Synonyms for gobbledygook
- noun
- American English
Most common
non-sense drivel mumbo-jumbo balderdash gash jabberwocky rigmarole galimatias
All synonyms
Noun
mumbo-jumbo, non-sense, drivel, balderdash, malarkey informal, rigmarole, rigamarole US, rubbish, prattle, garbage US AU CA, bull, fudge, clap-trap, gash, jabberwocky, galimatias, skimble-skamble, bilgewater, bafflegab, gibberish, jargon, blather, hogwash, twaddle, babble, hokum, piffle, hocus-pocus, poppycock informal, palaver, absurdity, blah, humbug, jabber, flap doodle, gibber, fiddle-faddle, flummery, bunkum dated
Definitions
- n. 1
Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.
Related words
- Other spellings
- gobbledegook UK gobbly-gook gobblygook
Forms
- Plural
- gobbledygooks → mumbo-jumbos, drivels, malarkeys, rigmaroles…
Example sentences
- drivel Such drivel. And to top it off, you believe her?
- gash Ziri only suffered a large gash to the head.
- jabberwocky His long-haired, blond, Teddy Bear hamster was called Jabberwocky.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| gobbledygook | steady | |
| drivel | rising | |
| balderdash | steady | |
| gash | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- bull1, blah1, gash1
- 5 letters
- fudge1, hokum2
- 6 letters
- jargon2, babble2, drivel2, humbug2, jabber, piffle, gibber, bunkum
- 7 letters
- garbage2, rubbish2, hogwash2, prattle2, blather2, palaver, twaddle2
- 8 letters
- malarkey3, flummery
- 9 letters
- absurdity4, gibberish3, rigmarole, poppycock3, bafflegab
- 10 letters
- balderdash3, rigamarole, bilgewater, galimatias
- 11 letters
- jabberwocky
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hokum2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- charabia
- Español
- galimatías