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Synonyms for Preposterous:
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adj.
• absurd- anachronistic ,
- bizarre ,
- campier ,
- campiest ,
- campy ,
- contradictory ,
- eccentric ,
- fallacious ,
- farcical ,
- for grins ,
- gagged up ,
- idiotic ,
- illogical ,
- implausible ,
- inane ,
- incongruous ,
- inconsistent ,
- invalid ,
- jokey ,
- ludicrous ,
- meaningless ,
- nonsensical ,
- paradoxical ,
- senseless ,
- study at absurd ,
- stupid ,
- flaky ,
- fooling around ,
- off the wall .
- caricatural ,
- hammy ,
- hyperbolic ,
- out of proportion ,
- over-wrought ,
- overestimated ,
- overkill ,
- too-too ,
- highly colored ,
- schmaltzy ,
- sensational .
- extra ordinary ,
- out and out ,
- stern .
- Inexecutable ,
- NOGO ,
- Noway ,
- hardly possible ,
- hundred-to-one ,
- no go ,
- no way ,
- no-go ,
- no-way ,
- no-win ,
- not a prayer ,
- out of question ,
- unachievable ,
- unanswerable ,
- uncorrectable ,
- unobtainable ,
- unrecoverable ,
- infeasible ,
- irrealizable ,
- objectionable ,
- unsuitable .
- at odds ,
- ill timed ,
- inapposite ,
- off-base ,
- out-of-place ,
- unfitting ,
- ill-timed ,
- illtimed ,
- out-of-season .
- overindulgent ,
- uncurbed ,
- unmeasurable ,
- supererogatory ,
- untempered .
- around the bend ,
- crazy as a loon ,
- mad as a hatter ,
- not all there ,
- not there ,
- nutty as a fruitcake ,
- nutty as fruitcake ,
- sick in the head ,
- stark raving mad .
- Unrenowned ,
- little known ,
- little-known ,
- unheard of .
- camest ,
- cross eyed ,
- crosseyed ,
- more askance ,
- more askant ,
- more canted ,
- more strabismic ,
- most askance ,
- most askant ,
- most canted ,
- most strabismic ,
- squintest .
- half baked ,
- halfbaked ,
- ill conceived ,
- illconceived ,
- in appropriate ,
- in-appropriate ,
- 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 .
- funnier ,
- more clownish ,
- more crack up ,
- more crack-up ,
- more crackup ,
- more gelastic ,
- more laffer ,
- most clownish ,
- most comic ,
- most crack up ,
- most crack-up ,
- most crackup ,
- most gelastic ,
- most laffer ,
- riotest .
- ex acting ,
- ex pensive ,
- ex-acting ,
- ex-pensive ,
- more absonant ,
- more overboard ,
- most absonant ,
- most overboard ,
- out sight ,
- over board ,
- over much ,
- over one head ,
- over ones head ,
- over-board ,
- over-much ,
- pricier ,
- priciest ,
- un due ,
- un duer ,
- un duest ,
- un warranted ,
- un-due ,
- un-duer ,
- un-duest ,
- un-warranted .
- grandiose ,
- more overpriced ,
- more spendthrift ,
- most overpriced ,
- most spendthrift ,
- ostentatious ,
- over priced ,
- over-priced ,
- un balanced ,
- un-balanced ,
- un-restrained .
- castles air ,
- castles the air ,
- fictional ,
- more curious ,
- more fairy tale ,
- more fairy-tale ,
- more fairytale ,
- more fancied ,
- most fairy tale ,
- most fairy-tale ,
- most fairytale ,
- most fancied ,
- pie in sky ,
- pie sky ,
- pie the sky ,
- un-real .
- mis leading ,
- mis-leading ,
- more phantasmagorical ,
- most phantasmagorical ,
- un likelier ,
- un likeliest ,
- un likely ,
- un-likelier ,
- un-likeliest ,
- un-likely .
- far fetched ,
- hard swallow ,
- in coherent ,
- in consequential ,
- in-coherent ,
- in-consequential ,
- un convincing ,
- un-convincing .
- de formed ,
- de-formed ,
- grodier ,
- malformed ,
- more antic ,
- more surrealistic ,
- most antic ,
- most surrealistic ,
- sur realistic ,
- sur-realistic ,
- un cannier ,
- un canniest ,
- un canny ,
- un-cannier ,
- un-canniest ,
- un-canny .
- in conclusive ,
- in consequent ,
- in consistent ,
- in correct ,
- in valid ,
- in-conclusive ,
- in-consequent ,
- in-consistent ,
- in-correct ,
- in-valid ,
- irrelevant ,
- more casuistic ,
- more self contradictory ,
- more self-contradictory ,
- more selfcontradictory ,
- more sophistical ,
- most casuistic ,
- most self contradictory ,
- most self-contradictory ,
- most selfcontradictory ,
- most sophistical ,
- self contradictory ,
- selfcontradictory ,
- un connected ,
- un proved ,
- un scientific ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un substantial ,
- un tenable ,
- un-connected ,
- un-proved ,
- un-scientific ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest ,
- un-substantial ,
- un-tenable ,
- unproved .
- un earthlier ,
- un earthliest ,
- un earthly ,
- un-earthlier ,
- un-earthliest ,
- un-earthly .
- in cogitable ,
- in credible ,
- in supposable ,
- in-cogitable ,
- in-credible ,
- in-supposable ,
- more incogitable ,
- more insupposable ,
- most incogitable ,
- most insupposable .
- dis connected ,
- dis jointed ,
- dis-connected ,
- dis-jointed ,
- 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 thinking ,
- un-reasoning ,
- un-thinking .
- har har ,
- harhar ,
- more har har ,
- more har-har ,
- more harhar ,
- most har har ,
- most har-har ,
- most harhar ,
- most jocose ,
- screamest .
- Miscreated ,
- dis graceful ,
- dis-graceful ,
- in human ,
- in-human ,
- mis created ,
- mis-created ,
- more horrifying ,
- more miscreated ,
- more teratoid ,
- most horrifying ,
- most miscreated ,
- most teratoid .
Other synonyms:
- dippy ,
- exaggerated ,
- jerky ,
- loony ,
- loopy ,
- softheaded ,
- unnatural ,
- wacky .
- extreme ,
- harebrained ,
- moronic ,
- much .
- mad .
Other relevant words:
- blind drunk ,
- Absurdities ,
- Blague ,
- Crack-brained ,
- Daffy ,
- Doubtable ,
- Excluded ,
- Fatuitous ,
- Feeble-minded ,
- Gouging ,
- Highflying ,
- Hyperbolical ,
- Misbecoming ,
- Pathetical ,
- Seemless ,
- Unapt ,
- Unmeet ,
- Unowed ,
- Unpractical ,
- Unreasoned ,
- Weak-minded ,
- aberrant ,
- abnormal ,
- absolutely not ,
- absurd ,
- absurdity ,
- absurdness ,
- aimless ,
- airheaded ,
- amusing ,
- anomalous ,
- anserine ,
- asinine ,
- askew ,
- astonishing ,
- balmy ,
- baloney ,
- barmy ,
- baroque ,
- barred ,
- batty ,
- beyond belief ,
- beyond consideration ,
- birthday ,
- blind ,
- blockhead ,
- blunder ,
- bombastic ,
- bonkers ,
- booby ,
- bootless ,
- bosh ,
- brainless ,
- bubbleheaded ,
- buffoonish ,
- burlesque ,
- childish ,
- chimeric ,
- chimerical ,
- closed-out ,
- cock-eyed ,
- cockamamie ,
- cockeyed ,
- comic ,
- contrary to reason ,
- crackpot ,
- crocked ,
- crotchety ,
- cuckoo ,
- cutthroat ,
- daft ,
- delusion ,
- derisory ,
- desperate ,
- deviation ,
- dimwit ,
- disgraceful ,
- disproportionate ,
- dissipated ,
- doggerel ,
- dolt ,
- dopy ,
- dotty ,
- doubtful ,
- dreamlike ,
- dreamy ,
- droll ,
- dubitable ,
- dumb ,
- dunce ,
- egregious ,
- empty ,
- enormous ,
- erratic ,
- erroneous ,
- error ,
- exacting ,
- excessive ,
- exorbitant ,
- extortionate ,
- extraordinary ,
- extravagant ,
- fabulous ,
- facetious ,
- fallaciousness ,
- false ,
- falsehood ,
- fanciful ,
- fancy ,
- fancy-woven ,
- fantasque ,
- fantastical ,
- far-fetched ,
- far-out ,
- fatuous ,
- fault ,
- featherbrained ,
- featherheaded ,
- fey ,
- fictitious ,
- fishy ,
- flagrant ,
- flighty ,
- flimflam ,
- florid ,
- fool ,
- foolhardy ,
- forced ,
- fruitless ,
- funny ,
- futile ,
- giddy ,
- goofy ,
- gooselike ,
- goosey ,
- goosy ,
- gothic ,
- gouge ,
- grandiloquent ,
- gross ,
- half-baked ,
- half-witted ,
- hard to believe ,
- hard to swallow ,
- hare-brained ,
- high-flown ,
- hilarious ,
- hollow ,
- hopeless ,
- humorous ,
- idealistic ,
- idiot ,
- ill-advised ,
- ill-considered ,
- ill-judged ,
- imbecile ,
- imbecilic ,
- immense ,
- immoderate ,
- impracticable ,
- impractical ,
- improbable ,
- improper ,
- imprudent ,
- inconceivable ,
- increase ,
- ineffective ,
- ineffectual ,
- inept ,
- inflated ,
- inflationary ,
- inordinate ,
- insupportable ,
- intemperate ,
- intolerable ,
- invalidity ,
- irresponsible ,
- jocose ,
- jocular ,
- lapse ,
- lightheaded ,
- loaded ,
- loco ,
- lunkheaded ,
- macaronic ,
- madcap ,
- maggoty ,
- marvelous ,
- mind-boggling ,
- mindless ,
- mirthful ,
- misguided ,
- miss ,
- mistake ,
- mistaken ,
- monstrous ,
- moonstruck ,
- myopic ,
- mythic ,
- nitwit ,
- nitwitted ,
- nonsense ,
- not on ,
- notional ,
- nuts ,
- nutty ,
- odd ,
- offbeat ,
- open to doubt ,
- optimistic ,
- out of sight ,
- out of the question ,
- outre ,
- overblown ,
- overdone ,
- overgrown ,
- overpriced ,
- oversight ,
- overwrought ,
- oxymoronic ,
- pathetic ,
- peculiar ,
- pie-eyed ,
- pinheaded ,
- pitiable ,
- pixyish ,
- playful ,
- pointless ,
- potty ,
- pretentious ,
- problematic ,
- problematical ,
- prodigious ,
- prohibited ,
- prohibitive ,
- puckish ,
- puerile ,
- punning ,
- purposeless ,
- quaint ,
- queer ,
- question ,
- questionable ,
- quibbling ,
- quixotic ,
- rash ,
- reasonless ,
- reckless ,
- rigmarole ,
- risible ,
- rococo ,
- romantic ,
- scandalous ,
- screwball ,
- screwy ,
- shameful ,
- short-sighted ,
- side-splitting ,
- simpleminded ,
- singular ,
- skyrocketing ,
- slapstick ,
- sloshed ,
- soused ,
- spiraling ,
- starry-eyed ,
- steep ,
- stilted ,
- strained ,
- strange ,
- stretched ,
- stupendous ,
- suspect ,
- suspicious ,
- swinging ,
- taking the cake ,
- tall ,
- tang dynasty ,
- thick ,
- thin ,
- thoughtless ,
- tomfool ,
- too much ,
- towering ,
- unacceptable ,
- unattainable ,
- unbecoming ,
- unbefitting ,
- unbelievable ,
- uncalled-for ,
- uncommon ,
- uncontained ,
- unconvincing ,
- undeserved ,
- undeserving ,
- undiscerning ,
- undue ,
- unearned ,
- unentitled ,
- unfit ,
- ungodly ,
- unheard-of ,
- unimaginable ,
- unimpressive ,
- unique ,
- unjustifiable ,
- unjustified ,
- unlikely ,
- unmatched ,
- unmerited ,
- unperceiving ,
- unperceptive ,
- unproductive ,
- unreal ,
- unrealistic ,
- unrealizable ,
- unreasonable ,
- unreasoning ,
- unrestrained ,
- unsatisfactory ,
- unscientific ,
- unseemly ,
- unsubstantial ,
- unthinkable ,
- unthinking ,
- unusual ,
- unwarranted ,
- unwise ,
- unworkable ,
- unworthy ,
- useless ,
- usurious ,
- vacant ,
- vacuous ,
- vain ,
- vapid ,
- vast ,
- visionary ,
- waggish ,
- warped ,
- wet ,
- whimsical ,
- wild ,
- witless ,
- witty ,
- worthless ,
- would-be .
- rich .
- Absonant ,
- CAMER ,
- Gelastic ,
- Incogitable ,
- Insupposable ,
- Teratoid ,
- all wet ,
- askant ,
- beyond all reason ,
- beyond reason ,
- blue sky ,
- cam ,
- castles in air ,
- castles in the air ,
- casuistic ,
- clownish ,
- counterintuitive ,
- crack-up ,
- crackup ,
- crazy ,
- fairy-tale ,
- fairytale ,
- fantastic ,
- farfetched ,
- foolish ,
- full of hot air ,
- grody ,
- grotesque ,
- har-har ,
- head-strong ,
- ill-conceived ,
- impossible ,
- irrational ,
- laffer ,
- laughing ,
- not following ,
- off-the-wall ,
- out of all reason ,
- out of line ,
- out of place ,
- outlandish ,
- outrageous ,
- over head ,
- overboard ,
- phantasmagorical ,
- pricey ,
- ridiculous ,
- rings phony ,
- rioter ,
- screamer ,
- self-contradictory ,
- self-willed ,
- sheepheaded ,
- silly ,
- sophistical ,
- squinter ,
- strabismic ,
- surrealistic ,
- unconforming ,
- up here ,
- up to here ,
- without basis ,
- without foundation .
- -brained ,
- Barking ,
- adolescent ,
- all ,
- bananas ,
- birdbrain ,
- bovine ,
- bumbling ,
- certifiable ,
- chump ,
- cracked ,
- crackers ,
- cranky ,
- credulous ,
- cretin ,
- dense ,
- dim ,
- dim-witted ,
- ditsy ,
- ditzy ,
- dizzy ,
- dorky ,
- dozy ,
- drivel ,
- dull ,
- empty-headed ,
- farce ,
- fathead ,
- fond ,
- fondly ,
- four-oh-four ,
- gibber ,
- gormless ,
- gullible ,
- half-assed ,
- head ,
- impolitic ,
- inadvisable ,
- infinite ,
- insanely ,
- insanity ,
- joke ,
- judgment ,
- lumpen ,
- lumpish ,
- mental ,
- messed up ,
- mind ,
- misbegotten ,
- namby-pamby ,
- no-account ,
- nut ,
- oafish ,
- obtuse ,
- out of 2 ,
- peabrained ,
- shit ,
- simple-minded ,
- slow ,
- slow-witted ,
- spastic ,
- subnormal ,
- uncritical ,
- uptake ,
- wanky ,
- wisdom ,
- wrongheaded .
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Equivalence
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Adjective
absurd, ludicrous, nonsense, nonsensical.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
aberrant, derisory, disgraceful, disproportionate, exorbitant, idiotic, illogical, insane, pathetic, unbearable, stupid.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
bizarre, crazy, excessive, fallacious, farcical, foolish, grotesque, incongruous, irrational, laughable, meaningless, outrageous, perverse, pointless, ridiculous, senseless, silly, surreal, unreasonable, wrong-headed.
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Interjection
grotesque, outrageous, ridiculous.
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Adjective
What are the hypernyms for Preposterous?
A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
Other hypernyms:
absurd, impossible, inconceivable, incredible, ludicrous, outrageous, ridiculous, far-fetched.
What are the opposite words for preposterous?
The antonyms for the word "preposterous" are "reasonable," "plausible," "feasible," "sensible," "logical," "practical," "rational," "acceptable," "justifiable," "sane," "sound," and "proportional." These words represent the opposite of the absurd, foolish, and irrational implications of "preposterous." These antonyms denote a state of reasonability or feasibility in which something can be accepted as plausible or justifiable. They refer to situations, ideas, or arguments that make sense and do not induce amusement, ridicule or disbelief. The antonyms for "preposterous" serve to provide a balanced perspective and allow for a more constructive and meaningful dialogue.
What are the antonyms for Preposterous?
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adj.
• noun- certain ,
- conceivable ,
- consistent ,
- demonstrable ,
- demonstrated ,
- earnest ,
- established ,
- incontestable ,
- incontrovertible ,
- indisputable ,
- indubitable ,
- infallible ,
- judicious ,
- prudent ,
- realistic ,
- sagacious ,
- sage ,
- sane ,
- sapient ,
- sensible ,
- substantial ,
- true ,
- undeniable ,
- unquestionable ,
- valid ,
- well-advised .
- bad ,
- balanced ,
- believable ,
- credible ,
- good ,
- intelligent ,
- logical ,
- plain ,
- plausible ,
- poor ,
- possible ,
- practical ,
- rational ,
- reasonable ,
- responsible ,
- serious ,
- smart ,
- sound ,
- tenable ,
- wise .
Other relevant words:
Usage examples for Preposterous
It seems preposterous, he said at last.
"The Eye of Dread"
Such a preposterous turn was beyond his comprehension.
"The Eye of Dread"
Occasionally she told Arline that she was not going to the dance, but Arline declined to take seriously so preposterous a declaration.
"Lonesome Land"
Famous quotes with Preposterous
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Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help.
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I wanted to be president of the United States. I really did. The older I get, the less preposterous the idea seems.
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It is preposterous that the current members of the United States Senate and all of their predecessors for more than 200 years haven't been able to read the Constitution and do what it says.
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Every day each of us wakes up, reaches into drawers and closets, pulls out a costume for the day and proceeds to dress in a style that can only be called preposterous.
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Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.
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