All nonsense synonyms
nonΒ·sense
N n noun nonsense
- bunk β A bunk is a bed that is fixed to a wall, especially in a ship or caravan.
- folly β the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense.
- foolishness β resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
- joke β something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- madness β the state of being mad; insanity.
- silliness β weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish: a silly writer.
- stupidity β the state, quality, or fact of being stupid.
- trash β anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- bananas β crazy (esp in the phrase go bananas)
- bombast β Bombast is trying to impress people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
- bull β A bull is a male animal of the cow family.
- fatuity β complacent stupidity; foolishness.
- flightiness β The quality of being flighty.
- fun β something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- giddiness β affected with vertigo; dizzy.
- hogwash β refuse given to hogs; swill.
- hooey β silly or worthless talk, writing, ideas, etc.; nonsense; bunk: That's a lot of hooey and you know it!
- imprudence β not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
- inanity β lack of sense, significance, or ideas; silliness.
- irrationality β the quality or condition of being irrational.
- jazz β music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
- jest β a joke or witty remark; witticism.
- jive β swing music or early jazz.
- palaver β a conference or discussion.
- prattle β to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
- pretence β pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
- pretense β pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
- ranting β to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave: The demagogue ranted for hours.
- rashness β acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration.
- rot β to undergo decomposition; decay.
- scrawl β to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
- scribble β to tear apart (wool fibers) in the first stages of carding.
- senselessness β destitute or deprived of sensation; unconscious.
- thoughtlessness β lacking in consideration for others; inconsiderate; tactless: a thoughtless remark.
- tripe β the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food. Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- ludicrousness β The state or quality of being ludicrous.
- mumbo jumbo β meaningless incantation or ritual.
- garbage β discarded animal and vegetable matter, as from a kitchen; refuse.
- baloney β If you say that an idea or statement is baloney, you disapprove of it and think it is foolish or wrong.
- drivel β saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
- gobbledygook β language characterized by circumlocution and jargon, usually hard to understand: the gobbledegook of government reports.
- gibberish β meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing.
- hot air β empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing: His report on the company's progress was just so much hot air.
- noise β sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind: deafening noises.
- babble β If someone babbles, they talk in a confused or excited way.
- jabber β rapid, indistinct, or nonsensical talk; gibberish.
- rubbish β worthless, unwanted material that is rejected or thrown out; debris; litter; trash.
- twaddle β trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious talk or writing.
- claptrap β If you describe something that someone says as claptrap, you mean that it is stupid or foolish although it may sound important.
interjection nonsense
- bosh β empty or meaningless talk or opinions; nonsense