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

But here in Florida, nonsense seems to be winning over good sense. —Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2025

Ally spins historical nonsense about 17th-century tube tech. —Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 May 2025

Everyone will be there — except Lydia, who Joseph dispatches on a nonsense errand to D.C. —Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2025

The sequel has more glamour, more trouble and maybe a bit too much nonsense 1 Comments The first Simple Favor, from 2018, was a playful, shallow mystery most notable for casting the lovely, languid Blake Lively as a cynical, devious clothes horse named Emily Nelson. —Tom Gliatto, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025