nonsense
Words without meaning
Nonsense, mainly a noun, is used interjectionally to characterize what someone has said as worthless, misleading, untrue, or unacceptable: His premise is nonsense.
Incoherent speech
- gibberishUnintelligible speech or writing
- drivelSenseless, silly talk
- twaddleTrivial, foolish talk
- jabberTalk rapidly, incoherently
mumbo-jumbo · balderdash · claptrap · hogwash · poppycock · blather · prattle · gobbledygook
Exaggerated sense of importance
- grandiloquencePompous, extravagant language
- blusterLoud, empty boasting
- hot airMeaningless boastful talk
- verbosityUnnecessary word excess
windiness · fustian · rodomontade · rant · blather · gas · puffery · oratory
Inviting scorn through absurdity
- preposterousCompletely contrary to reason
- ludicrousAbsurdly unreasonable or inappropriate
- absurdWildly illogical
- foolishnessUnwise conduct
silliness · folly · stupidity · inanity · fatuity · idiocy · tomfoolery · buffoonery
Waste or nonsense
- garbageDiscarded waste material
- trashDiscarded worthless material
- bullSteer before castration
- boshWorthless foolish talk
phooey · humbug · pshaw · fiddlesticks · horsefeathers · stuff · baloney · hooey
Error in reasoning
- incoherenceFailure to make sense
- irrationalityAbsence of logic
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
- inconsistencyLack of steady pattern
invalidity · unreason · flawed reasoning · specious · sophistry · non sequitur · false premise · unsound
Frivolous, absurd behavior
- zaninessState of absurd silliness
- wackinessAbsurd or zany quality
- goofinessPlayful, harmless foolishness
- absurdistBeliever in cosmic meaninglessness
surreal · fantastical · Lewis Carroll · Monty Python · Dada · wordplay · puns · limericks
babble
Incoherent speech
jabber · mumbo-jumbo · balderdash · claptrap · hogwash · poppycock · blather · prattle · gobbledygook · rubbish
pomposity
Exaggerated sense of importance
- grandiloquencePompous, extravagant language
- blusterLoud, empty boasting
- hot airMeaningless boastful talk
verbosity · windiness · fustian · rodomontade · rant · blather · gas · puffery · oratory · declamation
ridiculous
Inviting scorn through absurdity
- preposterousCompletely contrary to reason
- ludicrousAbsurdly unreasonable or inappropriate
- absurdWildly illogical
foolishness · silliness · folly · stupidity · inanity · fatuity · idiocy · tomfoolery · buffoonery · claptrap
rubbish
Waste or nonsense
bosh · phooey · humbug · pshaw · fiddlesticks · horsefeathers · stuff · baloney · hooey · nuts
fallacy
Error in reasoning
- incoherenceFailure to make sense
- irrationalityAbsence of logic
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
inconsistency · invalidity · unreason · flawed reasoning · specious · sophistry · non sequitur · false premise · unsound · groundless
silliness
Frivolous, absurd behavior
- zaninessState of absurd silliness
- wackinessAbsurd or zany quality
- goofinessPlayful, harmless foolishness
absurdist · surreal · fantastical · Lewis Carroll · Monty Python · Dada · wordplay · puns · limericks · tongue-twisters
- humorjoke, jokes, joking, comedy, comic
- "Non-" wordsnonprofit, nonfiction, nonstop, nonfat, nonstick
- blatherbabble, balderdash, baloney, blarney, blather
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- empty talkidle talk, hot air, idle chatter, drivel, babble
- foolishnessfoolishness, silliness, foolish, stupid, folly
nonsensesense
Perception or judgment
reason · logic · rationality · reasonableness · coherence
nonsensemeaning
What something signifies
intelligibility · significance · clarity · substance · comprehensibility
- no nonsenseSerious and efficient
- nonsense poetryPlayfully meaningless literary form
- nonsense wordsInvented terms lacking meaning
- total nonsense
- sheer nonsense
- talked nonsense
nonsensical, nonsense mutation, nonsenses, nonsensicality, nonsensically, nonsensicalness, nonsense verse, nonsense words