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

Rinse again either outside or in the bathtub and allow to dry completely before putting in a new garbage bag. — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 6 July 2026

The energy crisis affects all aspects of daily life, because the lack of electricity and fuel affects water distribution, transportation, garbage collection and communications, including cell phone and internet service. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026

Gin up such a feeble procedural explanation for the sudden reversal that the entire sporting globe becomes incensed over the garbage-y scent of an inside job. — Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026

Another video shared on TikTok showed the aftermath of that night's celebrations, with garbage and debris covering nearly every inch of the street and a parking lot outside of what appeared to be a local grocery store. — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026