Synonyms for “nonsense”

noun

1. =  rubbish, hot air (informal), waffle (informal, mainly, British), twaddle, balls (taboo & slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo & slang), pants (slang), rot, crap (slang), garbage (informal), trash, bunk (informal), bullshit (taboo & slang), tosh (slang, mainly, British), bollocks (British, taboo & slang), rhubarb, pap, cobblers (British, taboo & slang), foolishness, bilge (informal), drivel, tripe (informal), gibberish, guff (slang), bombast, moonshine, claptrap (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, mainly, US & Canadian), blather, double Dutch (British, informal), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), stuff and nonsense, tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe (mainly, US), bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian & New Zealand, slang) • Most orthodox doctors, however, dismiss this theory as complete nonsense.
   opposites: fact, reason, sense, truth, reality, wisdom, seriousness
2. =  idiocy, folly, stupidity, absurdity, silliness, inanity, senselessness, ridiculousness, ludicrousness, fatuity • Surely it is an economic nonsense to deplete the world of natural resources.

   See no-nonsense

   1. =  down-to-earth, practical, sensible, realistic, common-sense, matter-of-fact, hard-headed, grounded • With his gruff Scottish voice and no-nonsense attitude, he's an imposing figure.