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Antonyms for nononsense
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : noh-non-sens, -suhns |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnoʊˈnɒn sɛns, -səns |
- adventurous
- agitated
- amenable
- annoyed
- boisterous
- bright
- changeable
- cheerful
- counterfeit
- courteous
- deceitful
- deceptive
- definite
- devious
- dishonest
- drunk
- easy
- easy-going
- encouraging
- excitable
- excited
- facile
- false
- flexible
- flippant
- friendly
- frivolous
- fun
- funny
- gentle
- happy
- hopeful
- ignorant
- immoderate
- impractical
- inaccurate
- inconsequential
- inconstant
- indecorous
- indefinite
- inebriated
- insignificant
- insincere
- invalid
- irrational
- irresolute
- joyful
- kind
- laughing
- lengthy
- lenient
- light
- lively
- long
- loose
- loud
- luminous
- meaningless
- mild
- minor
- misleading
- nervous
- nice
- noisy
- ordinary
- polite
- ridiculous
- sentimental
- silly
- small
- soft
- solvable
- sporting
- sunny
- thin
- thoughtless
- tolerant
- tractable
- tricky
- trivial
- troubled
- uncertain
- unconcerned
- unenthusiastic
- unfixed
- unimportant
- unimpressive
- unpassionate
- unpurposeful
- unreal
- unrealistic
- unreasonable
- unsacred
- unsensible
- unserious
- unstable
- unsteady
- unsubstantial
- unthoughtful
- untrustworthy
- upset
- usual
- vivacious
- wavering
- weak
- willing
- wobbly
- worried
- yielding
Definition of nononsense
Origin :- "not tolerating foolishness, businesslike," 1928," from phrase to stand no nonsense, which is attested from 1821, originally in sporting slang.
- As in sedate : adj calm, collected
- As in serious : adj somber, humorless
- As in sincere : adj straightforward, honest
- As in sober : adj calm, peaceful; dull
- As in solemn : adj quiet, serious
- As in somber : adj sad, depressing
- As in staid : adj restrained, set
- As in strict : adj authoritarian
- As in weighty : adj serious, important
- As in bluff : adj abrupt
- As in hard-nosed : adj tough and shrewd
- As in no-nonsense : adj intolerant
- As in sobersided : adj serious
- As in down-to-earth : adj reasonable, practical
- As in earnest : adj serious; very important
- As in grave : adj serious; gloomy
- Nononsense talked in those days about the evil consequencesof indiscriminate charity.
- Extract from : « Our Fathers Have Told Us » by John Ruskin
Synonyms for nononsense
- abnegating
- aboveboard
- abstaining
- actual
- artless
- austere
- barefaced
- bearish
- big
- big deal
- black
- bleak
- blue
- blunt
- blustering
- bona fide
- bound
- bound and determined
- breviloquent
- brief
- brooding
- brusque
- bullheaded
- businesslike
- caliginous
- calm
- candid
- clear-headed
- close
- cloudy
- cold
- cold sober
- collected
- common
- commonsense
- composed
- consequential
- considerable
- constant
- constrained
- contemplative
- cool
- cool as cucumber
- critical
- crucial
- crusty
- curt
- dark
- dead set
- dead-level
- deadpan
- dear
- decorous
- deliberate
- demanding
- demure
- depressive
- determined
- devout
- dignified
- dim
- dingy
- dire
- direct
- disciplinary
- disciplined
- dismal
- dispassionate
- dispiriting
- doleful
- dour
- down
- down-to-earth
- downbeat
- downright
- drab
- draconian
- dragged
- dreary
- dull
- dusky
- earnest
- easy
- efficient
- eschewing
- exacting
- faithful
- firm
- fixed
- for real
- forbidding
- forcible
- forgoing
- formal
- forthright
- frank
- funereal
- genuine
- gloomy
- glum
- go for broke
- grave
- grim
- grim-faced
- gruff
- guileless
- hard
- hard-boiled
- hardboiled
- hardheaded
- harsh
- heartfelt
- hearty
- heavy
- heavyweight
- honest
- honest to God
- hurting
- imperturbable
- in earnest
- inflexible
- inhibited
- intense
- intent
- iron-fisted
- joyless
- laconic
- laid-back
- leaden
- levelheaded
- life and death
- like it is
- long-faced
- low-key
- lucid
- lugubrious
- material
- matter of life and death
- matter-of-fact
- mean business
- meaningful
- meant
- meditative
- melancholy
- momentous
- moody
- mournful
- mulish
- mundane
- murky
- muted
- natural
- no fooling
- no-fooling
- no-nonsense
- obdurate
- obscure
- obstinate
- on the level
- on the line
- on up and up
- open
- oppressive
- outspoken
- pacific
- pensive
- picky
- pigheaded
- placid
- plain
- plain-spoken
- plainspoken
- playing hard ball
- pokerfaced
- ponderous
- portentous
- practical
- pragmatic
- pretensionless
- proper
- prudish
- punctilious
- puritanical
- quiet
- rational
- real
- realistic
- reasonable
- reflective
- regular
- reserved
- resolute
- resolved
- restrained
- righteous
- rigid
- rigorous
- rough
- rude
- sad
- sage
- saintly
- sane
- saturnine
- scrupulous
- sedate
- seemly
- self-restrained
- sensible
- sepulchral
- serene
- serious
- set
- settled
- severe
- shadowy
- shady
- short
- short-spoken
- significant
- sincere
- snippety
- snippy
- sober
- soft
- solemn
- somber
- sound
- sourpuss
- square
- stable
- staid
- starchy
- steady
- stern
- stickling
- straight
- straightforward
- strait-laced
- strict
- strictly business
- stringent
- stubborn
- stubborn as a mule
- stuffy
- subdued
- substantial
- sure enough
- tactless
- tart
- tenebrous
- terse
- thoughtful
- toned down
- tough
- tough-minded
- tranquil
- true
- true-blue
- trustworthy
- twenty-four carat
- unaffected
- unceremonious
- uncompromising
- underlined
- undesigning
- undissembled
- unexcited
- unfantastic
- unfeigned
- unflappable
- unhumorous
- unidealistic
- unimpassioned
- unpermissive
- unpretentious
- unruffled
- unsentimental
- unsmiling
- unsparing
- up-front
- uptight
- weighty
- wholehearted
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