Synonyms of hoodoo

hoodoo

noun

1

as in nonsense

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

some economists have characterized the proposal as economic hoodoo that should be hooted down

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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2

as in jinx

something that brings bad luck

some hoodoo must be at work—I lost both sets of house keys

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jinx
• curse
• voodoo
• spell
• Indian sign
• whammy
• hex
• pox
• omen
• evil eye
• portent
• Jonah
• augury

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• talisman
• amulet
• fetish
• charm
• fetich

• talisman
• amulet
• fetish
• charm
• fetich