Synonyms for paradoxical
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Self-contradictory
2. Puzzling
puzzling, absurd, mysterious, incomprehensible, inconceivable
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having self-contradictory properties.
Related words
- Phrases
- paradoxical frog paradoxical sleep
- Other spellings
- paradoxic
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A paradoxical statement appears at first thought contradictory or absurd, while it may be really true.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- contradictory What they say is contradictory to their feelings.
- absurd Do you really not see how absurd your question is?
- puzzling Korean is a puzzling language to learn, isn't it?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| paradoxical | rising | |
| contradictory | rising | |
| oxymoronic | rising | |
| absurd | steady | |
| puzzling | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- absurd2
- 8 letters
- puzzling3
- 10 letters
- mysterious4, oxymoronic, riddlelike
- 13 letters
- contradictory5, inconceivable5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (absurd2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- paradoxal
- Italiano
- paradossale
- Deutsch
- Paradox