| Main Entry: | debris |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | litter, waste |
Synonyms: |
bits, crap, detritus, dregs, dross, fragments, garbage, junk, offal, pieces, refuse, remains, riffraff, rubbish, rubble, ruins, trash, wreck, wreckage |
| Notes: | debris is the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up; garbage is food that is discarded or useless rubbish or a receptacle where rubbish is discarded; trash is worthless material that is to be disposed or a worthless or contemptible person |
Antonyms: |
cleanliness, neatness, purity |
| Main Entry: | chaff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waste |
Synonyms: |
crust, debris, dregs, husks, pod, refuse, remains, rubbish, shard, shell, trash |
| Notes: | to chafe means to rub until sore or worn; to chaff means to tease good-naturedly |
| Main Entry: | garbage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuse, litter |
Synonyms: |
bits and pieces, debris, detritus, dreck, dregs, dross, filth, junk, muck, odds and ends, offal, rubbish, rubble, scrap, scrapings, sewage, slop, sweepings, swill, trash, waste |
| Main Entry: | hogwash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
Synonyms: |
BS, absurdity, balderdash, baloney, bull*, bunk, debris, drivel*, foolishness, hokum, hooey, horsefeathers, poppycock, refuse, ridiculousness, rot, rubbish, trash, twaddle |
Antonyms: |
sense, truth |
| Main Entry: | junk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odds and ends; garbage |
Synonyms: |
clutter, collateral, debris, filth, hogwash, litter, miscellany, offal, refuse, rubbish, rubble, rummage, salvage, scrap, trash, waste |
| Main Entry: | leftover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remainder, remains |
Synonyms: |
debris, leavings, legacy, oddments, odds and ends, orts, remnants, residue, scraps, surplus, survivor, trash |
Antonyms: |
main meal |
| Main Entry: | mess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disorder, litter |
Synonyms: |
botch, chaos, clutter, combination, compound, confusion, debris, dirtiness, disarray, discombobulation, disorganization, every which way, eyesore, fright, hash, hodgepodge, jumble, mayhem, mishmash, monstrosity, salmagundi, shambles, sight, turmoil, untidiness, wreck, wreckage |
Antonyms: |
order, organization, tidiness |
| Main Entry: | odds and ends |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscellaneous grouping |
Synonyms: |
assortment, bits, bits and pieces, bits and pieces, debris, etcetera, hodgepodge, jumble, knickknacks, leavings, leftovers, litter, medley, melee, miscellaneous paraphernalia, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, motley, mélange, notions, novelties, oddments, olio, particles, patchwork, potpourri, rags, refuse, remainder, remains, remnants, rest, rubbish, rummage, scraps, sundries, sundry items, this and that |
| Main Entry: | refuse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
Synonyms: |
debris, dregs, dross, dump, dunghill, dust, hogwash, junk, leavings, litter, muck, offal, rejectamenta, remains, residue, rubbish, scraps, scum*, sediment, slop, sweepings, swill, trash, waste, waste matter |
Antonyms: |
assets, possessions, property |
| Main Entry: | remains |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remaining part |
Synonyms: |
debris, detritus, leavings, leftovers, remainder, remnant, remnants, residue, rest, scraps |