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

preposterous \prepos"terous\, a. l. praeposterus; prae before
   + posterus coming after, latter. see posterior.
   1913 webster
   1. having that first which ought to be last; inverted in
      order. obs.
      1913 webster

            the method i take may be censured as preposterous,
            because i thus treat last of the antediluvian earth,
            which was first in the order of nature. --woodward.
      1913 webster

   2. contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to the end;
      utterly and glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd;
      perverted. "most preposterous conclusions." --shak.
      1913 webster

            preposterous ass, that never read so far --shak.
      1913 webster

   syn: absurd; perverted; wrong; irrational; foolish;
        monstrous. see absurd.
        1913 webster -- prepos"terously, adv.
        -prepos"terousness, n.
        1913 webster
see also:
posterior absurd prepos"terously prepos"terousness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

preposterous
     adj : 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: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic,
            laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, ridiculous
see also:
absurd cockeyed derisory idiotic laughable ludicrous 
nonsensical ridiculous 

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

139 moby thesaurus words for "preposterous":
   gothic, a bit thick, a bit thin, absurd, asinine, balmy, barmy,
   baroque, barred, batty, beyond belief, bizarre, brain-born,
   closed-out, cockamamie, contrary to reason, crazy, cuckoo,
   cutthroat, dotty, doubtable, doubtful, dream-built, dubious,
   dubitable, exacting, excessive, excluded, exorbitant, extortionate,
   extraordinary, extravagant, extreme, fanciful, fancy, fancy-born,
   fancy-built, fancy-woven, fantasque, fantastic, fatuitous, fatuous,
   florid, foolish, gouging, grossly overpriced, grotesque,
   hard of belief, hard to believe, harebrained, high-flown, hopeless,
   idiotic, imbecilic, immoderate, implausible, impossible,
   inconceivable, incredible, inflationary, inordinate, insane,
   irrational, laughable, logically impossible, loony, ludicrous, mad,
   maggoty, mindless, monstrous, moronic, nonmeritorious, nonsensical,
   not coming, not deserving belief, not outstanding, not possible,
   notional, nutty, open to doubt, open to suspicion, out of bounds,
   out of sight, outlandish, outrageous, outre, overpriced,
   oxymoronic, paradoxical, passing belief, poppycockish, potty,
   problematic, prohibited, prohibitive, questionable, ridiculous,
   risible, rococo, ruled-out, screwy, self-contradictory, senseless,
   silly, skyrocketing, spiraling, staggering belief, suspect,
   suspicious, tall, thick, thin, unbelievable, unconscionable,
   unconvincing, undeserved, undeserving, undue, unearned, unearthly,
   unentitled, ungodly, unimaginable, unjustified, unmerited,
   unmeriting, unowed, unowing, unreasonable, unthinkable,
   unwarranted, unworthy, unworthy of belief, usurious, wacky, weird,
   whimsical, wild

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