NINCOMPOOPERY Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

nincompoopery

noun

as in idiocy

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Noun

There's always been an element of complete idiocy in the culture.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Forty years on, Spy magazine is best remembered, not unjustly, as the first entity to call out Trump for his tackiness, villainy, and arrant idiocy.

— David Kamp, Air Mail, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of idiocy

Noun

Use these Prime Day leftovers as a chance to restock cleaning essentials before the holiday hosting craziness begins.

— Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026
Jacksonville has a successful Triple-A franchise, the Jumbo Shrimp, that won its league last year, bringing fun theme nights, quirky mascots and between-inning craziness.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of craziness

Noun

Adding to the mind-blowing zaniness of the piece?

— Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 12 June 2026
As was the case in the first season as well, the finale escalates to a place of thrilling zaniness, with a little less ultimate emotional gravitas this time around.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026

Definition of zaniness

Noun

But the flight to extremism, and the metastasizing inanity, is a two-party problem, and those of us who are Democrats and who care about the importance of regrowing the dormant (if not dead) political center have an obligation to try to do something about it.

— Jeffrey Robbins, Boston Herald, 4 May 2026
The post-liberals stand for cruelty and inanity, but Brooks can’t admit to standing for much of anything at all.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026

Definition of inanity

Noun

Early on, Sakurai exploits the inherent absurdity of telling a story populated by so many ludicrous characters.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Unlike Gregor Samsa who is confined to his room after transforming into a huge insect, the protagonist still has to go to work, a dark and bleak absurdity that lays bare the alienation, isolation, and hypocrisy of modern life.

— Deadline, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of absurdity

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For Bob, 56 years old at the time, this was not an isolated act of concert-going lunacy.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
Games and traditions alike were severely altered or outright shut down as a result of the pandemic and its accompanying lunacy, and the Florida Gators' football program especially felt the brunt of this.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of lunacy

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