HOOEY Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

hooey

noun

ˈhü-ē

Definition of hooey

as in nonsense

language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense stories about the inn being haunted are just a lot of hooey

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Recent Examples of hooey But 1990's Ghost, which is barely half-good, pulls this sort of New Age hooey better. — Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly, 13 June 2026 Cinderella Man is unalloyed emotional manipulation, and while the cast all dig into the maudlin hooey — Paul Giamatti is especially good as the crusty trainer — nothing here has the spark of real life. — Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025 The old line about the 28 gauge having a square load is hooey. — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 11 Dec. 2019 Indeed, some devices are more powerful than others, and a few are just plain hooey. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 But as comforting as a toddy may be, the notion of a dose of booze as a cold cure has always struck me as a load of hooey. — M. Carrie Allan, charlotteobserver, 23 Jan. 2018 The scene where Skerrett has a highland fling with a blond, bearded hunk is more than a wee bit full of hooey. — David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2018 There was a whole lot of narrative hooey to explain the theme, which mostly had to do with caterpillars becoming butterflies, girls becoming women, et cetera. — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2017 Contrary to the previous load of hooey dispensed by Junior and the first family, this dude was not a translator. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 18 July 2017

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hooey

Noun

His music often transforms a nonsense line or a passing thought into something profound.

— Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026
The show, created by Stephen Hillenburg, made its official debut after that on July 17, 1999, and it's been nautical nonsense from that day on.

— Bianca Harris, USA Today, 15 July 2026

Definition of nonsense

Noun

With your liver, preliminary studies show that nuts may have a positive effect on reducing the risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

— Audrey Noble, Vogue, 24 July 2026
Adding beans, legumes, nuts, seeds, fruits, vegetables and whole grains are great ways to get fiber from whole foods, Mokari said.

— Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 24 July 2026

Definition of nuts

Noun

Take down bird feeders, empty water features, add fencing or other wildlife barriers, and prevent access to garbage bins.

— Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 22 July 2026
This buildup occurs substantially in the brain, like garbage piling up when the trash collectors stop coming.

— William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of garbage

Noun

What used to be a forum for original, quirky, clever remarks by the Daily News’ varied community of smartypants has turned into a gridlock of repetitious venting of old, dumb blah.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026
Frankly, turning it off and listening to the soundbar in normal stereo sounds flat, uninteresting, muddy, and just blah after getting used to SuperWide.

— Joe Salas July 07, New Atlas, 8 July 2026

Definition of blah

Noun

Only construction waste will be accepted at the landfill such as, brush and rubbish, concrete, brick, rock, wood, paper, plastics, cardboard and roofing shingles and tiles.

— Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
So where does the rubbish come from?

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 2026

Definition of rubbish

Noun

Minions & Monsters kept its familiar chaos intact, but its turn toward sentiment may have left behind some of the pure silliness that built its core audience at home.

— David Deal, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Karaoke, whether at a public bar or in one of the private rooms available in most cities, is commitment-free silliness and one of the easiest ways to shake off a long week.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of silliness

Noun

His eventual dismissal in second-half stoppage time was an exercise in rash stupidity, crashing through Spain’s teenage center back Pau Cubarsi.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Here are the three reasons a good employee sits on a great AI discovery, and none of them is stupidity.

— Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of stupidity

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