Synonyms of balderdash

balderdash

noun

ˈbȯl-dər-ˌdash 

as in nonsense

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

a combat veteran himself, he could not believe the balderdash he was hearing from whippersnappers with no war experience at all

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of balderdash

All the balderdash about speaking truth to power is just that. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026

Others might say balderdash and think no way. — Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026

While schools do exist in rough tiers of selectivity, size, excellence, prestige and so forth, the idea of precise rankings is balderdash. — David M. Perry, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022

With that in mind, the experts look at Cannon’s decision and see balderdash everywhere. — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 12 Sep. 2022

Declaring himself a victim is not just hyperbole or balderdash. — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2022

Many experts in finance and digital security have been watching with dismay as consumers and policymakers bought in to promoters’ balderdash. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2022

Sorry to say, that is unmitigated balderdash and completely misleading. — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021

The popular myth of important artists being neglected in their lifetimes is for the most part balderdash. — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021