nonsense

Speech parts

1. nonsense - Noun

2. nonsense - Adjective

3. nonsense - Verb

4. nonsense - Interjection

5. nonsense - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity.

Trifles; things of no importance.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

absurdity folly rubbish silliness balderdash malarkey babble rot trash stupidity nonsensical foolishness gibberish bunk claptrap
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Antonyms

council creole ana mot treasury communion
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Hypernyms

content message substance decoration ornament ornamentation

Hyponyms

bosh tosh jabberwocky cant humbug mummery

Phrases with the word

what nonsense talk nonsense and all that nonsense pack of nonsense make a nonsense of fatuous nonsense

Examples

The evolution of sense is, in a sense, the evolution of nonsense. Vladimir Nabokov

It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought. John Kenneth Galbraith

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. Roald Dahl

He who talks incessantly talks nonsense. Ivorian Proverb

He who talks continuously, talks nonsense. African Proverb

He who talks incessantly, talks nonsense. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

nonsensational nonsensationalist nonsensationalistic nonsense communicated nonsense mutation nonsense syndrome