nonsensicalness
State of gibberish
The quality of being nonsensical—lacking sense, logic, or coherent meaning.
The word is rare and unwieldy; most speakers prefer *nonsense* or *absurdity* instead: The sheer nonsensicalness of the proposal left the committee speechless.
Quality of being laughable
- preposterousnessQuality of being ridiculous
- ludicrousnessQuality of being laughable
- farcicalityQuality of being ludicrous
- bizarrenessQuality of extreme strangeness
outlandishness · zaniness · incongruity · grotesqueness · whimsicality · cockamamie · asinine · harebrained
Being impossible to grasp
- unintelligibilityCannot be understood
- bewildermentState of being baffled
- perplexityMental state of confusion
- bafflementMental state of confusion
mystification · befuddlement · puzzlement · inscrutability · obscurity · opacity · impenetrability · murkiness
Failure to make sense
- irrationalityAbsence of logic
- unreasonablenessLack of sound judgment
- fallacyError in reasoning
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
paradox · inconsistency · invalidity · unreason · groundlessness · baselessness · speciousness · sophistry
Comedy rooted in meaninglessness
- dadaismAbsurdist artistic movement
- silly walksComically exaggerated locomotion
- word playLinguistic humor technique
- punsJokes using sound similarities
malapropism · spoonerism · jabberwocky · limericks · slapstick · farce · parody · satire
Hazy and fantastical
- kafkaesqueNightmarishly illogical and bureaucratic
- phantasmagoricBizarrely dreamlike and shifting
- hallucinatorySeeming falsely perceived
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
chimerical · dreamscape · distorted · unreal · fantastical · metamorphosis · absurdist
ridiculousness
Quality of being laughable
- preposterousnessQuality of being ridiculous
- ludicrousnessQuality of being laughable
- farcicalityQuality of being ludicrous
bizarreness · outlandishness · zaniness · incongruity · grotesqueness · whimsicality · cockamamie · asinine · harebrained · tomfoolery
incomprehensibility
Being impossible to grasp
- unintelligibilityCannot be understood
- bewildermentState of being baffled
- perplexityMental state of confusion
bafflement · mystification · befuddlement · puzzlement · inscrutability · obscurity · opacity · impenetrability · murkiness · garble
incoherence
Failure to make sense
- irrationalityAbsence of logic
- unreasonablenessLack of sound judgment
- fallacyError in reasoning
contradiction · paradox · inconsistency · invalidity · unreason · groundlessness · baselessness · speciousness · sophistry · non sequitur
absurdist comedy
Comedy rooted in meaninglessness
- dadaismAbsurdist artistic movement
- silly walksComically exaggerated locomotion
- word playLinguistic humor technique
puns · malapropism · spoonerism · jabberwocky · limericks · slapstick · farce · parody · satire · wit
dreamlike
Hazy and fantastical
- kafkaesqueNightmarishly illogical and bureaucratic
- phantasmagoricBizarrely dreamlike and shifting
- hallucinatorySeeming falsely perceived
otherworldly · chimerical · dreamscape · distorted · unreal · fantastical · metamorphosis · absurdist
nonsensicalnessrationality
Sound judgment quality
coherence · reasonableness · sensibleness · soundness · validity
nonsensicalnessmeaningfulness
Quality of having purpose
significance · intelligibility · sensibility · comprehensibility · clarity
nonsensicalnesswisdom
Good judgment from experience
insight · sagacity · perception · perspicacity · profundity
sense, nonsense, sensitive, consent, sensation, sensible, senseless, nonsensical, sensory