Synonyms for idiotic
- adjective
Most common
ridiculous nonsensical brainless fatuous nitty crack brained idiotish idiotical
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Foolish — having the quality of idiocy; very foolish
foolish, stupid, nonsensical, ridiculous, fatuous, brainless, imbecile, imbecilic, daft, absurd, dumb, ludicrous, laughable, preposterous, retarded, insane, crazy, senseless, half-baked, goofy informal US CA, simple, derisory
Other
crack brained, nitty, idiotish, idiotical, idiotistic informal, looney
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having the quality of idiocy; very foolish
Related words
- Word family
- idiotical idioticity idiocy idiot idiotically idioticness
Example sentences
- ridiculous That's the most ridiculous movie I have ever seen.
- nonsensical Absolutely nonsensical things happen in this world.
- brainless What did Brainless and Unhappy do?
- fatuous This is going to sound completely fatuous, but it's my honest answer.
- nitty Let's get down to the nitty-gritty.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| idiotic | rising | |
| ridiculous | rising | |
| nonsensical | rising | |
| brainless | rising | |
| fatuous | falling | |
| nitty | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- dumb1, daft1
- 5 letters
- crazy2, goofy2, nitty2
- 6 letters
- simple2, stupid2, insane2, absurd2, looney2
- 7 letters
- foolish2, fatuous3
- 8 letters
- retarded3, imbecile3, derisory, idiotish
- 9 letters
- senseless2, ludicrous3, laughable3, brainless2, imbecilic, idiotical
- 10 letters
- ridiculous4, idiotistic
- 11 letters
- nonsensical4
- 12 letters
- preposterous4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (crazy2 = 2 syllables).