Qualities

Synonyms for absurdity

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineQualities

a ludicrous folly

The crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

silliness

Same sentence, swapped: The crowd laughed at the silliness of the clown's behavior.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for absurdity as it is used in the sentence above.

indiscretion
futility
jargon

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