Synonyms of nonsense

nonsense 1 of 2

noun (1)

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
• nuts
• silliness
• rubbish
• stupidity
• blah
• drool
• claptrap
• craziness
• foolishness
• hogwash
• twaddle
• bunk
• guff
• muck
• jazz
• baloney
• falderal
• malarky
• balderdash
• blah-blah
• poppycock
• bunkum
• trash
• hokum
• insanity
• piffle
• boloney
• hooey
• malarkey
• madness
• buncombe
• trumpery
• tosh
• beans
• flapdoodle
• absurdity
• rot
• punk
• folderol
• blather
• crock
• blither
• humbuggery
• tommyrot
• bilge
• drivel
• codswallop
• tarradiddle
• bull
• blatherskite
• fiddlesticks
• crapola
• bosh
• fiddle
• fudge
• absurdness
• blarney
• folly
• humbug
• idiocy
• taradiddle
• hokeypokey
• horsefeathers
• fiddle-faddle
• nerts
• senselessness
• hoodoo
• applesauce
• flannel
• moonshine
• inanity
• tomfoolery
• kookiness
• slush
• lunacy
• foolery
• asininity
• imbecility
• inaneness
• rigmarole
• greek
• rigamarole
• witlessness
• fatuity
• gas
• hocus-pocus
• 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
• judgement
• 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
• blah-blah
• abracadabra
• double Dutch
• hocus-pocus
• clatter
• blabber
• slobber
• gab
• twitter
• prate
• tattle
• patter
• clack
• hokeypokey
• cackle

nonsensicalness

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noun (2)

as in insanity

lack of good sense or judgment

the nonsensicalness of your attempt to swim across the icy river is beyond words

Synonyms & Similar Words

• insanity
• madness
• simplicity
• absurdity
• craziness
• foolishness
• unwisdom
• wackiness
• fatuousness
• dottiness
• daftness
• balminess
• silliness
• nuttiness
• zaniness
• dippiness
• preposterousness
• imbecility
• stupidness
• witlessness
• lunacy
• inanity
• stupidity
• folly
• doltishness
• simpleness
• senselessness
• asininity
• brainlessness
• dulness
• idiocy
• slowness
• feeblemindedness
• fatuity
• dullness
• unreasonableness
• obtuseness
• denseness
• dim-wittedness
• irrationality
• gormlessness
• simplemindedness
• oafishness
• mindlessness
• ridiculousness
• fallacy
• laughableness
• dopiness
• dumbness
• weirdness
• kookiness
• ludicrousness
• vacuity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wisdom
• soundness
• sanity
• sagacity
• prudence
• validity
• rationality
• reasonableness
• sapience
• sageness
• sensibleness
• perception
• sagaciousness
• logicality
• insight
• reasonability
• logicalness
• discernment
• rationalness
• percipience

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nonsense

Noun

Fielder wants to show you all its silly nonsense by pulling a bunch of silly nonsense — and yet, at the same time, squeeze out some actual profundity. —Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025

Heyman dismissed fans on social media who have failed to give Rollins his flowers, saying he’s seen pro wrestlers fail in the ring and seen praise on social media for them while others spout nonsense while ignoring historical facts. —Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025

In a world where confident nonsense was once enough to get ahead, the bar has shifted. —Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025

Just ask anyone who's watched an AI confidently spit out nonsense—or worse. —Bob Ras, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025