Synonyms for non-senses
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : non-sens, -suhns |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɒn sɛns, -səns |
Top 10 synonyms for non-senses Other synonyms for the word non-senses
- abracadabra
- absurdity
- absurdness
- allusion
- antics
- artifice
- asininity
- badinage
- balderdash
- ball
- banality
- bananas
- banter
- battiness
- big time
- bilge
- blast
- blather
- blatherskite
- blither
- blubbering
- bluffing
- bombast
- brainlessness
- buffoonery
- bull
- bunk
- burble
- buzz
- buzzwords
- cant
- capers
- carrying-on
- catch
- Catch-22
- chant
- charm
- chat
- chatter
- cheating
- cheer
- chicanery
- chitchat
- Choctaw
- clamor
- claptrap
- cliché
- clowning
- clowning around
- clownishness
- colloquialism
- comedy
- comicality
- comicalness
- commonplace term
- conjuring
- coquetting
- craziness
- cry
- dallying
- deceit
- deception
- delusion
- derision
- dirty trick
- disobedience
- diversion
- doltishness
- double talk
- double-talk
- doublespeak
- drivel
- drollery
- dumb trick
- enjoyment
- entertainment
- error
- escapade
- falsehood
- farce
- farcicality
- fatuity
- fatuousness
- feeble-mindedness
- festivity
- fiddle-faddle
- fine points
- flakiness
- flightiness
- flimflam
- flippancy
- flirting
- flummery
- folly
- fool trick
- foolery
- fooling around
- foolish talk
- foolishness
- fraud
- fribble
- frippery
- frivolity
- frivolousness
- frolic
- frolicking
- frolicsomeness
- froth
- fudge
- fun
- funniness
- funny business
- fustian
- gab
- gabble
- gag
- gaiety
- gambol
- game
- garbage
- gibberish
- giddiness
- gobbledegook
- gobbledygook
- good time
- gossip
- grapevine
- Greek
- grins
- gushing
- hackneyed term
- hanky-panky
- hearsay
- high jinks
- hint
- hoax
- hocus
- hogwash
- hokey-pokey
- hokum
- holiday
- hooey
- horse feathers
- horseplay
- horsing around
- hot air
- humbug
- humorousness
- idiocy
- idiom
- idle talk
- ignorance
- imbecility
- imposture
- impracticality
- imprudence
- inanity
- incantation
- incapacity
- incongruity
- inconsistency
- indiscretion
- ineptitude
- injudiciousness
- innuendo
- insanity
- insensibility
- insinuation
- insipidity
- irrationality
- irresponsibility
- jabber
- jabbering
- jabberwocky
- jargon
- jaw
- jazz
- jest
- jesting
- jive
- jocoseness
- jocosity
- jocularity
- joke
- joking
- jollification
- jollity
- joshing
- joy
- juggling
- junketing
- kidding
- laughter
- legerdemain
- levity
- lexicon
- lightheartedness
- lightness
- lingo
- lip
- living it up
- ludicrousness
- lunacy
- madness
- magic
- magic words
- making light
- malarkey
- malarky
- memorabilia
- merriment
- merrymaking
- minutia
- minutiae
- mirth
- misbehavior
- mischief
- mischief-making
- mischievousness
- mistake
- mockery
- monkey business
- monkeyshine
- mumbo jumbo
- mummery
- murmur
- muttering
- mystery
- mystification
- naughtiness
- neologism
- newspeak
- nitwittedness
- noise
- nonsense
- nonsensicality
- nuttiness
- obtuseness
- occultism
- oddity
- open sesame
- opposite
- overused term
- palaver
- parlance
- pastime
- patois
- patter
- persiflage
- picnic
- play
- playfulness
- pleasantry
- pleasure
- poppycock
- practical joke
- prank
- prate
- prating
- prattle
- preposterousness
- pretense
- pretension
- prose
- puerility
- pulp
- racket
- raillery
- rambling
- ranting
- rashness
- recreation
- rejoicing
- relaxation
- report
- reverse
- ridiculousness
- rigmarole
- riot
- romp
- romping
- rot
- roughhouse
- roughhousing
- rowdiness
- rubbish
- rumble
- rumor
- scorn
- scrawl
- scribble
- scuttlebutt
- senselessness
- shallowness
- sham
- shoptalk
- silliness
- simplicity
- skylarking
- slang
- slanguage
- sleight of hand
- slowness
- sluggishness
- small change
- small potatoes
- small talk
- smoke and mirrors
- soft soap
- solace
- sophistry
- speech
- spell
- spoofing
- sport
- stale language
- stir
- stolidity
- street talk
- stupefaction
- stupidity
- stupidness
- stupor
- superficiality
- swindle
- tattling
- teasing
- tête-à -tête
- thick-headedness
- thoughtlessness
- tomfoolery
- tommyrot
- tongue
- toying
- trash
- treat
- trick
- trickery
- trifle
- trifles
- trifling
- tripe
- trite language
- trivialities
- triviality
- trouble
- twaddle
- unintelligibility
- unreasonableness
- unwiseness
- usage
- vandalism
- vernacular
- vocabulary
- volatility
- wackiness
- weak-mindedness
- weakness
- whimsicality
- whimsy
- whoopee
- wit
- witlessness
- wittiness
- yarn
- zaniness
Définition of non-senses
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
Antonyms for non-senses
- accuracy
- acumen
- assets
- canniness
- certainty
- chore
- clarity
- common sense
- correction
- depression
- drudgery
- evidence
- fact
- flattery
- frankness
- gloom
- honesty
- honor
- information
- intelligence
- intelligibility
- judgment
- labor
- listening
- normality
- openness
- possessions
- praise
- proof
- quiet
- reality
- regularity
- sadness
- same
- sense
- sensibility
- seriousness
- shrewdness
- silence
- solemnity
- sorrow
- standard
- success
- task
- truth
- truthfulness
- understanding
- unhappiness
- uprightness
- usualness
- valuables
- vocation
- wisdom
- wiseness
- woe
- work
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