{
  "ludicrousness":{
    "as in absurdity , irony":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "absurdity",
        "irony",
        "laughableness",
        "ridiculousness",
        "amusement",
        "enjoyment",
        "fun",
        "pleasure",
        "whimsicality",
        "wittiness",
        "wryness",
        "comedy",
        "comic",
        "comicality",
        "drollery",
        "drollness",
        "funniness",
        "hilariousness",
        "humor",
        "humorousness",
        "richness",
        "uproariousness",
        "burlesque",
        "caricature",
        "farce",
        "jest",
        "lampoon",
        "parody",
        "satire",
        "slapstick",
        "spoof",
        "takeoff",
        "jocularity",
        "jokiness",
        "playfulness",
        "waggishness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "pathos",
        "agony",
        "anguish",
        "dolor",
        "grief",
        "heartache",
        "heartbreak",
        "misery",
        "sorrow",
        "torment",
        "torture",
        "tribulation",
        "woe",
        "gravity",
        "seriousness",
        "soberness",
        "solemnity",
        "solemnness",
        "somberness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "ludicrous":{
    "causing or intended to cause laughter":{
      "examples":[
        "the ludicrous sight of their teacher in a Halloween costume"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "antic",
        "chucklesome",
        "comedic",
        "comic",
        "comical",
        "droll",
        "farcical",
        "funny",
        "hilarious",
        "humoristic",
        "humorous",
        "hysterical",
        "hysteric",
        "killing",
        "laughable",
        "ridiculous",
        "riotous",
        "risible",
        "screaming",
        "sidesplitting",
        "uproarious"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "amusing",
        "diverting",
        "entertaining",
        "clownish",
        "knockabout",
        "slapstick",
        "slapsticky",
        "zany",
        "facetious",
        "flip",
        "flippant",
        "pert",
        "smart",
        "smart-aleck",
        "smart-alecky",
        "snickery",
        "jocular",
        "playful",
        "waggish",
        "campy",
        "jokey",
        "joky",
        "priceless",
        "rich",
        "whimsical",
        "witty",
        "wry",
        "blithesome",
        "gleeful",
        "jocose",
        "jocund",
        "jolly",
        "jovial",
        "laughing",
        "mad",
        "merry",
        "mirthful"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "earnest",
        "grave",
        "no-nonsense",
        "sedate",
        "serious",
        "severe",
        "sober",
        "sobersided",
        "solemn",
        "somber",
        "sombre",
        "staid",
        "unsmiling",
        "weighty",
        "affecting",
        "moving",
        "poignant",
        "touching",
        "tragic",
        "tragical",
        "lachrymose",
        "mournful",
        "sad",
        "sorrowful",
        "tearful",
        "woeful"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "humorless",
        "lame",
        "unamusing",
        "uncomic",
        "unfunny",
        "unhumorous",
        "unhysterical"
      ]
    },
    "so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter":{
      "examples":[
        "a ludicrous and easily detected attempt to forge his father's signature on a note to school"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "absurd",
        "cockamamy",
        "cockamamie",
        "comical",
        "derisive",
        "derisory",
        "farcical",
        "laughable",
        "pathetic",
        "preposterous",
        "ridiculous",
        "risible",
        "silly"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "asinine",
        "brainless",
        "dumb",
        "fatuous",
        "foolish",
        "half-baked",
        "half-witted",
        "harebrained",
        "idiotic",
        "idiotical",
        "imbecile",
        "imbecilic",
        "inane",
        "jerky",
        "moronic",
        "nonsensical",
        "simpleminded",
        "stupid",
        "unwise",
        "weak-minded",
        "witless",
        "balmy",
        "cockeyed",
        "crazy",
        "cuckoo",
        "daffy",
        "daft",
        "dotty",
        "insane",
        "kooky",
        "kookie",
        "loony",
        "looney",
        "lunatic",
        "mad",
        "nutty",
        "screwball",
        "senseless",
        "wacky",
        "whacky",
        "fantastic",
        "fantastical",
        "far-fetched",
        "inconceivable",
        "incredible",
        "unbelievable",
        "unreal",
        "unrealistic",
        "unreasonable",
        "illogical",
        "irrational"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "earnest",
        "serious",
        "solemn",
        "believable",
        "conceivable",
        "credible",
        "logical",
        "rational",
        "realistic",
        "reasonable",
        "sensible"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  }
}