Synonyms for trumpery
- noun
- adjective
Most common
trash wish-wash apple sauce fol de rol non-sense frill tinsel frippery
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Trash
trash, rubbish, stuff, wish-wash, apple sauce, fol de rol, tripe, cods wallop, fudge, drivel, malarkey informal, balderdash, bunkum dated
2. Frill
Adjective
Definitions
- n. 1
Worthless finery; bric-a-brac or junk.
- n. 2
Nonsense.
- adj. 1
Gaudy but worthless.
“Of all the trumpery moonshine!” Mr Wilkins exploded. “What do you think you're playing at, Jennings!”
Forms
- Plural
- trumperies → trashes, rubbishes, stuffs, wish-washes…
Example sentences
- trash Yanni's house is full of trash and smells of mold.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| trumpery | steady | |
| trash | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- stuff1, trash1, fudge1, tripe1, frill1
- 6 letters
- trashy2, drivel2, tinsel2, bunkum
- 7 letters
- rubbish2
- 8 letters
- malarkey3, gimcrack, frippery
- 9 letters
- worthless2
- 10 letters
- balderdash3
- 11 letters
- gimcrackery
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (trashy2 = 2 syllables).