Crossword solutions & Synonyms for
Nonsense
20 January 2021
Last seen in: Evening Standard Easy Crossword
We found 89 answers for the crossword clue 'Nonsense', the most recent of which was seen in the Evening Standard Easy Crossword.
We've seen this clue in both CRYPTIC and NON-CRYPTIC crossword publications.
We have given Nonsense a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.
As well as being a clue we've also seen Nonsense as an answer itself some 155 times.
Nonsense is a single word clue made up of 8 letters.
We most recently saw this clue in 'Evening Standard Easy Crossword' on Friday, 15 January 2021 with the answer being BUNKUM, but the most popular answer for this clue is ROT.
We've seen this clue in the following publications:
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 15 Jan 2021
- The Mirror Quick - 5 Jan 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - 5 Jan 2021
- The Guardian Quick - 26 Dec 2020
- The Mirror Quick - 25 Dec 2020
- The New York Times Crossword - 21 Dec 2020
- The Guardian Quick - 19 Dec 2020
- The Mirror Quick - 16 Oct 2020
- The Guardian Quick - 5 Oct 2020
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 16 Sep 2020
Definitions and usage
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- Ornamental objects of no great value
- A message that seems to convey no meaning
- Having no intelligible meaning; "nonsense syllables"; "a nonsensical jumble of words"
Crossword Answers
3 Letters
ROT
Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
4 Letters
BOSH
Pretentious or silly talk or writing
GAFF
A sharp metal spike or spur that is fastened to the leg of a gamecock
PULP
The soft inner part of a tooth
TOSH
Pretentious or silly talk or writing
5 Letters
BILGE
Water accumulated in the bilge of a ship
HOKUM
A message that seems to convey no meaning
TRIPE
Lining of the stomach of a ruminant (especially a bovine) used as food
6 Letters
BUNKUM
Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
BUSHWA
DRIVEL
Saliva spilling from the mouth
PIFFLE
Trivial nonsense
7 Letters
BLARNEY
Flattery designed to gain favor
EYEWASH
Lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes
RUBBISH
Nonsensical talk or writing
TWADDLE
Pretentious or silly talk or writing
8 Letters
CLAPTRAP
Pompous or pretentious talk or writing
9 Letters
GIBBERISH
Unintelligible talking
10 Letters
BALDERDASH
Trivial nonsense
MUMBOJUMBO
Language or ritual causing, or intending to cause, confusion
11 Letters
ABRACADABRA
Gibberish and nonsense
ABRACADABRA
Gibberish and nonsense
ALOADOFBUNK
ALOADOFBUNK
BROADCOMEDY
BROADCOMEDY
DOUBLEDUTCH
The difficult version of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes that are swung in a crisscross manner by two turners
FLIGHTINESS
The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment; "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory"
FLIGHTINESS
The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment; "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory"
FLUMADIDDLE
FLUMADIDDLE
FOOLISHNESS
The trait of acting stupidly or rashly
FOOLISHNESS
The trait of acting stupidly or rashly
FOOLISHTALK
FOOLISHTALK
JABBERWOCKY
Nonsensical language (according to Lewis Carroll)
JABBERWOCKY
Nonsensical language (according to Lewis Carroll)
OBSCURATION
OBSCURATION
OSTENTATION
Pretentious or showy or vulgar display
OSTENTATION
Pretentious or showy or vulgar display
UNSOUNDNESS
Not mentally or physically healthy; "no one can be a poet without a certain unsoundness of mind"
UNSOUNDNESS
Not mentally or physically healthy; "no one can be a poet without a certain unsoundness of mind"
WITLESSNESS
WITLESSNESS
12 Letters
BLATHERSKITE
Foolish gibberish
BLATHERSKITE
Foolish gibberish
CONVERSATION
The use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
CONVERSATION
The use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
EQUIVOCATION
Falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
EQUIVOCATION
Falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
FIDDLEFADDLE
FIDDLEFADDLE
FIDDLESTICKS
FIDDLESTICKS
INDISCRETION
A petty misdeed
INDISCRETION
A petty misdeed
RECKLESSNESS
The trait of giving little thought to danger
RECKLESSNESS
The trait of giving little thought to danger
13 Letters
CONTRADICTION
The speech act of contradicting someone; "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"
CONTRADICTION
The speech act of contradicting someone; "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"
IRRATIONALITY
The state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding
IRRATIONALITY
The state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding
LUDICROUSNESS
LUDICROUSNESS
SENSELESSNESS
Total lack of meaning or ideas
SENSELESSNESS
Total lack of meaning or ideas
14 Letters
IMPRACTICALITY
Concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use
IMPRACTICALITY
Concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use
INADVISABILITY
The quality of being ill-advised
INADVISABILITY
The quality of being ill-advised
PRATFALLCOMEDY
PRATFALLCOMEDY
RIDICULOUSNESS
A message whose content is at variance with reason
RIDICULOUSNESS
A message whose content is at variance with reason
15 Letters
ABUNCHOFBALONEY
ABUNCHOFBALONEY
PRETENTIOUSNESS
The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
PRETENTIOUSNESS
The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
THOUGHTLESSNESS
The trait of not thinking carefully before acting
THOUGHTLESSNESS
The trait of not thinking carefully before acting
16 Letters
MERETRICIOUSNESS
Tasteless showiness
MERETRICIOUSNESS
Tasteless showiness
PREPOSTEROUSNESS
PREPOSTEROUSNESS
23 Letters
AMPHIBOLOGYGOBBLEDYGOOK
AMPHIBOLOGYGOBBLEDYGOOK
26 Letters
HORSEFEATHERSSLEIGHTOFHAND
HORSEFEATHERSSLEIGHTOFHAND
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