Synonyms of trumpery

trumpery 1 of 2

adjective

as in cheap

of low quality

trumpery knickknacks from some souvenir shop

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheap
• terrible
• poor
• inferior
• rotten
• coarse
• bad
• common
• worthless
• useless
• rubbishy
• wretched
• execrable
• shoddy
• low-grade
• gimcrack
• counterfeit
• miserable
• trashy
• bum
• junky
• second-rate
• low-rent
• mediocre
• cheapjack
• cheesy
• schlocky
• fake
• sleazy
• schlock
• crappy
• lousy
• shlocky
• shlock
• valueless
• cut-rate
• meretricious
• tawdry
• bargain-basement
• gaudy
• showy
• indifferent
• ostentatious
• kitsch
• kitschy
• garish
• shabby
• second-class
• el cheapo
• lackluster
• glitzy
• tacky
• flashy
• swanky
• sham
• phoney
• swank
• phony
• seedy
• splashy
• brummagem
• ultracheap
• supercheap

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fine
• good
• excellent
• superior
• first-class
• high-grade
• elegant
• handsome
• first-rate
• tasteful
• top-notch
• polished
• refined
• handcrafted

trumpery

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noun

as in nonsense

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

a lot of the news pertaining to the war effort was loaded with so much trumpery that no one knew how it was really proceeding

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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