Synonyms of flapdoodle

flapdoodle

noun

ˈflap-ˌdü-dᵊl 

as in nonsense

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

a clear-eyed assessment of the problem minus the usual flapdoodle

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of flapdoodle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Poppycock with an average flapdoodle reading of +10 million fiddle faddles. —Caity Weaver, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022

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