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Synonyms for tripe

Most common

bullshit drivel hogwash piffle non-sense

All synonyms

Noun

1. Drivel — something foolish or valueless, especially written works and popular entertainment (movies, television)

drivel, bullshit, hogwash, piffle, guff, hokum, rubbish, malarkey informal, stuff, garbage US AU CA, trash, bull, slop, apple sauce, blah, wish-wash, fol de rol, cods wallop, trumpery, baloney, balderdash, poppycock informal

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Something foolish or valueless, especially written works and popular entertainment (movies, television).

Forms

Plural
tripes → drivels, hogwashes, guffs, hokums…

Example sentences

  • bullshit I know you don't have the money—don't bullshit me!
  • drivel Such drivel. And to top it off, you believe her?
  • hogwash I think that's a lot of hogwash.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
triperising
bullshitrising
drivelrising
hogwashsteady
pifflerising

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

By length

4 letters
bull1, blah1, slop1, guff1
5 letters
stuff1, trash1, hokum2
6 letters
drivel2, piffle
7 letters
stomach2, garbage2, rubbish2, pickles2, baloney3, hogwash2
8 letters
bullshit2, malarkey3, trumpery
9 letters
poppycock3
10 letters
balderdash3

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

In other languages

Français
tripes