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Synonyms for balderdash
ˈbɔl dərˌdæʃbalder·dash

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  1. balderdashnoun

    Synonyms:
    drivel, twaddle, rubbish, piffle, bunk, poppycock

  2. balderdashverb

    To mix or adulterate.

    The wine merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and even mix it with pigeon's dung and quicklime. Smollett.

    Synonyms:
    poppycock, twaddle, rubbish, drivel, bunk, piffle

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.5 / 2 votes

  1. balderdash

    Synonyms:
    gasconade, flummery, rhodomontade, bombast, fustian, froth

    Antonyms:
    sense, wisdom, logic, reason, sobriety, truthfulness

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. balderdash, fiddle-faddle, pifflenoun

    trivial nonsense

    Synonyms:
    fiddle-faddle, piffle

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. balderdashnoun

    Synonyms:
    verbiage, palaver, twaddle, chatter, trash, stuff, moonshine, platitude, flummery, fudge, wish-wash, jargon, nonsense, senseless prate, frothy discourse, idle talk

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  1. balderdashnoun

    Synonyms:
    flummery, nonsense, jargon, fustian, moonshine, twaddle, fudge

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "balderdash":

    codswallop, poppycock, fiddlesticks, nonsense, hogwash, tosh, rubbish

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#15089rubbish
#19709bunk
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#83259balderdash
#92640hogwash
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