Antonyms for non-sense

Grammar : Noun

Spell : non-sens, -suhns

Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɒn sɛns, -səns

Definition of non-sense

Origin : 1610s, from non- + sense; perhaps influenced by French nonsens.

As in jargon : noun specialized language; dialect
As in monkey business : noun shenanigans
As in nonsense : noun craziness, ridiculousness
As in paradox : noun contradiction, puzzle
As in shenanigans : noun mischief
As in sport : noun fun, joking
As in talk : noun gossip
As in trash : noun ridiculous communication
As in blabber : noun idle chatter
As in claptrap : noun empty talk
As in incoherence : noun disjointedness
As in pomposity : noun grandiloquence
As in preposterousness : noun extravagance
As in stupidity : noun dullness of mind
As in stupidity : noun extreme folly
As in double Dutch : noun incomprehensible talk or writing
As in double talk : noun talk intended to confuse
As in applesauce : noun baloney
As in blather : noun talk a lot
As in malarkey : noun silliness
As in trumpery : noun deception
As in blatherskite : noun blather
As in comicality : noun humor
As in comicalness : noun humor
As in craziness : noun foolishness
As in imbecility : noun foolishness
As in jabberwocky : noun babble
As in minutia : noun trivia
As in senselessness : noun foolishness
As in small potatoes : noun trivia
As in triviality : noun trivia
As in drivel : noun foolish talk
As in falderal : noun folderol, foolishness
As in fooling : noun joking, tricks
As in frivolity : noun silliness, childishness
As in fun : noun amusement, play
As in hocus-pocus : noun sleight of hand

Example sentences :

In the never-troubled silence of the oak's inmost heart, the sense of hearing would be a non-sense.
Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre

Kant is here playing on the double meaning of the German sinnleeres—empty of sense and non-sense.
Extract from : « A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' » by Norman Kemp Smith

And words whereby we conceive nothing but the sound, are those we call Absurd, insignificant, and Non-sense.
Extract from : « Leviathan » by Thomas Hobbes

A term is not of course a mere word; a mere word is non-sense, for a sound by itself is not a word at all.
Extract from : « Essays in Experimental Logic » by John Dewey

It would have been interesting, not as a testimony to Newton, but to the sense or non-sense of the examiners.
Extract from : « Pioneers of Science » by Oliver Lodge

To be trivial on a serious occasion, to be funereal at a banquet, to be long-winded ever—these are the marks of non-sense.
Extract from : « The Art of Public Speaking » by Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein

The words were non-sense, as befitted the play, but the music was worthy of something better.
Extract from : « Whirligigs » by O. Henry

Synonyms for non-sense

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