Synonyms of the word ridiculous


RIDICULOUSABSURD - COCKEYED - DERISORY - FARCICAL - FOOLISH - HUMOROUS - HUMOUROUS - IDIOTIC - LAUGHABLE - LUDICROUS - NONSENSICAL - PATHETIC - PREPOSTEROUS - SILLY - UNDIGNIFIED

ridiculous

  • adj. Deserving of ridicule; foolish; absurd.

absurd

  • adj. Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the…
  • adj. (obsolete) Inharmonious; dissonant.
  • adj. Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.
  • adj. Dealing with absurdism.
  • n. (obsolete) An absurdity.
  • n. (philosophy, often preceded by the) The opposition between the human search for meaning in life and the…

cockeyed

  • adj. (US) Having both eyes oriented inward.
  • adj. (US) Crooked or askew.
  • adj. (US, informal) Absurd, silly, or stupid; usually used in reference to ideas rather than people.
  • adj. Drunk.

derisory

  • adj. Laughably small or inadequate.
  • adj. derisive; laughable; ridiculous.

farcical

  • adj. resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.

foolish

  • adj. (of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
  • adj. Resembling or characteristic of a fool.

humorous

  • adj. Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.
  • adj. Showing humor; witty, jocular.
  • adj. (obsolete) Damp or watery.
  • adj. (obsolete) Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.

humourous

  • adj. (chiefly Britain, uncommon, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of humorous.

idiotic

  • adj. Pertaining to or resembling an idiot; afflicted with idiocy.
  • adj. Having the quality of idiocy; very foolish; stupid; nonsensical.

laughable

  • adj. Fitted to excite laughter; humorous.
  • adj. Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.

ludicrous

  • adj. Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny.
  • adj. Amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd.

nonsensical

  • adj. Without sense; unmeaning; absurd; foolish; irrational; preposterous.

pathetic

  • adj. Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion.
  • adj. Arousing scornful pity or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy.
  • adj. (obsolete) Expressing or showing anger; passionate.

preposterous

  • adj. Absurd, or contrary to common sense.

silly

  • adj. Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
  • adj. (chiefly Scotland, obsolete) Blessed, particularly.
  • adj. (now chiefly Scotland and Northern England, rare) Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly.
  • adj. (now rural Britain, rare) Simple, plain, particularly.
  • adj. Mentally simple, foolish, particularly.
  • adj. (cricket, of a fielding position) Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.
  • adv. (now regional or colloquial) Sillily: in a silly manner.
  • n. (with 'the') The class of silly people collectively.
  • n. (colloquial) A silly person.
  • n. (affectionate, gently pejorative) A term of address.
  • n. (colloquial) A mistake.

undignified

  • adj. lacking in or damaging to dignity.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of undignify.

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