Synonyms of nonsense

nonsense

noun

ˌnän-ˌsen(t)s 

1

as in garbage

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

told the little brat to stop his mischievous nonsense and start behaving properly

the discussion about building a time machine was complete nonsense

a hundred years ago, the idea that man could walk on the moon was regarded as impractical nonsense

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in babble

unintelligible or meaningless talk

when you talk with your mouth full of food, everything just comes out as nonsense

Synonyms & Similar Words

• babble
• prattle
• chatter
• gabble
• gibberish
• jabber
• mumbo jumbo
• gibber
• drivel
• blah
• burble
• double-talk
• twaddle
• jabberwocky
• abracadabra
• double Dutch
• clatter
• blabber
• slobber
• gab
• twitter
• hocus-pocus
• prate
• tattle
• patter
• clack
• hokeypokey
• cackle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nonsense

The show, created by Stephen Hillenburg, made its official debut after that on July 17, 1999, and it's been nautical nonsense from that day on. — Bianca Harris, USA Today, 15 July 2026

The talk of me being off while walking in to the fight is nonsense. — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026

So, for most large businesses, especially most large businesses that are not themselves in the technology sector, what Karp is claiming is nonsense. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 July 2026

Even Hauser can’t rescue this culturally insensitive, stereotype-perpetuating nonsense. — Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 26 June 2026