Another word for nonsense
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Noun
Unintelligible or foolish talk
- To talk foolishly; prate.
- Foolish, trivial, or idle talk or chatter.
- To talk or chatter idly or meaninglessly; babble or prate.
- To utter or express by chattering foolishly or babbling.
- Idle or meaningless chatter; babble.
- To talk idly and at length; chatter:
- The specialized language of a trade, profession, or similar group, especially when viewed as difficult to understand by outsiders:
- Nonsensical or incoherent language:
- A hybrid language or dialect; a pidgin. Not in technical use.
- Nonsensical speech or writing.
- To talk rapidly or unintelligibly.
- To utter rapidly or unintelligibly.
- Rapid or babbling talk.
- Unintelligible or nonsensical talk or writing.
- Highly technical or esoteric language.
- Unnecessarily pretentious or vague language.
- To speak rapidly or incoherently; jabber.
- To make rapid, low muttering or quacking sounds, as a goose or duck.
- To utter rapidly or incoherently.
- Meaningless speech that consists of nonsense syllables mixed with intelligible words; gibberish.
- Deliberately ambiguous or evasive language.
- A babbling, foolish person.
- Blather.
- To talk nonsensically.
- Nonsensical talk.
- To utter a meaningless confusion of words or sounds:
- To talk foolishly or idly; chatter:
- To make a continuous low, murmuring sound, as flowing water.
See also:Something that does not have or make sense
See also:Foolish behavior
- (uncountable) The state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement.
- (uncountable) The state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs.
- (countable) The result or product of being crazy.
- The state or condition of being zany.
- Foolish behavior.
- Something trivial or foolish; nonsense.
- The state of being senseless.
- The condition of being mentally deranged.
- Great folly:
- Enthusiasm; excitement:
- Mental derangement; craziness:
- Intermittent mental derangement attributed to the changing phases of the moon.
- Great or wild foolishness:
- Severe mental illness or derangement. Not used in psychiatric diagnosis.
- Unsoundness of mind sufficient to render a person unfit to maintain a contractual or other legal relationship or sufficient to warrant commitment to a mental health facility.
- Incapacity to form the criminal intent necessary for legal responsibility, as when a mental disorder prevents a person from knowing the difference between right and wrong.
- Great stupidity or foolishness.
- Something, such as an act or suggestion, that is considered stupid or foolish.
- Extreme folly or stupidity.
- A foolish or stupid utterance or deed.
- Foolish behavior or speech.
- An instance of foolish behavior or speech; a jest.
- Lack of good sense, understanding, or foresight:
- An act or instance of foolishness:
- A costly undertaking having an absurd or ruinous outcome.
- the quality or state of being absurd; nonsense
- an absurd idea or thing
See also:Something or things that are unimportant
- The quality or condition of being trivial.
- Something trivial.
- Insignificant or inessential matters; trifles.
- Miscellaneous facts, especially when the subject of questions in games and quizzes.
- Something of little importance or value.
- A small amount; a jot.
- A dessert typically consisting of plain or sponge cake soaked in sherry, rum, or brandy and topped with layers of jam or jelly, custard, and whipped cream.
- A person or thing regarded as unimportant.
- An insignificant amount or sum.
- Coins of low denomination.
- Something of little value or significance.
- A minor detail, often of negligible importance.
- (biometrics, forensics) Any of the major features of a fingerprint that allow prints to be compared.
- A mass of bubbles in or on a liquid; foam.
- Salivary foam released as a result of disease or exhaustion.
- Something unsubstantial or trivial:
- The quality or condition of being frivolous.
- A frivolous act or thing.
- Pretentious, showy finery.
- Pretentious elegance; ostentation.
- Something trivial or nonessential.
- Nonsense.
- To fritter away one's time; dally.
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Another word for nonsense
Noun
Matter that has no meaning
Frivolous behavior
- the property of being shallow
- The state or quality of being inconsistent.
- Something inconsistent:
- The state of being senseless.
- The condition of being mentally deranged.
- Great folly:
- Enthusiasm; excitement:
- The state or quality of being irrational.
- An irrational idea, expression, or act.
- The quality or condition of being unwise or indiscreet.
- An unwise or indiscreet act.
- The quality of being extravagant:
- Immoderate spending:
- Something extravagant.
- an infatuating or being infatuated
- The quality of state of being rash; inconsiderate or presumptuous haste; headstrong precipitation in decision or action; temerity; unwarranted boldness.
- The state of being giddy.
- The characteristic of being fatuous.
- The quality of being fickle.
- The quality of being flighty.
- The quality of being unsteady.
See also:Antonyms:Pure fun
- Something said or done to evoke laughter or amusement, especially an amusing story with a punch line.
- A mischievous trick; a prank:
- Something that is of ludicrously poor quality:
- A playful or frivolous mood or manner:
- A playful remark; a witticism or joke.
- A playful or amusing act; a prank.
- the quality or state of being absurd; nonsense
- an absurd idea or thing
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