Synonyms of crapola

crapola

noun

ˌkrap-ˈō-lə 

slang

1

as in nonsense

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

her book, in which she details the things that are purportedly wrong with the country, is crapola of the first magnitude

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in junk

that which is of low quality or worth

it's a sin that such crapola gets shown on TV

Synonyms & Similar Words

• junk
• cheese
• rubbish
• trash
• tripe
• muck
• nonsense
• camp
• dreck
• lemon
• mess
• bomb
• slop
• kitsch
• slush
• sleaze
• claptrap
• humbug
• turkey
• stinker
• shambles
• dud
• clinker
• clunker
• muddle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of crapola

And some are just basic crapola in, through, and out. — Louis Mosca, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

All the crapola Riley Moss gets now, Bolles took for months. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2026

What’s followed is an ongoing and endless stream of superhero crapola, with explosions subbing for intelligent characters and dialog. — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 27 June 2019

The president of Colombia was standing next to him as the ignorance and the crapola began to fly. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 18 May 2017