Synonyms for senseless
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Stupid — without consideration, awareness or sound judgement
stupid, unreasonable, absurd, idiotic, nonsensical, unwise, foolish, silly, irrational, fatuous, preposterous, weak, inept, fond, insensate, inane, ludicrous, imbecile, daft, injudicious, goofy informal US CA, extravagant
2. Pointless — lacking meaning or purpose; without common sense
pointless, meaningless, purposeless, empty, superfluous, wasted, hollow, unmeaning, otiose, idle
3. Insensible — without feeling or desire to work; deprived of sensation
4. Mindless
Other
witless, nitwitted informal, unintelligent, cock-eyed, stolid
Definitions
- adj. 1
Without feeling or desire to work; deprived of sensation.
The blow to his head rendered him senseless; he didn’t awaken until he was in the ambulance.
- adj. 2
Lacking meaning or purpose; without common sense.
What a senseless waste of money.
- adj. 3
Without consideration, awareness or sound judgement
He took senseless risks, not even aware of the danger he was in.
- adj. 4
Without a discernible meaning or purpose, especially of a violent or evil act.
The school shooting was a senseless act of violence.
Related words
- Word family
- sense senselessly senselessness
Example sentences
- absurd Do you really not see how absurd your question is?
- unreasonable You can't reason with someone who is unreasonable.
- idiotic It's the most idiotic thing I've seen in my life.
- nonsensical Absolutely nonsensical things happen in this world.
- pointless It's pointless to try to stop Tom from doing that.
- meaningless Absolutely meaningless; everything is meaningless.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| senseless | rising | |
| absurd | steady | |
| unreasonable | falling | |
| idiotic | rising | |
| nonsensical | rising | |
| pointless | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- weak1, fond1, idle2, daft1
- 5 letters
- empty2, silly2, goofy2, inept2, inert2, inane2
- 6 letters
- stupid2, wasted2, absurd2, hollow2, unwise2, stolid2, otiose3
- 7 letters
- foolish2, idiotic4, witless2, fatuous3
- 8 letters
- mindless2, imbecile3
- 9 letters
- pointless2, ludicrous3, brainless2, unfeeling3, insensate, unmeaning, nitwitted
- 10 letters
- irrational4, insensible4, insentient, reasonless
- 11 letters
- unconscious3, meaningless3, extravagant4, nonsensical4, superfluous3, purposeless3, injudicious4
- 12 letters
- unreasonable4, preposterous4
- 13 letters
- unintelligent
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idle2 = 2 syllables).