nonsenses
Illogical spoken garbage
Nonsenses is the plural of nonsense, used when distinguishing multiple varieties or instances of foolishness: the various nonsenses of pseudoscience, bureaucratic nonsenses that waste everyone's time.
The plural is uncommon because nonsense typically functions as an uncountable noun—you have nonsense, not a nonsense—but writers occasionally reach for it when cataloging distinct absurdities.
Incoherent speech
- drivelSenseless, silly talk
- twaddleTrivial, foolish talk
- balderdashSenseless talk or writing
- hogwashFoolish or untrue talk
rubbish · garbage · claptrap · blather · prattle · gobbledygook · mumbo-jumbo · jabberwocky
Utterly senseless notions
- ridiculousnessQuality of being laughable
- preposterousnessQuality of being ridiculous
- ludicrousnessQuality of being laughable
- irrationalityAbsence of logic
illogicality · foolishness · senselessness · meaninglessness · incoherence · unreasonableness · folly · stupidity
Silly, senseless conduct
- buffooneryLudicrous or silly conduct
- tomfooleryFoolish or silly behavior
- shenanigansMischievous or deceitful behavior
- anticsAbsurd, attention-seeking behavior
hijinks · horseplay · clowning · jesting · joking · pranks · frivolity · whimsy
babble
Incoherent speech
- drivelSenseless, silly talk
- twaddleTrivial, foolish talk
- balderdashSenseless talk or writing
hogwash · rubbish · garbage · claptrap · blather · prattle · gobbledygook · mumbo-jumbo · jabberwocky · poppycock
absurdities
Utterly senseless notions
- ridiculousnessQuality of being laughable
- preposterousnessQuality of being ridiculous
- ludicrousnessQuality of being laughable
irrationality · illogicality · foolishness · senselessness · meaninglessness · incoherence · unreasonableness · folly · stupidity · idiocy
foolery
Silly, senseless conduct
- buffooneryLudicrous or silly conduct
- tomfooleryFoolish or silly behavior
- shenanigansMischievous or deceitful behavior
antics · hijinks · horseplay · clowning · jesting · joking · pranks · frivolity · whimsy · goofiness
nonsensesfacts
Verifiable pieces of truth
truths · realities · verities · actualities · certainties
- no nonsenseSerious and efficient
- nonsense poetryPlayfully meaningless literary form
- nonsense wordsInvented terms lacking meaning
- total nonsense
- sheer nonsense
- talked nonsense