Futile : synonyms and lexical field

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Looking for words with meaning close to 'futile': discover synonyms for the word futile, such as fruitless or vain.

The lexical field offers related words, which refer to the same idea, the same concept as futile. It is common for a word to have several meanings. In this case, the context of the word helps to determine its correct meaning.
Example of words in the same lexical field as "": fruitless and vain.


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Synonyms for futile sorted by degree of synonymy

List of synonyms for futile Degree of synonymy of futile Frequency in the language
fruitless
   103 0.45  
vain
   97 6.51  
useless
   97 19.94  
unproductive
   95 0.27  
ineffectual
   94 0.45  
unavailing
   94 0.06  
otiose
   91  
bootless
   90 0.06  
sleeveless
   79 0.10  
pointless
   74 3.59  
unsuccessful
   70 0.86  
counterproductive
   70 0.27  
meaningless
   69 4.86  
hopeless
   69 8.94  
ineffective
   68 0.59  
superfluous
   68 0.45  
irrelevant
   67 5.14  
unnecessary
   67 6.20  
absurd
   66 9.71  
worthless
   66 9.27  

Lexical field of "futile"

fruitless
vain
useless
unproductive
ineffectual
unavailing
otiose
bootless
sleeveless
pointless
unsuccessful
counterproductive
meaningless
hopeless
ineffective
superfluous
irrelevant
unnecessary
absurd
worthless
nonsensical
abortive
illusory
frivolous
moot
mindless
unhelpful
silly
wasteful
needless
unworkable
helpless
trivial
inconclusive
barren
feasible
senseless
elusive
hollow
useful
meaningful
empty
unusable
petty
simply
pious
false
redundant
infertile
sterile