: complacently or inanely foolish : silly a fatuous remark a fatuous socialite with a near-pathological love of parties and shopping Janet Maslin fatuously adverb fatuousness noun Did …

See synonyms for: fatuous / fatuousness on Thesaurus.com. adjective. foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly; witless. Archaic. unreal; illusory.

fatuous (adjective) fatuous / ˈ fætʃuwəs/ adjective. Britannica Dictionary definition of FATUOUS. [more fatuous; most fatuous] : foolish or stupid. fatuous remarks. fatuous notions.

fatuous adjective See Dictionary Definition 1 as in stupid not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily the fatuous questions that the audience members asked after the lecture suggested to the oceanographer that they had understood little Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance stupid dumb simple slow idiotic foolish vacuous thick dull

formal uk / ˈfætʃ.u.əs / us / ˈfætʃ.u.əs / stupid, not correct, or not carefully thought about: a fatuous idea Synonyms asinine formal inane mindless disapproving vacuous formal SMART …

formal us / ˈfætʃ.u.əs / uk / ˈfætʃ.u.əs / stupid, not correct, or not carefully thought about: a fatuous idea Synonyms asinine formal inane mindless disapproving vacuous formal SMART …

fat·u·ous. Foolish or silly, especially in a smug or self-satisfied way: "an era of delicious, fatuous optimism shaped by the belief that enough good will on the part of people like ourselves could repair anything" (Shirley Abbott). See Synonyms at foolish. [From Latin fatuus .]

Fatuous means lacking intelligence. When your mother outlaws calling your brother stupid, use fatuous instead. Fatuous derives from the Latin fatuus meaning "foolish." It sounds like it …

fatuous Foolish; foolishly conceited; feebly or stupidly self-sufficient; unconsciously silly: applied both to persons and to their acts. fatuous Idiotic; demented; imbecile. fatuous Unreal; illusory, like the ignis fatuus. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (adj) Fatuous fat′ū-us silly: imbecile: without reality—also Fatū′itous Etymology

synonyms for fatuous Compare Synonyms absurd asinine birdbrained boneheaded brainless dense dull foolish idiotic imbecile inane insensate jerky lamebrained ludicrous lunatic mad mindless moronic puerile sappy silly simple vacuous witless See also synonyms for: fatuousness antonyms for fatuous MOST RELEVANT aware bright intelligent keen sensible