy ,
- un-earthlier ,
- un-earthliest ,
- un-earthly ,
- un-godlier ,
- un-godliest ,
- un-godly ,
- un-holier ,
- un-holiest ,
- un-holy .
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• stultify Other synonyms:
- Feather-brained ,
- GONZO ,
- OTT ,
- Sophomoric ,
- absurdly ,
- airy-fairy ,
- balmy ,
- bananas ,
- barking mad ,
- barmy ,
- batty ,
- bonkers ,
- cheesy ,
- cock-eyed ,
- counterintuitive ,
- crackers ,
- crackpot ,
- crazed ,
- cuckoo ,
- demented ,
- dippy ,
- disorganized ,
- ditzy ,
- dotty ,
- fanciful ,
- fantastic ,
- fatuous ,
- flaky ,
- fondly ,
- fool ,
- foolhardy ,
- frivolous ,
- harum-scarum ,
- ill-conceived ,
- immature ,
- immoderate ,
- impractical ,
- imprudent ,
- inadvisable ,
- insane ,
- intemperate ,
- ironic ,
- irresponsible ,
- kitsch ,
- kooky ,
- loco ,
- loony ,
- loopy ,
- mad ,
- madcap ,
- maniacal ,
- mental ,
- nutty ,
- over-the-top ,
- perverse ,
- potty ,
- puerile ,
- raving ,
- ridiculously ,
- starry-eyed ,
- tomfool ,
- touched ,
- unjustifiable ,
- unsound ,
- unwise ,
- wacko ,
- warped ,
- wiggy ,
- wrong ,
- wrong-headed .
- certifiable ,
- dreamy ,
- extreme ,
- grandiose ,
- laughing .
- shocking .
Other relevant words:
• crazy
- nuts .
- rich .
- Absurdities ,
- Addle-brained ,
- Addle-pated ,
- Comicality ,
- Crack-brained ,
- Daffy ,
- Doubtable ,
- Excluded ,
- Fatuitous ,
- Feather-headed ,
- Feeble-minded ,
- Fingle-fangle ,
- Finikin ,
- Fribble ,
- Gelastic ,
- Humoristic ,
- Pathetical ,
- Rattle-brained ,
- Unphilosophical ,
- Unpractical ,
- Unreasoned ,
- aberrant ,
- abnormal ,
- absence ,
- absurd ,
- absurdity ,
- absurdness ,
- aimless ,
- airheaded ,
- airy ,
- amusing ,
- amusingly ,
- anomalous ,
- antic ,
- asinine ,
- askew ,
- attocerebral ,
- atypical ,
- awkward ,
- babyish ,
- banter ,
- baroque ,
- barred ,
- beyond belief ,
- beyond consideration ,
- bird-brained ,
- blemish ,
- blind ,
- blockhead ,
- bootless ,
- brainless ,
- buffoonish ,
- burlesque ,
- chimerical ,
- chucklesome ,
- closed-out ,
- cockamamie ,
- cockamamy ,
- cockeyed ,
- comedic ,
- comic ,
- comically ,
- contemptible ,
- contrary to reason ,
- crocked ,
- crotchety ,
- curiously ,
- daft ,
- dearth ,
- defect ,
- deficiency ,
- deficit ,
- derisory ,
- different ,
- dimwit ,
- diverting ,
- dizzy ,
- dolt ,
- doubtful ,
- dreamlike ,
- droll ,
- drolly ,
- dubitable ,
- dull ,
- dumb ,
- dunce ,
- egregious ,
- empty ,
- empty-headed ,
- entertaining ,
- erratic ,
- erroneous ,
- exceptional ,
- exorbitant ,
- exotic ,
- extraordinary ,
- extravagant ,
- fabulously ,
- facetiously ,
- fallaciousness ,
- false ,
- falsehood ,
- famine ,
- fantastical ,
- fantastically ,
- far-fetched ,
- far-out ,
- farce ,
- featherbrained ,
- fey ,
- fictitious ,
- fiddle-faddle ,
- finical ,
- fishy ,
- flighty ,
- flimsy ,
- foolheaded ,
- foolishly ,
- freakish ,
- frothy ,
- fruitless ,
- funnily ,
- funny ,
- futile ,
- gibe ,
- giddy ,
- goofy ,
- gormless ,
- groundless ,
- half-baked ,
- halfwitted ,
- hapless ,
- hard to believe ,
- hare-brained ,
- harebrained ,
- high-flown ,
- hilarious ,
- hollow ,
- hopeless ,
- humorous ,
- humorously ,
- humourous ,
- hysterical ,
- idealistic ,
- idiot ,
- idiotically ,
- idle ,
- ill-advised ,
- ill-considered ,
- ill-devised ,
- ill-judged ,
- illogic ,
- imbecile ,
- imbecilic ,
- imperfection ,
- impracticable ,
- improbable ,
- improper ,
- inconceivable ,
- inconsequential ,
- indecent ,
- indecorous ,
- indelicate ,
- ineffective ,
- ineffectual ,
- inept ,
- inexpedient ,
- infantile ,
- inflated ,
- injudicious ,
- insignificant ,
- insufferable ,
- insupportable ,
- invalidity ,
- irony ,
- irregular ,
- jerky ,
- jocose ,
- jocular ,
- lack ,
- laughably ,
- light ,
- lightheaded ,
- loaded ,
- ludicrously ,
- lunatic ,
- macaronic ,
- malodorous ,
- mentally ill ,
- merry ,
- mindless ,
- mirthful ,
- miserable ,
- misfortunate ,
- misguided ,
- mistaken ,
- mockery ,
- monstrous ,
- moronic ,
- muddle-headed ,
- myopic ,
- mythic ,
- namby-pamby ,
- niggling ,
- nonsensically ,
- not on ,
- odd ,
- oddly ,
- offbeat ,
- open to doubt ,
- optimistic ,
- out of practice ,
- out of sight ,
- outre ,
- overpriced ,
- oxymoronic ,
- parody ,
- pathetic ,
- paucity ,
- peculiar ,
- peddling ,
- petty ,
- piddling ,
- pie-eyed ,
- piteous ,
- pitiable ,
- pitiful ,
- play the fool ,
- pointless ,
- powerless ,
- preposterously ,
- priceless ,
- problematic ,
- problematical ,
- prohibited ,
- punning ,
- purposeless ,
- quaint ,
- queer ,
- queerly ,
- question ,
- questionable ,
- quibbling ,
- quixotic ,
- quizzical ,
- ragtime ,
- rash ,
- reckless ,
- remarkable ,
- remote ,
- ridiculousness ,
- riotous ,
- risible ,
- romantic ,
- rough ,
- rum ,
- sappy ,
- scarcity ,
- scatterbrained ,
- screaming ,
- screwball ,
- screwy ,
- shallow ,
- short-sighted ,
- side-splitting ,
- simple-minded ,
- singular ,
- slaphappy ,
- slapstick ,
- sleeveless ,
- slender ,
- slight ,
- sloshed ,
- soused ,
- strange ,
- suspect ,
- suspicious ,
- tall ,
- thick ,
- thin ,
- thoughtless ,
- trifling ,
- trivial ,
- ugly ,
- unacceptable ,
- unachievable ,
- unbecoming ,
- unbelievable ,
- uncanny ,
- uncommon ,
- unconformable ,
- uncontained ,
- unconventional ,
- unconvincing ,
- undecorous ,
- undeserved ,
- undignified ,
- undiscerning ,
- unearthly ,
- unexampled ,
- unfeasible ,
- ungodly ,
- unheard-of ,
- unimaginable ,
- unintelligent ,
- unique ,
- unjustified ,
- unlikely ,
- unmatched ,
- unnatural ,
- unorthodox ,
- unparalleled ,
- unperceiving ,
- unperceptive ,
- unproductive ,
- unreal ,
- unrealistic ,
- unrealizable ,
- unreasonable ,
- unrestrained ,
- unseemly ,
- unsubstantial ,
- unthinkable ,
- unthinking ,
- unusual ,
- unworkable ,
- uproarious ,
- useless ,
- vacant ,
- vacuous ,
- vain ,
- vapid ,
- very expensive ,
- visionary ,
- wacky ,
- waggish ,
- wasteland ,
- weak ,
- wet ,
- whacky ,
- whimsical ,
- wild ,
- wishy-washy ,
- without reason ,
- witless ,
- wittily ,
- witty ,
- wonderfully ,
- worthless ,
- wretched ,
- zany .
- Gump ,
- Hyperphysical ,
- Incogitable ,
- Insupposable ,
- babylike ,
- beyond all reason ,
- beyond reason ,
- bizarre ,
- boffo ,
- bugged out ,
- campier ,
- campiest ,
- campy ,
- clownish ,
- crack-up ,
- crackup ,
- crazy ,
- crazy shtick ,
- demoniac ,
- double-edged ,
- emptyheaded ,
- extra ordinary ,
- flipper ,
- fool-headed ,
- fooler ,
- foolish ,
- for grins ,
- gagged up ,
- gasser ,
- goofus ,
- grody ,
- grotesque ,
- har-har ,
- horse tail ,
- horse's tail ,
- ill timed ,
- ill-bred ,
- illbred ,
- in bad taste ,
- inane ,
- irrational ,
- jokey ,
- knee-slapper ,
- laffer ,
- mentally unbalanced ,
- nitwitted ,
- not adapted ,
- not of this world ,
- not serious ,
- off-the-wall ,
- out of all reason ,
- out of mind ,
- out of place ,
- out of question ,
- outlandish ,
- paradoxical ,
- phantasmagorical ,
- pottier ,
- pottiest ,
- pulling one's leg ,
- putting one on ,
- reasonless ,
- rib-tickling ,
- rings phony ,
- rioter ,
- schtick ,
- screamer ,
- senseless ,
- sheepheaded ,
- silly ,
- surrealistic ,
- uncomplimentary ,
- unfledged ,
- ungrown ,
- unheard of ,
- unreasoning ,
- wisecracking .
- -brained ,
- Barking ,
- Weak-minded ,
- a bit thick ,
- a bit thin ,
- all ,
- birdbrain ,
- bovine ,
- bumbling ,
- chump ,
- cracked ,
- cranky ,
- credulous ,
- cretin ,
- dense ,
- dim ,
- dim-witted ,
- ditsy ,
- dopey ,
- dorky ,
- dozy ,
- drivel ,
- fathead ,
- fond ,
- four-oh-four ,
- gibber ,
- gullible ,
- half-assed ,
- half-witted ,
- hard of belief ,
- head ,
- impolitic ,
- infinite ,
- insanely ,
- insanity ,
- joke ,
- judgment ,
- logically impossible ,
- lumpen ,
- lumpish ,
- messed up ,
- mind ,
- misbegotten ,
- no-account ,
- not deserving belief ,
- not possible ,
- nut ,
- oafish ,
- obtuse ,
- open to suspicion ,
- out of 2 ,
- passing belief ,
- peabrained ,
- poppycockish ,
- ruled-out ,
- shit ,
- slow ,
- slow-witted ,
- spastic ,
- staggering belief ,
- subnormal ,
- uncritical ,
- unworthy of belief ,
- uptake ,
- wanky ,
- wisdom ,
- wrongheaded .
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How to use "Ridiculous" in context?
What is the origin of the word "ridiculous"? Ridiculous originally meant "making fun of", and referred to things that were seen as being outside the usual bounds of propriety. People would use the word to describe things that were funny, or absurd. It first appeared in English in the late 16th century.
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Equivalence
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Independent
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Adjective
bizarre, daft, goofy, idiotic, illogical, impossible, incredible, insignificant, ironic, irrational, mad, moronic, nutty, perverse, unbelievable, useless.
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Interjection
fiddlesticks.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
absurd, cheesy, childish, crazy, derisory, dumb, embarrassing, fallacious, farcical, foolish, funny, grotesque, hilarious, incongruous, insane, meaningless, nonsense, nonsensical, outrageous, paltry, pathetic, pointless, preposterous, rich, risible, senseless, silly, trivial, unbecoming, unreasonable.
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Interjection
absurd, nonsense, preposterous.
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Adjective
Homophones for Ridiculous:
- radical chic, ridge-like, radicalize.
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