Synonyms of nonsense

nonsense

noun

ˌnän-ˌsen(t)s 

1

as in garbage

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

told the little brat to stop his mischievous nonsense and start behaving properly

the discussion about building a time machine was complete nonsense

a hundred years ago, the idea that man could walk on the moon was regarded as impractical nonsense

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in babble

unintelligible or meaningless talk

when you talk with your mouth full of food, everything just comes out as nonsense

Synonyms & Similar Words

• babble
• prattle
• chatter
• gabble
• gibberish
• jabber
• mumbo jumbo
• gibber
• drivel
• blah
• burble
• double-talk
• twaddle
• jabberwocky
• abracadabra
• double Dutch
• clatter
• blabber
• slobber
• gab
• twitter
• hocus-pocus
• prate
• tattle
• patter
• clack
• hokeypokey
• cackle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nonsense

What Trump is serving up is precisely the kind of paternalistic nonsense that women have fought against for the past century, now applied to nation states. — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

The Beast in Me now joins a celebrated cohort of series with this same sneaky nonsense buried in their glowing track records, including Downton Abbey, Big Little Lies, and The White Lotus. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026

That’s actually interested in passing Farm Bills and fixing problems instead of having votes about socialist nonsense or whatever. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Ziegler says his team may find that a model produces nonsense under an unusual formatting request or that an external safety checker needs to intervene more frequently. — Barbara Booth, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026