Synonyms for balderdash
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Piffle — senseless talk or writing; nonsense
piffle, twaddle, non-sense, drivel, stuff and nonsense, poppycock informal, malarkey informal UK US IE, gobbledygook informal US, gobbledegook UK, jargon, blather, gibberish, guff, rigmarole, rigamarole US, mumbo-jumbo, bosh, trash US, hocus-pocus, rubbish informal UK IE, babble, palaver, absurdity, prattle
Verb
sophisticate, admix, abase dated, adulter dated rare
Definitions
- n. 1
Senseless talk or writing; nonsense.
- n. 2
Obscene language or writing.
Forms
- Past participle
- balderdashed
e.g. balderdashed → sophisticated, admixt, abased, adultered…
Example sentences
- drivel Such drivel. And to top it off, you believe her?
- twaddle Personally, I think it's a load of twaddle.
- swill Even the finest fete becomes mere hogs swill.
By length
- 4 letters
- bosh1, smut1, guff1
- 5 letters
- trash1, swill1, abase, admix
- 6 letters
- jargon2, babble2, drivel2, piffle, ordure
- 7 letters
- romance2, rubbish2, blather2, palaver, prattle2, twaddle2, adulter
- 8 letters
- malarkey3, ribaldry3
- 9 letters
- absurdity4, gibberish3, obscenity4, poppycock3, rigmarole
- 10 letters
- rigamarole
- 12 letters
- gobbledygook4, sophisticate4, gobbledegook
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (jargon2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- bêtises