All bunkum synonyms

noun bunkum

• gibberish — meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing.
• idiocy — utterly senseless or foolish behavior; a stupid or foolish act, statement, etc.: All this talk of zombies coming to attack us is pure idiocy.
• hogwash — refuse given to hogs; swill.
• crap — If you describe something as crap, you think that it is wrong or of very poor quality.
• rubbish — worthless, unwanted material that is rejected or thrown out; debris; litter; trash.
• garbage — discarded animal and vegetable matter, as from a kitchen; refuse.
• bunk — A bunk is a bed that is fixed to a wall, especially in a ship or caravan.
• baloney — If you say that an idea or statement is baloney, you disapprove of it and think it is foolish or wrong.
• hooey — silly or worthless talk, writing, ideas, etc.; nonsense; bunk: That's a lot of hooey and you know it!
• foolishness — resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
• drivel — saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
• poppycock — nonsense; bosh.
• bull — A bull is a male animal of the cow family.
• bilge — The bilge or the bilges are the flat bottom part of a ship or boat.
• balderdash — If you say that something that has been said or written is balderdash, you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
• rot — to undergo decomposition; decay.
• tommyrot — nonsense; utter foolishness.
• claptrap — If you describe something that someone says as claptrap, you mean that it is stupid or foolish although it may sound important.
• trash — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
• rigmarole — an elaborate or complicated procedure: to go through the rigmarole of a formal dinner.
• ridiculousness — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
• tomfoolery — foolish or silly behavior; tomfoolishness.
• twaddle — trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious talk or writing.
• bananas — crazy (esp in the phrase go bananas)
• absurdity — the quality or state of being absurd; nonsense
• fatuity — complacent stupidity; foolishness.
• blather — If someone is blathering on about something, they are talking for a long time about something that you consider boring or unimportant.
• bombast — Bombast is trying to impress people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
• babble — If someone babbles, they talk in a confused or excited way.
• giddiness — affected with vertigo; dizzy.
• imprudence — not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
• irrationality — the quality or condition of being irrational.
• folly — the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense.
• fun — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
• flighty — given to flights of fancy; capricious; frivolous.
• inanity — lack of sense, significance, or ideas; silliness.
• madness — the state of being mad; insanity.
• scrawl — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
• piffle — nonsense, as trivial or senseless talk.
• jest — a joke or witty remark; witticism.
• thoughtlessness — lacking in consideration for others; inconsiderate; tactless: a thoughtless remark.
• palaver — a conference or discussion.
• rashness — acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration.
• jazz — music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
• scribble — to tear apart (wool fibers) in the first stages of carding.
• prattle — to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
• pretense — pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
• ranting — to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave: The demagogue ranted for hours.
• silliness — weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish: a silly writer.
• 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.