Synonyms for nonsense
ˈnɒn sɛns, -səns

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1. nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum(noun)

   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, trumpery(adj)

   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), nonsensical(adj)

   having no intelligible meaning

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

   Antonyms:
   meaningful

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1. nonsense(verb)

   Synonyms:
   rubbish, pooh-pooh

2. nonsense(verb)

   To make nonsense of

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

   Synonyms:
   rubbish, pooh-pooh

3. nonsense(verb)

   To attempt to dismiss as nonsense.

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

   Synonyms:
   rubbish, pooh-pooh

4. nonsense(verb)

   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(n.)

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

2. nonsense(n.)

   Synonyms:
   trifles, things of no consequence or importance

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1. nonsense(n)

   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. Raymond Lopez:

   We must stand together to put an end to this nonsense in our neighborhoods.

2. John Kasich:

   Marco Rubio is trailing in Florida by 17 points. You know what, why aren't they telling him to get out and get behind me? i have a better chance of winning in Ohio than he does in Florida. I mean this is nonsense.

3. Forza Italia spokeswoman Deborah Bergamini:

   No operation is expected. What the newspapers have written is not right. It is nonsense, as we already said yesterday, (Berlusconi) is undergoing certain tests. They will be completed today. Presumably he will go home tonight.

4. John Kasich:

   I flat out condemned the idea that we were going to have Muslims register, the idea that we're going to repel an entire group of people on the basis of their religion, it's nonsense.

5. Cory Surla:

   I like that he's a no-nonsense guy, that he's ready to fix the United States.

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