Synonyms for illogical
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Incoherent
incoherent, garbled, disjointed, confused, unconnected, disconnected, disordered, scattered
2. Absurd
absurd, irrational, unsound, fallacious, illogic, weak, unreasoning, inconclusive
Other
inconsequential, chop logic, illegitimate, inconsequent, choplogical rare, unlogical rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning.
I received an illogical reply and that left me standing there feeling confused.
Example sentences
- confused Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism.
- incoherent A thousand incoherent ideas swirled around my mind.
- disjointed Tom's speech was convoluted and disjointed and was very hard to follow.
- garbled Many programs leave Japanese text garbled and unreadable.
- absurd Do you really not see how absurd your question is?
- irrational Tom has an irrational fear of socialized medicine.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| illogical | steady | |
| confused | rising | |
| incoherent | rising | |
| disjointed | rising | |
| garbled | rising | |
| absurd | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- weak1
- 6 letters
- absurd2
- 7 letters
- unsound2, garbled2, illogic3
- 8 letters
- confused2
- 9 letters
- scattered2, unlogical
- 10 letters
- irrational4, incoherent4, disordered3, disjointed3, fallacious3
- 11 letters
- unconnected4, unreasoning3, choplogical
- 12 letters
- disconnected4, illegitimate5, inconclusive4, inconsequent
- 15 letters
- inconsequential5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (absurd2 = 2 syllables).