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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?
It didn't affect me as much right after as it did about four or five years later. It hit me so hard. I was so traumatized by it, I was like: 'Just keep going,' i wasn't even willing to admit that anything had even happened. ... I didn't tell anybody. I didn't even tell myself for the longest time. And then I was like, you know what, all this drinking, and all this nonsense, you have to go to the source, otherwise it just won't go away.
Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.
No I dont accept that, thats nonsense and I think that sometimes, you know, I dont know what people think campaigns are. Were dealing with all kinds of doctors and we wanted to have a sense of what the hell was going on really. So the first thing that were trying to do is understand whats going on and not run to The New York Times and not have to report every 15 minutes. This is not a baseball game. So I think we acted absolutely appropriately.
There are many legitimate criticisms of the Boy Scouts of America, but it’s nonsense to compare The Boy Scouts of America to Hitler youth, it’s an irresponsible comment. The left is critical of anything that tries to promote uniformity and character-building. That’s a problem for them.
The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.
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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