Nonsense — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Nonsense (noun) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

1. 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"

   similar: applesauce (slang), balderdash, baloney, beans, bilge, blah, blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull (slang), bunk, bunkum, claptrap, codswallop (British), crapola (slang), crock, drivel, drool, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel (British), flapdoodle, folderol, folly, foolishness, fudge, garbage, guff, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hoodoo, hooey, horsefeathers (slang), humbug, humbuggery, jazz, malarkey, moonshine, muck, nerts (slang), nuts, piffle, poppycock, punk, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, slush, stupidity, taradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, trash, trumpery, twaddle
   related: absurdity, asininity, fatuity, foolery, idiocy, imbecility, inaneness, inanity, insanity, kookiness, lunacy, absurdness, craziness, madness, witlessness, hoity-toity, monkey business, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan(s), tomfoolery, gas, hot air, rigmarole, double-talk, greek, hocus-pocus
   near: levelheadedness, rationality, reasonability, reasonableness, sensibleness, common sense, horse sense, sense, discernment, judgment, wisdom

2. unintelligible or meaningless talk

   "when you talk with your mouth full of food, everything just comes out as nonsense"

   similar: abracadabra, babble, blabber, burble, double Dutch, double-talk, drivel, gabble, gibber, gibberish, jabber, jabberwocky, mumbo jumbo, prattle, slobber
   related: blah, hocus-pocus, hokeypokey, twaddle, chatter, gab, patter, prate, tattle, twitter, cackle, clack, clatter