English adjective: irrational | |||
1. | irrational not consistent with or using reason | ||
Samples | Irrational fears. Irrational animals. | ||
Similar | blind, nonrational, reasonless, superstitious, unreasoning | ||
See also | illogical, incoherent, unlogical, unreasonable | ||
Antonyms | rational | ||
2. | irrational real but not expressible as the quotient of two integers | ||
Samples | Irrational numbers. | ||
Domain category | math, mathematics, maths | ||
Antonyms | rational | ||
English noun: irrational | |||
1. | irrational (quantity) a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number | ||
Synonyms | irrational number | ||
Broader (hypernym) | real, real number | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | algebraic number, transcendental number | ||