nonsense

noun/ˈnɑnˌsɛns/

Frequency rank: #3,176 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

Words or ideas that have no meaning or are silly.

Illustration for the English word “nonsense”

Example sentence

The teacher dismissed his story as complete nonsense.

Synonyms & related words

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