foolish

DEFINITIONS OF: foolish

“foolish remarks”

“a foolish decision”

Synonyms: inadvisable, unadvisable
not prudent or wise; not recommended; ill-advised, unadvised
without careful prior deliberation or counsel; impolitic
not politic; imprudent
not prudent or wise; absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous
incongruous;inviting ridicule; asinine, fatuous, inane, mindless, vacuous
devoid of intelligence; cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany
ludicrous, foolish; fond
absurd or silly because unlikely; harebrained, insane, mad
very foolish; ill-conceived, misguided
poorly conceived or thought out; rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty
lacking sense or discretion; unwise
showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom

Antonyms:: wise
having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; advisable
worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise; advised, well-advised
having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel; politic
marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness; prudent
careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; all-knowing, omniscient
infinitely wise; perspicacious, sagacious, sapient
acutely insightful and wise; owlish
resembling an owl; solemn and wise in appearance; sapiential
characterized by wisdom, especially the wisdom of God; sage
having wisdom that comes with age and experience; show more antonyms...

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