12 Letter Words for Preposterous
preposterous
10 Letter Words for Preposterous
porteouses, prepostors, prosperous, reproposes, streperous, superports, superstore, supporters, trooperess
9 Letter Words for Preposterous
oppressor, outropers, pesterous, porteress, portouses, postrorse, posturers, preposter, prepostor, prestores, proestrus, properest, proposers, proptoses, proteoses, proteuses, purportes, reopposes, reoppress, reposures, repropose, repurpose, resprouts, restopper, resupport, resuppose, retrousse, stroppers, stuporose, superport, superpose, superpros, supporter, uprestore, uprooters
8 Letter Words for Preposterous
esotrope, espouser, opposers, opposure, outpeeps, outpeers, outpress, outroper, outropes, perusers, poetress, porpesse, porteous, portesse, portress, postpose, posturer, postures, preerupt, preposes, preroute, presorts, pressure, presters, prestore, proposer, proposes, prosorus, prospero, prospers, prosport, proteose, protores, pteropus, purports, purposer, purposes, reoppose, reposers, reposure, repousse, reroutes, resprout, restores, retrouss, roosters, rousters, septuors, spoorers, sporters, spouters, sprouter, spurters, steppers, stoopers, stoppers, stoppeur, stropper, superpro, superset, supports, supposer, surpoose, terreous, tressour, tressure, troopers, troupers, trousers, upperest, uprooter
7 Letter Words for Preposterous
epoptes, espouse, esteros, estrous, etropus, operose, opposer, opposes, oppress, orestes, osseter, ousters, outpeep, outpeer, outrope, outsees, peropus, peroses, perseus, persues, pertuse, peruser, peruses, pesters, petrous, poetess, poorest, pooters, poroses, porpess, porters, portess, portous, porture, poseurs, poseuse, posters, postops, posture, potrero, pouters, prepose, prerupt, presets, presort, prespur, presser, pressor, prester, prestos, pretors, propers, proport, propose, propter, prosers, prosper, prosser, proteus, protore, psorous, purport, purpose, pursers, reerupt, reports, reposer, reposes, reposts, repours, repouss, repress, repture, repures, reputes, reroute, resorts, respots, ressort, resters, restore, retours, retruse, roosers, rooster, rooters, roseous, rosters, rousers, rouster, routers, rustres, septuor, seropus, sestuor, sorters, soupers, sourest, soursop, sourtop, souters, sperres, spoorer, sporous, sporter, spouter, sprouts, spurter, steepup, stepper, steppes, stepups, stereos, sterope, stooper, stoopes, stopers, stopper, storers, stoures, strepor, stroups, stupors, stupose, suppers, support, suppose, suppost, surrept, toppers, toprope, toreros, torpors, torsoes, toruses, toupees, tourers, tousers, trooper, trouper, troupes, trouser, trouses, trousse, trusser, tussore, upperer, uprests, uproots, upsteps, ureters
6 Letter Words for Preposterous
epopts, eposes, eroses, erupts, esters, estops, estrus, esture, europe, oopses, opepes, oppose, opters, opuses, ospore, ossete, oustee, ouster, outers, outpop, outsee, perpet, perses, persue, perter, peruse, pester, pestos, peters, petres, poorer, poorts, pooter, popess, porers, porose, porous, porret, porter, posers, poseur, posser, posset, poster, postop, poupes, pouser, pousse, pouter, preops, preser, preses, preset, presto, prests, preter, pretor, proper, propos, prores, proser, proses, prosos, proust, ptoses, puerer, puerto, purees, purest, purree, purser, purses, purset, pusser, reests, repope, report, repose, repost, repots, repour, repros, repses, repure, repute, reroot, rerope, rerose, resets, resort, respot, respue, restep, rester, restes, retore, retoss, retour, retros, retrue, retuse, reuses, rooser, rooses, roosts, rooter, ropers, rosets, rosser, roster, rotors, roture, rouper, roupet, rouser, rouses, rousts, router, routes, rupees, rupert, russet, rustre, sepose, serest, seroot, serose, serous, serres, setose, setous, setups, sooper, sooter, sootes, sopors, sopper, sorees, sorest, sorose, sorter, sortes, souper, sourer, sourse, souser, souter, speers, sperre, sperse, sperst, spoors, spoots, spores, sports, spouse, spouts, sprees, sprose, sprout, spruer, sprues, spurts, steeps, steers, steppe, stepup, stereo, steres, stoeps, stoope, stoops, stoors, stoper, stopes, storer, stores, stoups, stoure, stours, streep, streps, strops, stroup, struse, stupes, stupor, suerte, supers, supper, suppos, surest, sutors, tereus, terser, topees, topepo, topers, topper, torero, torose, torous, torpor, torses, torsos, tosser, tossup, toupee, tourer, touser, touses, treppe, troops, troper, tropes, troppo, troupe, trouse, trouss, tsores, tsures, tusser, tussor, uppers, uprest, uproot, uprose, upsees, upsets, upstep, uptore, uptoss, uptree, ureses, ureter, uroses
5 Letter Words for Preposterous
epeus, epopt, eppes, erept, erose, erses, erupt, ester, estop, estre, estro, estus, euros, ooses, opepe, oppos, opter, osset, ousts, outer, outre, peeps, peers, peert, pepos, peres, perps, perse, perst, perts, pesos, peste, pesto, pests, peter, petos, petre, petro, poets, poops, poort, poots, popes, porer, pores, poret, poros, porte, porto, ports, porus, poser, poses, posse, posts, poter, potes, potos, potus, poupe, poupt, pours, pouts, prees, preop, preps, press, proos, propr, props, prore, prose, proso, pross, prost, prote, proto, puers, puree, purer, purre, purrs, purse, puses, reest, repos, repot, repps, repro, reset, restr, rests, resue, resup, retes, retro, reuse, roops, roose, roost, roots, roper, ropes, rores, rorts, roser, roses, roset, rosts, roter, rotes, rotor, rotos, roues, roups, rouse, roust, route, routs, ruers, rupee, rurps, ruses, rusot, russe, rusts, seeps, seers, septs, serer, seres, serre, serrs, serut, setup, soops, soote, soots, sopor, soree, sorer, sores, sorts, sorus, soups, sours, souse, souts, speer, speos, spete, spets, spoor, spoot, spore, sport, spots, spout, spree, spret, sprot, sprue, spues, spurs, spurt, spute, ssort, sstor, steep, steer, steps, stere, stero, stoep, stoop, stope, stops, store, stoup, strep, strop, strue, stupe, stupp, sture, suers, suets, super, supes, surer, sutor, teers, tepor, tereu, terre, terrs, terse, topee, toper, topes, topos, tores, toros, torrs, torse, torso, torus, toses, toupe, tours, touse, trees, tress, troop, trope, troue, truer, trues, truss, tsere, turps, turse, upper, upsee, upset, users, uster, utees, utero
4 Letter Words for Preposterous
epop, epos, erer, eres, eros, errs, erse, erst, eses, esop, esse, ests, eure, euro, oops, oose, oots, opes, oppo, opts, opus, oreo, ores, orts, oses, osse, otoe, otus, oups, ours, oust, outr, outs, peep, peer, pees, pepo, peps, pere, perp, pers, pert, peru, peso, pess, pest, pete, peto, pets, poet, poop, poor, poos, poot, pope, pops, pore, porr, port, pose, poss, post, pote, pots, pour, pout, pree, prep, pres, pret, proo, prop, pros, prut, psst, psts, puer, pups, pure, purr, purs, puss, puts, rees, reet, repo, repp, repr, reps, rept, resp, rest, rete, rets, roer, roes, roop, roos, root, rope, ropp, rort, rose, ross, rost, rote, roto, rots, roue, roup, rous, rout, ruer, rues, rurp, ruse, russ, rust, ruts, seep, seer, sees, seor, seps, sept, sere, sero, serr, sers, sert, sese, sets, soop, soot, sope, sops, sore, sort, soso, sots, soup, sour, sous, sout, spet, spor, spot, spue, spur, sput, step, ster, stop, stor, stre, stue, suer, sues, suet, supe, supp, supr, sups, supt, sure, teer, tees, tepe, terp, terr, toes, toop, tope, topo, tops, tore, toro, torr, tors, toru, tose, toss, toup, tour, tree, tres, trop, true, tues, tups, turp, turr, ures, uroo, urps, usee, user, uses, ussr, utes
3 Letter Words for Preposterous
eer, eos, ere, err, ers, ert, ese, esp, esr, ess, est, esu, oer, oes, oop, oor, oos, oot, ope, opp, ops, opt, ore, ors, ort, ose, oto, oup, our, ous, out, pee, pep, per, pes, pet, poo, pop, por, pos, pot, ppr, pps, ppt, pre, pro, prp, prs, pst, pte, ptp, pts, pup, pur, pus, put, ree, rep, res, roe, roo, ros, rot, rps, rpt, rte, rue, rut, see, sep, ser, set, sop, sot, sou, spp, sps, spt, sse, ssp, ssu, str, sue, sup, sur, sus, tee, ter, tes, toe, too, top, tor, tos, tou, tps, trp, trs, tsp, tss, tue, tup, tur, upo, ups, ure, urp, urs, use, ust, ute, uts
Definitions for Preposterous
[1] completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish: a preposterous tale.
[2] contrary to nature, reason, or sense; absurd; ridiculous
Words related to Preposterous
insane, unbelievable, excessive, irrational, incredible, unthinkable, fantastic, ludicrous, senseless, unreasonable, crazy, outrageous, stupid, silly, absurd, impossible, laughable, foolish, nonsensical, shocking
Words nearby Preposterous
prepositive, prepositor, prepossess, prepossessing, prepossession, preposterous, prepotency, prepotent, prepotential, preppy, preprandial
Origin of Preposterous
First recorded in 1535–45, preposterous is from the Latin word praeposterus with the hinder part foremost. See pre-, posterior, -ous
Other words from Preposterous
pre·pos·ter·ous·ly , adverb
pre·pos·ter·ous·ness , noun
un·pre·pos·ter·ous , adjective
un·pre·pos·ter·ous·ly , adverb
un·pre·pos·ter·ous·ness , noun
Word origin for Preposterous
C16: from Latin praeposterus reversed, from prae in front, before + posterus following
Synonyms for Preposterous
absurd, crazy, excessive, fantastic, foolish, impossible, incredible, insane, irrational, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, outrageous, senseless, shocking, silly, stupid, unbelievable, unreasonable, unthinkable, asinine, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, far-out, harebrained, monstrous, out of the question, taking the cake, thick, too much, unusual, wacky, wild