Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun absurdity

2 senses of absurdity

Sense 1
absurdity, absurdness, ridiculousness -- (a message whose content is at variance with reason)
       => nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum -- (a message that seems to convey no meaning)

Sense 2
absurdity, fatuity, fatuousness, silliness -- (a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior")
       => folly, foolishness, unwiseness -- (the trait of acting stupidly or rashly)