All foolery synonyms

noun foolery

• amusement — Amusement is the feeling that you have when you think that something is funny or amusing.
• nonsense — words or language having little or no sense or meaning.
• irrationality — the quality or condition of being irrational.
• silliness — weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish: a silly writer.
• craziness — mentally deranged; demented; insane.
• lunacy — insanity; mental disorder.
• bunk — A bunk is a bed that is fixed to a wall, especially in a ship or caravan.
• folly — the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense.
• insanity — the condition of being insane; a derangement of the mind. Synonyms: dementia, lunacy, madness, craziness, mania, aberration.
• stupidity — the state, quality, or fact of being stupid.
• rubbish — worthless, unwanted material that is rejected or thrown out; debris; litter; trash.
• indiscretion — lack of discretion; imprudence.
• absurdity — the quality or state of being absurd; nonsense
• irresponsibility — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
• joke — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
• celebration — A celebration is a special enjoyable event that people organize because something pleasant has happened or because it is someone's birthday or anniversary.
• pastime — something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport: to play cards as a pastime.
• joy — a female given name.
• pleasure — the state or feeling of being pleased.
• sport — an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
• laughter — the action or sound of laughing.
• distraction — the act of distracting.
• match — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
• caricature — A caricature of someone is a drawing or description of them that exaggerates their appearance or behaviour in a humorous or critical way.
• mockery — ridicule, contempt, or derision.
• sarcasm — harsh or bitter derision or irony.
• jeer — to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely: Don't jeer unless you can do better.
• disdain — to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
• satire — the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
• derision — If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them.
• taunt — to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.
• scorn — open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
• contempt — If you have contempt for someone or something, you have no respect for them or think that they are unimportant.
• parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
• taunting — to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.
• idiocy — utterly senseless or foolish behavior; a stupid or foolish act, statement, etc.: All this talk of zombies coming to attack us is pure idiocy.
• nuttiness — abounding in or producing nuts.
• inanity — lack of sense, significance, or ideas; silliness.
• claptrap — If you describe something that someone says as claptrap, you mean that it is stupid or foolish although it may sound important.
• weakness — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
• insensibility — incapable of feeling or perceiving; deprived of sensation; unconscious, as a person after a violent blow.
• imprudence — not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
• senselessness — destitute or deprived of sensation; unconscious.
• poppycock — nonsense; bosh.
• impracticality — not practical or useful.
• tommyrot — nonsense; utter foolishness.
• twaddle — trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious talk or writing.
• mistake — an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
• absurdness — utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false: an absurd explanation.
• unwise — not wise; foolish; imprudent; lacking in good sense or judgment: an unwise choice; an unwise man.