baloney

²ba·lo·ney

noun \bə-ˈlō-nē\

Definition of BALONEY

: pretentious nonsense : bunkum —often used as a generalized expression of disagreement

Variants of BALONEY

ba·lo·ney also bo·lo·ney \bə-ˈlō-nē\

Examples of BALONEY

1. Don't believe all of that baloney.
2. <just follow my orders, and stop the baloney>

Origin of BALONEY

bologna

First Known Use: 1922

Related to BALONEY

Synonyms: applesauce [slang], balderdash, nonsense (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (or buncombe), claptrap, codswallop [British], crapola [slang], crock, drivel, drool, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel [British], flapdoodle, folderol (also falderal), folly, foolishness, fudge, garbage, guff, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hoodoo, hooey, horsefeathers [slang], humbug, humbuggery, jazz, malarkey (also malarky), moonshine, muck, nerts [slang], nuts, piffle, poppycock, punk, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, slush, stupidity, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), tommyrot, tosh, trash, trumpery, twaddle

Related Words: absurdity, asininity, fatuity, foolery, idiocy, imbecility, inaneness, inanity, insanity, kookiness, lunacy; absurdness, craziness, madness, senselessness, witlessness; hoity-toity, monkey business, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan(s), tomfoolery; gas, hot air, rigmarole (also rigamarole); double-talk, greek, hocus-pocus

Near Antonyms: levelheadedness, rationality, reasonability, reasonableness, sensibleness; common sense, horse sense, sense; discernment, judgment (or judgement), wisdom

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Rhymes with BALONEY

Benoni, canzone, cow pony, Giorgione, Goldoni, Manzoni, Marconi, Moroni, Oenone, padrone, spumoni, tortoni, Zamboni