hogwash

hog·wash

noun \-ˌwȯsh, -ˌwäsh\

Definition of HOGWASH

1

: swill 2a, slop

2

: nonsense, balderdash

Examples of HOGWASH

1. You wouldn't believe the hogwash he was spouting at us.
2. <the librarian told us a lot of hogwash about how you can go to jail for having overdue books>

First Known Use of HOGWASH

15th century

Related to HOGWASH

Synonyms: applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (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, nonsense, 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 HOGWASH

awash, backwash, brainwash, brioche, car wash, downwash, eyewash, mouthwash, outwash, rainwash, Siwash, wet wash, whitewash, wish-wash