Synonyms for nonsense
ˈnɒn sɛns, -sənsnon·sense

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1. nonsenseverb

   Synonyms:
   pooh-pooh, rubbish

2. nonsenseverb

   Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or seem to have no meaning.

   After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense.

   Synonyms:
   pooh-pooh, rubbish

3. nonsenseverb

   To attempt to dismiss as nonsense.

   He says that I stole his computer, but that's just nonsense.

   Synonyms:
   rubbish, pooh-pooh

4. nonsenseverb

   To joke around, to waste time

   Synonyms:
   rubbish, pooh-pooh

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1. nonsense

   Synonyms:
   absurdity, contradiction, demonstration, paradox, sophism

   Antonyms:
   axiom, truism

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1. nonsense

   Synonyms:
   absurdity, trash, folly, pretense, jest, balderdash

   Antonyms:
   sense, wisdom, truth, fact, gravity, philosophy, science, reason

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1. nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokumnoun

   a message that seems to convey no meaning

   Synonyms:
   folderal, bunkum, hogwash, feed bunk, gimcrack, guff, bunk, frill, trumpery, nonsensicality, buncombe, meaninglessness, built in bed, falderol, hokum, bunk bed, gimcrackery, rot, berth

   Antonyms:
   meaningful

2. folderal, falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense, trumperyadjective

   ornamental objects of no great value

   Synonyms:
   flounce, folderal, gimcrackery, trash, gimcrack, codswallop, bunk, frill, rubbish, wish-wash, trumpery, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, ruff, applesauce, folderol, falderol, hokum, furbelow, ruffle, tripe

   Antonyms:
   meaningful

3. nonsense(a), nonsensicaladjective

   having no intelligible meaning

   "nonsense syllables"; "a nonsensical jumble of words"

   Antonyms:
   meaningful

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1. nonsensenoun

   Synonyms:
   folly, absurdity, stuff, trash, moonshine, twaddle, balderdash, fudge, inanity, platitude

2. nonsensenoun

   Synonyms:
   trifles, things of no consequence or importance

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1. nonsensenoun

   Synonyms:
   absurdity, twaddle, bosh, fudge, silliness, balderdash, moonshine, amphigory, rigmarole

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1. List of paraphrases for "nonsense":

   absurd, absurdity, rubbish, nonsensical, disparate, stupidity, balderdash, codswallop, ridiculous, poppycock, foolishness, preposterous, folly, bullshit, senseless, fiddlesticks, foolish, claptrap, insane

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1. Deputy Kerr:

   I've had enough of all of this nonsense, serving a system that does not give a damn about me or people like me, you have no idea how hard it is to put a uniform on in this day and age with everything that's going on.

2. William Barr:

   Ukraine certainly puts a greater emphasis on the need for us to stop all this nonsense about stopping our own energy production.

3. Bertrand Russell:

   Education, which was at first made universal in order that all might be able to read and write, has been found capable of serving quite other purposes. By instilling nonsense it unifies populations and generates collective enthusiasm.

4. George Gallup:

   Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pays attention to poll results, he is, in effect, paying attention to the views of the people. Any other interpretation is nonsense.

5. Alex Spiro:

   We aren’t responding to nonsense, he was issued a ticket.