absurd

Meaning

Adj

1. Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly.
2. (obsolete) Inharmonious; dissonant.
3. Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.
4. Dealing with absurdism.

Noun

1. (obsolete) An absurdity.
2. The opposition between the human search for meaning in life and the inability to find any; the state or condition in which man exists in an irrational universe and his life has no meaning outside of his existence.

Synonyms

nonsensical

ridiculous

unreasonable

foolish

preposterous

ludicrous

senseless

silly

stupid

laughable

irrational

nonsense

crazy

outrageous

farcical

useless

rash

meaningless

excessive

wild

absurdity

idiotic

awful

cockeyed

derisory

reckless

futile

inept

unthinkable

incoherent

unbelievable

extraordinary

comical

illogical

odd

dreadful

savage

senselessness

reasonless

funny

😄

absonant

pointless

lunacy

mindless

amazing

insane

fierce

barmy

contradictory

incongruous

Translations

absurdo

absurde

assurdo

absurd

absurdo

absurd

albern

unsinnig

onzinnig

widersinnig

absurd

ongerijmd

absurdus

saçma

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əbˈsɜːd/

Etymology

First attested in 1557. From Middle French absurde, from Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”), from ab (“away from, out”) + surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”). Compare surd.