[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

absurd \absurd"\ a^bs^urd", a. l. absurdus
   harsh-sounding; ab + prob a derivative fr. a root svar to
   sound; not connected with surd: cf. f. absurde. see
   syringe.
   contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed
   to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of
   common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical;
   ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an
   absurd dream.
   1913 webster

         this proffer is absurd and reasonless.   --shak.
   1913 webster

         'this phrase absurd to call a villain great. --pope.
                                                  --p. 9
   1913 webster

   syn: foolish; irrational; ridiculous; preposterous;
        inconsistent; incongruous.

   usage: absurd, irrational, foolish, preposterous. of
          these terms, irrational is the weakest, denoting that
          which is plainly inconsistent with the dictates of
          sound reason; as, an irrational course of life.
          foolish rises higher, and implies either a perversion
          of that faculty, or an absolute weakness or fatuity of
          mind; as, foolish enterprises. absurd rises still
          higher, denoting that which is plainly opposed to
          received notions of propriety and truth; as, an absurd
          man, project, opinion, story, argument, etc.
          preposterous rises still higher, and supposes an
          absolute inversion in the order of things; or, in
          plain terms, a "putting of the cart before the horse;"
          as, a preposterous suggestion, preposterous conduct, a
          preposterous regulation or law.
          1913 webster
see also:
syringe absurd irrational foolish preposterous 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

absurd \absurd"\ a^bs^urd", n.
   an absurdity. obs. --pope.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

absurd
     adj 1: inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the
            absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is
            highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- walter
            lippman syn: unreasonable
     2: completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; "the absurd
        excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed
        idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical
        answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it
        is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous
        attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited
        assumption of universal interest in her rather dull
        children was ridiculous" syn: cockeyed, derisory, idiotic,
         laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous,
        ridiculous
see also:
unreasonable cockeyed derisory idiotic laughable ludicrous 
nonsensical preposterous ridiculous 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

147 moby thesaurus words for "absurd":
   pickwickian, a bit thick, a bit thin, abnormal, amusing, anomalous,
   asinine, balmy, barred, beyond belief, bizarre, childish,
   closed-out, cockamamie, comic, contrary to reason, crazy, curious,
   daft, disproportionate, doubtable, doubtful, droll, dubious,
   dubitable, eccentric, empty, excluded, extravagant, fantastic,
   farcical, fatuitous, fatuous, foolish, freaked out, freaky, funny,
   futile, grotesque, hard of belief, hard to believe, harebrained,
   high-flown, hilarious, hollow, hopeless, humorous, idiotic, idle,
   illogical, imbecile, imbecilic, implausible, impossible, inane,
   incoherent, incommensurable, incommensurate, incompatible,
   inconceivable, incongruous, inconsequent, inconsistent,
   inconsonant, incredible, insane, irrational, irreconcilable, kooky,
   laughable, logically impossible, loony, ludicrous, mad,
   meaningless, monstrous, moronic, nonsensical, not deserving belief,
   not possible, nuts, nutty, odd, oddball, off, off the wall,
   open to doubt, open to suspicion, out, out of proportion,
   outlandish, outrageous, outre, oxymoronic, paradoxical,
   passing belief, passing strange, peculiar, poppycockish, potty,
   preposterous, priceless, problematic, prohibited, quaint, queer,
   questionable, quizzical, rich, ridiculous, risible, rubbishy,
   ruled-out, screaming, self-contradictory, senseless, silly, simple,
   singular, skimble-skamble, staggering belief, strange, stupid,
   suspect, suspicious, tall, thick, thin, trashy, twaddling, twaddly,
   unbelievable, unconvincing, unearthly, ungodly, unimaginable,
   unreasonable, unsound, unthinkable, unworthy of belief, vain,
   wacky, weird, whimsical, wild, witty, wondrous strange

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