Synonyms for Nonsense

Synonyms for "nonsense" (363 found)

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Closest matches (73)

Noun(50 words)

baloney bunk drivel hogwash hokum jive meaninglessness poppycock tosh absurd absurditiesall my eyeall my eye and betty martinapplesauce asininities asininity bafflegab bah balderdash balls

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absurdity absurdness amphigory antics applesauce babble babblement balderdash baloney bibble-babble bilge blabber blah blather blatherskite blether bombast bosh buffoonery bull

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bullshit bunk

Adjective(1 words)

bogus

Strong matches (109)

Noun(62 words)

bunks bunkum bushwah chaffs clamjamfrey claptrap cobblers codswallop crap crapping craziness crockcrock of shitcrocks daftness dogshitdouble dutchdouble talkdoublespeak dribble

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bunkum bushwa cackle capering claptrap cock crapdouble dutchdouble-talk drip drivel drool eyewash falderal fantasticalnessfiddle faddlefiddle-faddle fiddledeedee flannel flapdoodle

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flimflam flummery folderol folly foolishness frivolity froth fudge fustian gab gabble galimatias gammon garbage gas gibber gibberish gibble-gabble gobbledegook gobbledygook gook greek

Adjective(3 words)

clear incoherencedaft false

Verb(2 words)

driveling gabbles

Related words (181)

Noun(98 words)

gubbins guff gunk gup hoax hocus-pocus hooeyhorse hockeyhorse pisshorse puckeyhorsefeathers horseshit humbug humbugs humph idiocies illogic illogical illogicality imbecility

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implausible inanities incoherenceirish bullirrationalities jabber jargon jibber-jabber jimjam jives jiving junk kookiness lallation lie macaroni malarkey manure meshugaas meshugge mishegaas mishegoss moonshinemumbo jumbonertz nonsensicality nuts pantsperceived illogicpie in the skypiffle pigswill piss pointlessness prattle prattles prattling preposterous pshaw put-on ravings rhubarbrhubarb rhubarbridiculous rigmarole rot ruse santorum schmegegge senselessness shit shite sillies skimble-skamble squit stuffstuff and nonsensestupiditiesswamp gastaradiddle tommy-rot trash tripe trippetrittle trattletrumpery tush twaddle twaddles twaddling unconvincing unsubstantiated wanks wass whiff-whaffword saladwrong yack

guffhocus pocushocus-pocus hogwash hokum hooey horsefeathers horseplayhot airhumbug inanity insanity jabber jabberwocky jargon jazz jesting jiggery-pokery jokes joking

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Adjective(5 words)

impossible insane marvellous nonsensicalrising irrationality

Interjection(2 words)

noway phooey

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

16 entries

assertions claims communication content decorationdescriptive termevaluative descriptionevaluative termexpression interjection message ornament ornamentation remarksubject mattersubstance

More specific

19 entries

absurd absurditydismissive interjectionexclamation of disbelieffoolery foolish gibberish gossip hoaxhumorous exclamationillogic illogical mythnarrative cuenonsense verseplayful interjection

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Collocations

13 entries

absolute nonsensecomplete nonsensenonsense argumentnonsense claimnonsense datanonsense ideanonsense phrasenonsense reasoningnonsense versenonsense wordpure nonsensetotal nonsenseutter nonsense

Inflections

2 entries

more nonsensemost nonsense

Derivations

2 entries

nonsensical nonsensically

similar

2 entries

meaningless nonmeaningful

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Don't listen to him, he's talking nonsense.

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It is time you put a stop to this nonsense.

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I am fed up with your nonsense.

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Stop your nonsense!

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Nonsense