Synonyms of nonsense

nonsense

noun

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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