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

Unfortunately, there has been a rash of conspiracy theories around HAARP, chemtrails, cloud seeding and other nonsense. —Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024

Brown has called the book fake, unauthorized nonsense. —Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024

Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense. —Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 27 Sep. 2024

That language veers a little close to the concept that some types of alcohol are better for you than others, which is nonsense. —Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2024