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nonsense

n.

Matter that has no meaning
balderdash, rubbish, twaddle, trash, gobbledygook, drivel, scribble, scrawl, inanity, senselessness, babble, palaver, buncombe, idle chatter, pretense, prattle, blather, nonsensicalness, rant, bombast, claptrap, bull*, baloney*, trash*, gas*, tripe*, hooey*, soft soap*, bunk*, rant*, poppycock*, mumbo jumbo*, gab*, twaddle*, garbage*, rubbish*, hogwash*, rot*, hot air*.
Frivolous behavior
unsteadiness, flightiness, thoughtlessness, fickleness, foolishness, fatuousness, giddiness, rashness, infatuation, extravagance, imprudence, irrationality, madness, senselessness, inconsistency, shallowness; see also stupidity 2.
Antonyms consideration*, steadiness, thoughtfulness.
Pure fun
antics, absurdity, jest, joke, monkeybusiness; see also fun.

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Another word for nonsense

noun

Unintelligible or foolish talk:
babble, blather, blatherskite, double talk, gabble, gibberish, jabber, jabberwocky, jargon, prate, prattle, twaddle. See words
Something that does not have or make sense:
balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle. (Informal) tommyrot. (Slang) applesauce, baloney, bilge, bull¹, bunk², crap, hooey, malarkey. See knowledge
Foolish behavior:
absurdity, folly, foolery, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, insanity, lunacy, madness, preposterousness, senselessness, silliness, tomfoolery, zaniness. (Informal) craziness. See ability
Something or things that are unimportant:
fiddle-faddle, frippery, frivolity, froth, minutia, small change, small potatoes, trifle, trivia, triviality. See important, surface

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I don't want to hear any more of this nonsense about magic.
I thought that was TV nonsense until a few minutes later the phone rang and damned if he hadn't done just that!
Don't talk nonsense to me.
She couldn't help wondering if Evelyn really understood that going to his home country would mean she'd hear this kind of nonsense all the time.
If I hear this nonsense again, I'll send you outside the walls to deal with this mess personally.

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