trivia

noun

Definition of trivianext
as in nonsense

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Recent Examples of trivia Pick up the phone, and a creepy voice will ask if you, too, like scary movies, before testing your slasher-trivia knowledge. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2026 The 32-ounce cups come with a lid, straw and a bookmark with Chick-fil-A trivia. — Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 6 Jan. 2026 The Hum, Covington After a recent rebranding, this Covington restaurant, bar and trivia spot announced its permanent closure on social media. — Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2025 Hop Atomica will host a beer theme trivia. — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trivia
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trivia
  1. nonsense
  2. claptrap
  3. follies
  4. bunk
  5. drivel
  6. trash
  7. humbug
Noun
  • But most of this energy price escalation stems from Joe Biden’s anti-fossil-energy, Green New Deal nonsense.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The bloc also roped Canada into this nonsense, and recently asked Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to dial the generosity up a notch, according to Politico.
    — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of nonsense
Noun
  • Kennedy’s enfeeblement of government public health governance by his cashiering of expert advisors and his promotion of anti-vaccine claptrap will end once a professional is installed at Health and Human Services.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The post-1945 explosion in birth rates coincided with the rise of the television age and the profusion of social science claptrap to serve and soothe a nation anxious in its affluence.
    — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2026
Definition of claptrap
Noun
  • Compounded by the sudden passing of Lily’s grandfather—which renders her initial motivation to study Mandarin moot—these follies only deepen beneath a veil of complicated mourning.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The broader opportunity costs of the United States’ Middle Eastern follies are even more insidious.
    — Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of follies
Noun
  • After lights-out, those young soldiers came to his bunk to ask what war is like.
    — Matthew Marcellus, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The well-size main bedroom has leafy views and another decorative fireplace, although the person doing the listing’s photos has oddly chosen to hide it behind a bed; the second bedroom can easily handle a bunk-bed situation plus a sideboard.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of bunk
Noun
  • In recent decades, however, the once-proud music mag has devolved into hipster drivel, and nowhere is that more evident than in their ranking lists.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Nury Martinez and Ron Herrera, the president of the City Council and head of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, respectively, quickly resigned for their roles in the racist, homophobic drivel on the recording.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of drivel
Noun
  • Nominations for the 69th Grammy Awards will be announced Monday morning, capping a year-long pop-music season in which new stars rose, old hands returned and Taylor Swift dropped a song about Cleveland that even people in Ohio decided was trash.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
  • This year’s event gathered nearly 11,000 pounds of trash, Getz said, and 1,625 volunteers contributed 15,000 volunteer hours.
    — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of trash
Noun
  • Hypocrites, humbugs, Germans, Jews, Yankees, foreigners, Park Laners, cosmopolitan riffraff.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
  • An ephemeral wind of nothing that blows away like humbug.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026
Definition of humbug

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“Trivia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trivia. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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