gibberish
Words without sense
Gibberish is speech or writing that is meaningless or impossible to understand—rapid, confused sounds that don't form coherent words, or words strung together without sense.
The term often dismisses something as nonsense: I couldn't follow his explanation—it was pure gibberish.
Technical jargon can sound like gibberish to outsiders.
Incoherent speech
- prattleTrivial, prolonged speech
- gabbleRapid, muddled talk
- blabberRamble without substance
- blatherFoolish, pointless chatter
yammer · ramble · chatter · patter · maunder · natter · burble · splutter
Senseless talk or writing
- poppycockFoolish or meaningless talk
- hogwashFoolish or untrue talk
- bunkumInsincere or foolish talk
- claptrapInsincere, pretentious language
twaddle · piffle · tommyrot · codswallop · bosh · malarkey · baloney · tripe
Pretentious unintelligible language
- technobabbleFake scientific-sounding nonsense
- legaleseAttorneys' technical jargon
- bureaucrateseWordy governmental language
- doublespeakDeliberately misleading language
buzzwords · psychobabble · mumbo-jumbo · officialese · journalese · medicalese · academese · bafflegab
Impossible to understand
- garbledConfused and unintelligible
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- scrambledMixed into disorder
- inarticulateUnable to express clearly
muddled · jumbled · disjointed · confused · indecipherable · unreadable · meaningless · senseless
Speak low and indistinctly
- murmurSoft, indistinct continuous sound
- slurInsulting group label
- stammerSpeak with involuntary repetitions
- stutterInvoluntary speech repetition
splutter · sputter · burble · drone · indistinct · inaudible · muffled · unclear
Pretentious hollow language
- grandiloquencePompous, extravagant language
- verbosityUnnecessary word excess
- pomposityExaggerated sense of importance
- fustianPretentious, inflated language
bluster · verbiage · circumlocution · doublespeak · windiness · rant · magniloquence · rodomontade
babble
Incoherent speech
blather · yammer · ramble · chatter · patter · maunder · natter · burble · splutter · gobbledygook
balderdash
Senseless talk or writing
claptrap · twaddle · piffle · tommyrot · codswallop · bosh · malarkey · baloney · tripe · drivel
gobbledygook
Pretentious unintelligible language
- technobabbleFake scientific-sounding nonsense
- legaleseAttorneys' technical jargon
- bureaucrateseWordy governmental language
doublespeak · buzzwords · psychobabble · mumbo-jumbo · officialese · journalese · medicalese · academese · bafflegab · cant
unintelligible
Impossible to understand
- garbledConfused and unintelligible
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- scrambledMixed into disorder
inarticulate · muddled · jumbled · disjointed · confused · indecipherable · unreadable · meaningless · senseless · illogical
mutter
Speak low and indistinctly
- murmurSoft, indistinct continuous sound
- slurInsulting group label
- stammerSpeak with involuntary repetitions
stutter · splutter · sputter · burble · drone · indistinct · inaudible · muffled · unclear
bombast
Pretentious hollow language
- grandiloquencePompous, extravagant language
- verbosityUnnecessary word excess
- pomposityExaggerated sense of importance
fustian · bluster · verbiage · circumlocution · doublespeak · windiness · rant · magniloquence · rodomontade · gasconade
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- Whimsy Wordsgobbledygook, mumbo jumbo, hogwash, balderdash, piffle
- illegibilityscrawl, scribble, chicken scratch, bad handwriting, blur
- invented speechgobbledygook, double-talk, jabberwocky, mumbo jumbo, babble
- blatherbabble, balderdash, baloney, blarney, blather
- empty talkidle talk, hot air, idle chatter, drivel, babble
gibberishsense
Perception or judgment
intelligibility · coherence · plain English · lucidity · articulateness
gibberishclarity
State of being understandable
diction · eloquence · precision · perspicuity · articulacy
gibberishsense
Perception or judgment
substance · meaning · intelligence · wisdom · profundity