preposterous
Meaning of preposterous
- contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous.
a preposterous suggestion
mid 16th century: from Latin praeposterus ‘reversed, absurd’ (from prae ‘before’ + posterus ‘coming after’) + -ous.
Information about preposterous
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of preposterous
pre-pos-ter-ous
- It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
- preposterous is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
preposterous synonyms
Meaning absurd:
absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, ridiculous
Meaning lacking good sense or judgement; unwise:
Meaning having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense:
Meaning relating to or resembling farce, especially because of absurd or ridiculous aspects:
Meaning amusing, especially in a ludicrous or absurd way:
Meaning provoking laughter through being ludicrous:
Meaning extremely stupid or foolish:
Meaning lacking sense or meaning; silly:
Meaning having little or no sense, use, or purpose:
Meaning (of a person) unconscious:
Meaning extremely foolish; irrational:
Meaning not guided by or based on good sense:
Meaning not logical or reasonable:
Meaning lacking sense or clear, sound reasoning:
Meaning wildly exaggerated or improbable:
Meaning causing indignation or disgust; offensive:
Meaning extremely surprising or impressive; amazing:
Meaning having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster:
Meaning not able to be believed; unlikely to be true:
Meaning impossible to believe:
Meaning (of a situation or event) too unlikely or undesirable to be considered a possibility:
Meaning foolish:
preposterous antonyms
Meaning having sound judgement; fair and sensible:
Meaning done or chosen in accordance with wisdom or prudence; likely to be of benefit:
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