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Synonyms for nonsense
ˈnɒn sɛns, -sənsnon·sense
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Wiktionary
nonsenseverb
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.
nonsenseverb
To attempt to dismiss as nonsense.
He says that I stole his computer, but that's just nonsense.
nonsenseverb
To joke around, to waste time
English Synonyms and Antonyms
nonsense
Synonyms:
absurdity, contradiction, demonstration, paradox, sophism
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
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, berthAntonyms:
meaningfulfolderal, 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, tripeAntonyms:
meaningfulnonsense(a), nonsensicaladjective
having no intelligible meaning
"nonsense syllables"; "a nonsensical jumble of words"
Antonyms:
meaningful
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List of paraphrases for "nonsense":
absurd, absurdity, rubbish, nonsensical, disparate, stupidity, balderdash, codswallop, ridiculous, poppycock, foolishness, preposterous, folly, bullshit, senseless, fiddlesticks, foolish, claptrap, insane
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#6500 | demonstration | |
#7949 | trash | |
#11383 | insane | |
#12351 | nonsense | |
#12604 | ridiculous | |
#15089 | rubbish | |
#15245 | paradox | |
#16072 | foolish | |
#16818 | absurd | |
#17344 | rot | |
#17944 | contradiction | |
#18355 | bullshit | |
#19709 | bunk | |
#20444 | stupidity | |
#21891 | folly | |
#22809 | disparate | |
#25499 | berth | |
#26809 | ruff | |
#28571 | jest | |
#34901 | ruffle | |
#35057 | senseless | |
#37614 | absurdity | |
#45581 | applesauce | |
#47276 | foolishness | |
#48205 | pretense | |
#48752 | nonsensical | |
#51009 | preposterous | |
#53248 | buncombe | |
#64316 | tripe | |
#83259 | balderdash | |
#92640 | hogwash | |
#99707 | frill | |
#109173 | guff | |
#116895 | poppycock | |
#137849 | hokum | |
#140056 | meaninglessness | |
#147361 | claptrap | |
#175640 | flounce | |
#221139 | fiddlesticks | |
#271707 | codswallop |
How to use nonsense in a sentence?
Given the times, I'm sure someone will say it's Trump's fault, that's how everything works in Washington. Nonsense. look, I'm proud to have worked with the President and often with lawmakers of both parties.
If you feel stuck in the middle of the extremes in our politics and you are tired of the noise and the nonsense, you've got a home with me, i am someone who tells the truth, I don't make promises I can't keep.
I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas
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.
If he is permitted to defy the Congress, categorically, to say that subpoenas from Congress in an impeachment inquiry are nonsense, then we will have lost -- the House will have lost, the Senate certainly will have lost -- all power to hold any president accountable, this is a determination by President Trump that President Trump wants to be all powerful. President Trump does not have to respect the Congress. President Trump does not have to respect the representatives of the people. Only President Trump will goes. He is a dictator. This must not stand.
Translations for nonsense
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- هراء, لغو, تفاهةArabic
- абсурдностBulgarian
- bestiesa, bajanada, estirabotCatalan, Valencian
- nesmysl, nonsensCzech
- lolWelsh
- nonsensDanish
- Unsinn, Quatsch, Nonsens, BlödsinnGerman
- sensencaĵoEsperanto
- parida, disparates, estupidez, disparate, tontería, tonteríasSpanish
- jampsEstonian
- بیمعنی, چرندPersian
- hölynpöly, toimimaton, jaksoFinnish
- non-sens, sottiseFrench
- sgudal, amaideasScottish Gaelic
- שטויות, חנטרישHebrew
- बकवासHindi
- képtelenségHungarian
- omong kosongIndonesian
- rugl, bullIcelandic
- fola, a vanvera, sciocchezza, assurdità, priva di significato, ridicolaggine, baggianata, balla, scemenza, idiozia, fandonia, senza sensoItalian
- ナンセンス, 馬鹿げた事, でたらめ, 無意味Japanese
- უაზროGeorgian
- 어리석은 소리, 헛소리, 난센스, 무의미Korean
- قسهی هیچوپوچKurdish
- nonsens, flauwekul, onzinDutch
- nonsensPolish
- burrice, besteira, bobagemPortuguese
- nerozii, nonsens, prostie, absurditate, nerozieRomanian
- ерунда, бессмыслица, абсурд, нонсенс, ахинея, вздорRussian
- glupost, nesmisao, besmislica, budalaština, neistinaSerbo-Croatian
- nonsensSwedish
- saçmalıkTurkish
- بکواسUrdu
- 废话Chinese
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