Synonyms of nonsense

nonsense

noun

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

Examples of nonsense in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Over the past four years, the two of us have bounced ideas off each other and commiserated over some of the nonsense that is permitted in our department. —Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024

If there were an Olympic medal for shutting down conservative nonsense, Nicky Doll would have a gold by now. —Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 29 July 2024

But Martinez seems more resistant to the rampant nonsense that the GOP has been putting out in recent years — including the allegation that elections aren’t secure, which Arguello tacitly endorses. —Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 28 July 2024

And now, after a decade of exhausting culture war nonsense, the tables are beginning to turn. —Samantha Allen, Them, 2 Aug. 2024