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Synonyms for baloney

  • noun

Most common

bullshit hogwash hokum piffle non-sense mortadella

All synonyms

Noun

1. Bullshit

bullshit, hogwash, malarkey informal, hokum, piffle, twaddle, drivel, stuff, humbug, rubbish, bull, tosh, fudge, blah, tommy-rot, bosh, jazz, drool, bilgewater, taradiddle, balderdash, poppycock informal

Other

non-sense, mortadella, clap-trap, flap doodle, mumbo-jumbo, apple sauce, moon-shine

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A type of sausage; bologna.

Forms

Plural
baloneys → hogwashes, malarkeys, hokums, twaddles…

Example sentences

  • bullshit I know you don't have the money—don't bullshit me!
  • hogwash I think that's a lot of hogwash.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
baloneyrising
bullshitrising
hogwashsteady
hokumsteady
pifflerising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
bull1, jazz1, blah1, tosh1, bosh1
5 letters
stuff1, fudge1, drool1, hokum2
6 letters
drivel2, humbug2, piffle
7 letters
rubbish2, hogwash2, twaddle2
8 letters
bullshit2, malarkey3
9 letters
poppycock3
10 letters
balderdash3, mortadella, bilgewater, taradiddle

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hokum2 = 2 syllables).