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Synonyms for inane

Most common

silly vacuous vapid fatuous tired characterless

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Silly — lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance

silly, stupid, fatuous, vapid, vacuous, asinine, pointless, empty-headed, dumb, brainless, frivolous, unintelligent, dull, simple, trifling, vain, empty, flimsy, void, vacant, idiotic, moronic

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.

Related words

Word family
inanely inanery inanity

Example sentences

  • silly Tom gets confused and says silly things sometimes.
  • vacuous Another unbearably vacuous title!
  • vapid What kind of vapid comments will I get on this sentence?
  • fatuous This is going to sound completely fatuous, but it's my honest answer.
  • tired I'm getting tired of driving on this winding road.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
inanerising
sillyrising
vacuousrising
vapidrising
fatuousfalling
tiredrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
dumb1, void1, dull1, vain1
5 letters
tired2, empty2, silly2, vapid2
6 letters
simple2, stupid2, vacant2, flimsy2
7 letters
idiotic4, moronic, asinine3, vacuous3, fatuous3
8 letters
trifling2
9 letters
pointless2, frivolous3, brainless2
13 letters
unintelligent, characterless

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tired2 = 2 syllables).

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