Gobbledygook

//ˈɡɒb(ə)ldɪˌɡuːk//

Synonyms for "gobbledygook" (131 found)

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Closest matches (27)

Strong matches (39)

Related words (65)

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5 relation types

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Translations

58 translations across 21 languages.

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Bulgarian

3 entries
  • безсмислица noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)
  • празнословие noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)
  • сложнотия noun (something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 天書 /天书 noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)

Czech

1 entries
  • hatmatilka noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)

Danish

4 entries
  • bavl noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)
  • kaudervælsk noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)
  • sludder noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)
  • vrøvl noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)

Dutch

1 entries
  • koeterwaals noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • galimatio noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)

Finnish

4 entries
  • diibadaaba noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)
  • hölynpöly noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)
  • kapulakieli noun (something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner)
  • liirumlaarum noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)

French

3 entries
  • charabia noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)
  • galimatias noun (something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner)
  • gloubi-boulga noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)

German

4 entries
  • Fachchinesisch noun (something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner)
  • Geschwafel noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)
  • Gibberisch noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)
  • Gromolo noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bikkfanyelv noun (something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner)
  • blabla noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)
  • hablaty noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)
  • hadova noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)

Italian

4 entries
  • burocratese noun (something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner)
  • fesserie noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)
  • idiozie noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)
  • sciocchezze noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 珍紛漢紛 noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)

Latin

2 entries
  • dēlīrāmentum noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)
  • ineptiae noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)

Māori

2 entries
  • reo kihi noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)
  • reo kihi noun (something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • tullprat noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)
  • vrøvl noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • galimatias noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)
  • kaudervelsk noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)

Polish

1 entries
  • bełkot noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • algaravia noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)

Russian

1 entries
  • галиматья́ noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • galimatijas noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)
  • lupetanje noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)

Swedish

4 entries
  • dravel noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)
  • fikonspråk noun (something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner)
  • gallimatias noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)
  • goja noun (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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I don't understand this gobbledygook.

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It's all gobbledygook to me.

Source: tatoeba (8303944)

Tom said it was all gobbledygook to him.

Source: tatoeba (8303946)

I've never yet heard Chewbacca speak English, but, oddly enough, everyone in the galaxy far, far away understands everyone else's accent and gobbledygook, so it doesn't really matter what language you speak.

Source: tatoeba (10069612)

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