Antonyms for nonsense
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : non-sens, -suhns |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɒn sɛns, -səns |
Definition of nonsense
Origin :- 1610s, from non- + sense; perhaps influenced by French nonsens.
- noun craziness, ridiculousness
- Nonsense must have the dew on it, or it is good for nothing.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- "Nonsense," he laughed, with the air of a man certain of his facts.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- It's all nonsense, and I'm going to see that you're both stopped.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- I am talking very like nonsense, majie, but I can't do it better.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- That it was only a Yankee ship, any how, and that it is all "blarsted" nonsense to make a fuss about it.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various
- Mr Verloc will be sorry to hear of this nonsense, Stevie,—I can tell you.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- Mrs Verloc rose, and went into the kitchen to “stop that nonsense.”
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- There was a plausibility in all he said; but, if it were examined, there was nothing in it but nonsense.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Mistress Cross might have persuaded him out of this nonsense, but did not see fit to do so.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- Sense or nonsense, just as you please, so as it shows us what an acrostic is.
- Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
Synonyms for nonsense
- absurdity
- babble
- balderdash
- baloney
- bananas
- bombast
- bull
- bunk
- claptrap
- drivel
- fatuity
- flightiness
- folly
- foolishness
- fun
- gibberish
- giddiness
- hogwash
- hooey
- hot air
- imprudence
- inanity
- irrationality
- jazz
- jest
- jive
- joke
- ludicrousness
- madness
- mumbo jumbo
- palaver
- poppycock
- prattle
- pretense
- ranting
- rashness
- rot
- rubbish
- scrawl
- scribble
- senselessness
- silliness
- soft soap
- stupidity
- thoughtlessness
- trash
- tripe
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