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rubbish - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | rubbish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
| Synonyms: | debris, dregs, dross, junk, litter, lumber, offal, refuse, rubble, rummage, scrap, trash, waste, sweepings |
| Antonyms: | property, possessions |
| Main Entry: | rubbish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
| Synonyms: | balderdash, bilge*, drivel, gibberish, hogwash, poppycock, rot*, bunkum, hooey, stuff and nonsense, tommyrot |
| Antonyms: | sense, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chaff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waste |
| Synonyms: | crust, debris, dregs, pod, refuse, remains, rubbish, shell, trash, husks, shard |
| Notes: | to chafe means to rub until sore or worn; to chaff means to tease good-naturedly |
| Main Entry: | debris |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | litter, waste |
| Synonyms: | detritus, dregs, dross, garbage, junk, offal, refuse, remains, riffraff, rubbish, rubble, ruins, trash, wreck, wreckage, bits, crap, fragments, pieces |
| Antonyms: | cleanliness, neatness, purity |
| Main Entry: | drivel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foolish talk |
| Synonyms: | babble, balderdash*, blather, bunk*, double-talk, gibberish, gobbledygook*, hogwash*, jabber*, nonsense, poppycock*, rot*, rubbish*, tripe*, twaddle*, Greek, hooey, prating |
| Antonyms: | sense |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foolishness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idiocy, nonsense |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, bunk*, claptrap*, folly, impracticality, imprudence, inanity, indiscretion, insanity, insensibility, lunacy, mistake, poppycock*, preposterousness, rubbish*, silliness, stupidity, twaddle, weakness, absurdness, carrying-on, craziness, dumb trick, fool trick, foolery, horse feathers, irrationality, irresponsibility, ludicrousness, senselessness, tommyrot, unreasonableness, unwiseness, witlessness |
| Antonyms: | care, caution, prudence, sense, seriousness, thoughtfulness, carefulness, circumspection, wiseness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | garbage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuse, litter |
| Synonyms: | debris, detritus, dregs, dross, filth, junk, muck, odds and ends*, offal, rubbish, rubble, scrap, sewage, slop*, swill, trash, waste, bits and pieces, dreck, scrapings, sweepings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gobbledygook |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jargon |
| Synonyms: | balderdash*, baloney*, bull*, bunk*, cant, drivel, gibberish, rigmarole, rubbish*, amphigory, bosh, hooey, macaronics |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
| Synonyms: | baloney, bull, bunk, drivel, foolishness, garbage, hogwash, poppycock, rubbish, bunkum, crap, flapdoodle, hooey |
| Main Entry: | hogwash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, balderdash*, baloney*, bull*, bunk*, debris, drivel*, foolishness, poppycock*, refuse, rot, rubbish, trash, twaddle*, BS, hokum, hooey, horsefeathers, ridiculousness |
| Antonyms: | sense, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | malarky |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, babble, balderdash*, baloney*, bombast, bull*, bunk*, drivel, foolishness, gibberish, hogwash*, hot air*, poppycock*, prattle, rubbish, silliness, trash*, giddiness, jive* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nonsense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | craziness, ridiculousness |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, babble, balderdash*, baloney*, bombast, bull*, bunk*, claptrap*, drivel, fatuity, flightiness, folly, foolishness, fun, gibberish, hogwash*, hot air*, imprudence, inanity, jazz, jest, joke, madness, mumbo jumbo*, palaver, poppycock*, prattle, pretense, ranting, rashness, rot, rubbish, scrawl, scribble, silliness, soft soap*, stupidity, thoughtlessness, trash*, tripe*, bananas, giddiness, hooey, irrationality, jive*, ludicrousness, senselessness |
| Antonyms: | clarity, common sense, fact, sense, truth, understanding, intelligibility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | odds and ends |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscellaneous grouping |
| Synonyms: | assortment, debris, hodgepodge, jumble, litter, mélange, medley, melee, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, motley, olio, patchwork, potpourri, rags, refuse, remainder, remains, rest, rubbish, rummage, scraps, bits, bits and pieces, bits and pieces, etcetera, knickknacks, leavings, leftovers, miscellaneous paraphernalia, notions, novelties, oddments, particles, remnants, sundries, sundry items, this and that |
| Main Entry: | piffle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
| Synonyms: | balderdash*, baloney*, bull*, bunk*, drivel, empty talk, foolishness, gibberish, hogwash*, hot air*, palaver, poppycock*, prattle, rubbish, silliness, trash*, futile talk, hooey, jive*, useless words |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | poppycock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
| Synonyms: | babble, balderdash*, baloney*, bull*, bunk*, drivel, empty talk, foolishness, gibberish, hogwash*, hot air*, malarkey, mumbo jumbo*, palaver, prattle, rubbish, silliness, trash*, foolery, hooey, jive* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pulp |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheap, vulgar, especially regarding reading material |
| Synonyms: | lurid, mushy, rubbish, sensational, trash, trashy |
| Antonyms: | clean, moral, nice |
| Main Entry: | refuse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
| Synonyms: | debris, dregs, dross, dump, dust, hogwash*, junk, litter, muck, offal, remains, residue, rubbish, scraps, scum*, sediment, slop*, swill, trash, waste, dunghill, leavings, rejectamenta, sweepings, waste matter |
| Antonyms: | assets, property, possessions |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rigmarole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
| Synonyms: | babble, balderdash*, baloney, blather, bull, bunk*, drivel, foolishness, gibberish, gobbledygook*, hogwash*, hot air*, jargon, madness, mumbo jumbo*, palaver, poppycock*, prattle, rubbish, silliness, trash*, jive*, senselessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sewage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waste |
| Synonyms: | discharge, excess, excrement, garbage, junk, rubbish, runoff, slop, trash, leavings |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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