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Synonyms for mumbo-jumbo

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Noun

1. Gobbledygook — any confusing or meaningless speech; nonsense, gibberish

gobbledygook informal US, gobbledegook UK, stuff and nonsense, hocus-pocus, jargon, non-sense, gibberish, hogwash, blather, balderdash, twaddle, drivel, rigmarole, rigamarole US, prattle, humbug, rubbish, absurdity, jabber, garbage US AU CA, double talk, trash, fudge, clap-trap

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Any confusing or meaningless speech; nonsense, gibberish.

    Football lingo is mumbo jumbo to me.

Related words

Other spellings
mumbo jumbo

Forms

Plural
mumbo-jumbos → gobbledygooks, hocus-pocuses, jargons, gibberishes…

Example sentences

  • jargon All this technical jargon is gibberish to me.

By length

5 letters
trash1, fudge1
6 letters
jargon2, drivel2, humbug2, jabber
7 letters
garbage2, rubbish2, hogwash2, blather2, prattle2, twaddle2
9 letters
absurdity4, gibberish3, rigmarole
10 letters
balderdash3, rigamarole
12 letters
gobbledygook4, gobbledegook

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (jargon2 = 2 syllables).