Synonyms of garbage

garbage

noun

ˈgär-bij 

1

as in trash

discarded or useless material

the stray dogs were looking for leftover food in the family's garbage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trash
• debris
• rubbish
• junk
• dust
• litter
• sewage
• truck
• rubble
• waste
• offal
• dross
• refuse
• chaff
• deadwood
• scrap
• effluvium
• dreck
• wreckage
• raffle
• riffraff
• lumber
• ruins
• wash
• spilth
• detritus
• offscouring
• dump
• crud
• swill
• remains
• discard
• flotsam
• scrap heap
• trumpery
• slop
• straw
• jetsam
• nothing
• castoff
• odds and ends
• throwaway
• reject
• cull
• two bits
• hand-me-down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• treasure
• gem
• prize
• trove
• pearl
• catch
• treasure trove
• plum
• jewel
• find
• valuable
• goody
• salvage
• booty

2

as in nonsense

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

she was just talking garbage when she said that she was taking a loss on the sale of the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of garbage

The city of West Sacramento is considering a new company for garbage collection services when its current contract ends next year. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2026

To that end, take the garbage out more frequently and clean your trash can. — Emma Jacobson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Aug. 2026

Marcy had her hair tied up with a bow made from nylon cord and was bent over a fold-up kitchen counter rearranging wet garbage. — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026

Polls show Farage is still likely to win, but that Count Binface — a spoof candidate who wears a garbage pail on his head — may get around 20-percent of the vote. — Lauren Frayer, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026