Synonyms of bunkum

bunkum

noun

variants or buncombe

as in nonsense

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

a cinematic depiction of the Middle Ages that was derided as pure bunkum by historians

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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