FOLLY
Dictionary entry overview: What does folly mean?
• FOLLY (noun)
The noun FOLLY has 4 senses:
1. the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
2. a stupid mistake
3. the quality of being rash and foolish
4. foolish or senseless behavior
Familiarity information: FOLLY used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• FOLLY (noun)
Meaning:
The trait of acting stupidly or rashly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
folly; foolishness; unwiseness
Hypernyms ("folly" is a kind of...):
trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "folly"):
indiscretion; injudiciousness (the trait of being injudicious)
absurdity; fatuity; fatuousness; silliness (a ludicrous folly)
asininity (the quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness)
Antonym:
wisdom (the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight)
Meaning:
A stupid mistake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
betise; stupidity; imbecility; folly; foolishness
Hypernyms ("folly" is a kind of...):
error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)
Meaning:
The quality of being rash and foolish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
craziness; foolishness; folly; madness
Context examples:
trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly / adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness
Hypernyms ("folly" is a kind of...):
stupidity (a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience)
Meaning:
Foolish or senseless behavior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
foolery; tomfoolery; lunacy; craziness; folly; indulgence
Hypernyms ("folly" is a kind of...):
caper; frolic; gambol; play; romp (gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "folly"):
meshugaas; mishegaas; mishegoss ((Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity)
buffoonery; clowning; frivolity; harlequinade; japery; prank (acting like a clown or buffoon)
