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

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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. Laura Blevins:

   He was talking nonsense.

2. Jesse Petrilla:

   Ican tell you from my personalexperience as the father of twoboys... we are worriedabout lifelong negativeeffects that can continue ifthese schools remain closed, distance learning for a kid thatage is nonsense, a kid needssocial interactions, thestructure ofin-person learningand experts warn that distancelearning doesnt even meet thecurrent educational standards. CORONAVIRUS SURGE FORCES UNC CHAPEL HILL TO SWITCH TO REMOTE LEARNING ONE WEEK INTO SEMESTER.

3. Steffen Kubitzki:

   People are counting on us to stop this nonsense, we won't get a second chance. We will go from village to village, door to door, and tell people to vote for us.

4. Conrad Black:

   The idea that I would commit a crime is a nonsense.

5. Asuncion Casasola:

   I needed to believe in justice, I needed to think that things had changed, i heard all that nonsense and I was shocked. I don't think there is any justice.