All balderdash synonyms
bal·der·dash
B b noun balderdash
- jargon — a colorless to smoky gem variety of zircon.
- crock — A crock is a clay pot or jar.
- claptrap — If you describe something that someone says as claptrap, you mean that it is stupid or foolish although it may sound important.
- rot — to undergo decomposition; decay.
- bunk — A bunk is a bed that is fixed to a wall, especially in a ship or caravan.
- tripe — the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food. Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- rigmarole — an elaborate or complicated procedure: to go through the rigmarole of a formal dinner.
- drivel — saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
- moonshine — Informal. smuggled or illicitly distilled liquor, especially corn liquor as illicitly distilled chiefly in rural areas of the southern U.S.
- poppycock — nonsense; bosh.
- bull — A bull is a male animal of the cow family.
- malarkey — speech or writing designed to obscure, mislead, or impress; bunkum: The claims were just a lot of malarkey.
- fustian — a stout fabric of cotton and flax.
- trash — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- fudge — a small stereotype or a few lines of specially prepared type, bearing a newspaper bulletin, for replacing a detachable part of a page plate without the need to replate the entire page.
- twaddle — trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious talk or writing.
- flummery — oatmeal or flour boiled with water until thick.
- bosh — empty or meaningless talk or opinions; nonsense
- baloney — If you say that an idea or statement is baloney, you disapprove of it and think it is foolish or wrong.
- nonsense — words or language having little or no sense or meaning.
- garbage — discarded animal and vegetable matter, as from a kitchen; refuse.
- hogwash — refuse given to hogs; swill.
- bunkum — If you say that something that has been said or written is bunkum, you mean that you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
- rubbish — worthless, unwanted material that is rejected or thrown out; debris; litter; trash.
adjective balderdash
- bombastic — If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.