Synonyms for piffle
- noun
- verb
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Twaddle
twaddle, balderdash, drivel, prattle, non-sense, hogwash, guff, hokum, blather, poppycock informal, malarkey informal UK US IE, baloney US AU, tripe UK, rubbish UK, humbug, gibberish, jargon, bosh, blah, blah-blah, jabber, trash US
Other
Verb
1. Palaver
palaver, blabber, chatter, waffle, blab, tittle-tattle, tattle, prate, clack, gabble, mander, gab
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Nonsense, foolish talk.
- v. 1
To act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner.
Forms
- Past participle
- piffled
e.g. piffled → palavered, blabbered, chattered, waffled…
Example sentences
- drivel Such drivel. And to top it off, you believe her?
- twaddle Personally, I think it's a load of twaddle.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| piffle | rising | |
| drivel | rising | |
| twaddle | steady | |
| balderdash | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- gab1
- 4 letters
- blah1, bosh1, guff1, blab1
- 5 letters
- trash1, tripe1, clack1, hokum2, prate
- 6 letters
- waffle2, jargon2, trifle2, drivel2, humbug2, jabber, tattle2, mander2, gabble
- 7 letters
- rubbish2, chatter2, baloney3, hogwash2, prattle2, blather2, palaver, twaddle2, blabber2
- 8 letters
- malarkey3
- 9 letters
- gibberish3, poppycock3
- 10 letters
- balderdash3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hokum2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- babil
- Italiano
- pettegolezzo
- Deutsch
- Geplauder
- Català
- xerrameca