Synonyms of malarkey

malarkey

noun

mə-ˈlär-kē 

variants also malarky

as in nonsense

language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense

the old lady declared that everything politicians say is pure malarkey

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nonsense
• nuts
• rubbish
• silliness
• garbage
• blah
• stupidity
• drool
• bunkum
• hokum
• jazz
• balderdash
• guff
• craziness
• claptrap
• twaddle
• hogwash
• baloney
• muck
• poppycock
• bunk
• folderol
• piffle
• hooey
• codswallop
• foolishness
• absurdity
• crock
• beans
• insanity
• tosh
• flapdoodle
• blither
• blather
• madness
• blatherskite
• bilge
• tommyrot
• trash
• drivel
• blarney
• trumpery
• punk
• bull
• rot
• humbuggery
• fudge
• absurdness
• fiddle
• crapola
• horsefeathers
• nerts
• fiddlesticks
• humbug
• taradiddle
• bosh
• fiddle-faddle
• applesauce
• hoodoo
• folly
• moonshine
• hokeypokey
• idiocy
• senselessness
• flannel
• tomfoolery
• slush
• inanity
• lunacy
• kookiness
• asininity
• rigmarole
• foolery
• witlessness
• fatuity
• imbecility
• monkey business
• gas
• greek
• inaneness
• hocus-pocus
• double-talk
• hoity-toity
• hot air
• shenanigan(s)
• monkeyshine(s)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rationality
• reasonableness
• sense
• common sense
• sensibleness
• wisdom
• levelheadedness
• judgment
• horse sense
• reasonability
• discernment

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of malarkey

All entrepreneurs pause and read the above sentence a hundred times and then take all that product market fit malarky and throw it out the window. — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025

Behind the Nissan Leaf, a driver of an Audi was having none of this careful robot driving malarkey and overtook us both at speed and clearly with some frustration. — Carlton Reid, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025

There’s novelty but not much else with this musical about two vaudevillian sisters who hoof it to Broadway and find showtunes, out-of-nowhere story interludes that don’t fit and a ton of romantic malarkey. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025

None of that naloxone up the schnozz and a quick 911 call malarkey here, kids. — Henry Everingham, SPIN, 17 Oct. 2024