| Main Entry: | empty talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | empty words |
Synonyms: |
gossip, hot air, palaver, propaganda, rhetoric, rumor, tall talk |
| Main Entry: | humbug |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
Synonyms: |
BS, babble, balderdash, baloney, bull*, bunk, drivel, empty talk, gibberish, hogwash, hooey, hot air, poppycock, pretense, rubbish, silliness, trash* |
| Main Entry: | lip service |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | empty talk |
Synonyms: |
duplicity, empty talk, hollow words, hypocrisy, hypocritical respect, insincerity, jive, lie, lip devotion, lip homage, lip praise, lip reverence, lip worship, mouth honor, mouthing, sham, smooth talk, sweet talk, token agreement, tokenism, tongue in cheek, unctuousness |
| Main Entry: | mouth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | backtalk |
Synonyms: |
boasting, braggadocio, bragging, cheek, empty talk, freshness, gas*, guff, hot air, idle talk, impudence, insolence, lip, rudeness, sass, sauce |
| Main Entry: | piffle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
Synonyms: |
balderdash, baloney, bull*, bunk, drivel, empty talk, foolishness, futile talk, gibberish, hogwash, hooey, hot air, jive, palaver, poppycock, prattle, rubbish, silliness, trash*, useless words |
| Main Entry: | poppycock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
Synonyms: |
babble, balderdash, baloney, bull*, bunk, drivel, empty talk, foolery, foolishness, gibberish, hogwash, hooey, hot air, jive, malarkey, mumbo jumbo, palaver, prattle, rubbish, silliness, trash* |
| Main Entry: | spiel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | patter, sales pitch |
Synonyms: |
chatter, empty talk, jabber, jive, line*, pitch*, sales talk, song and dance |
| Main Entry: | flatulence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pomposity |
Synonyms: |
babble, boasting, bombast, claptrap, empty talk, fustian, hot air, idle words, turgidity, twaddle, windiness |
| Main Entry: | mumbo jumbo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
Synonyms: |
claptrap, double-talk, empty talk, gibberish, gobbledygook, hocus-pocus, hogwash, mere words, obscuration |