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Adjective nonsensical has 2 senses
- absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous - completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
Antonym: wise (indirect, via foolish)
- nonsense, nonsensical - having no intelligible meaning; "nonsense syllables"; "a nonsensical jumble of words"
Antonym: meaningful (indirect, via meaningless)
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