All hokum synonyms

noun hokum

• servility — slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers.
• snow — Sir Charles Percy (C. P. Snow) 1905–80, English novelist and scientist.
• tribute — a gift, testimonial, compliment, or the like, given as due or in acknowledgment of gratitude or esteem.
• palaver — a conference or discussion.
• mush — a trip or journey, especially across snow and ice with a dog team.
• commendation — the act or an instance of commending; praise
• gallantry — dashing courage; heroic bravery; noble-minded behavior.
• applause — Applause is the noise made by a group of people clapping their hands to show approval.
• adulation — Adulation is uncritical admiration and praise of someone or something.
• incense — an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
• puffery — undue or exaggerated praise.
• smoke — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
• blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
• gratification — the state of being gratified; great satisfaction.
• fulsome — offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive; overdone or gross: fulsome praise that embarrassed her deeply; fulsome décor.
• flummery — oatmeal or flour boiled with water until thick.
• ingratiation — to establish (oneself or someone else) in the favor or good graces of someone, especially by deliberate effort (usually followed by with): He ingratiated himself with all the guests. She ingratiated her colleagues with her well-researched project proposal.
• jive — swing music or early jazz.
• sycophancy — self-seeking or servile flattery.
• obsequiousness — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
• cajolery — persuasion by flattery or promises; wheedling; coaxing.
• unctuous — characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• absurdity — the quality or state of being absurd; nonsense
• 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.
• debris — Debris is pieces from something that has been destroyed or pieces of rubbish or unwanted material that are spread around.
• rubbish — worthless, unwanted material that is rejected or thrown out; debris; litter; trash.
• bull — A bull is a male animal of the cow family.
• balderdash — If you say that something that has been said or written is balderdash, you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
• ridiculousness — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
• trash — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
• rot — to undergo decomposition; decay.
• twaddle — trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious talk or writing.
• poppycock — nonsense; bosh.
• bs — BS is an abbreviation for 'British Standard', which is a standard that something sold in Britain must reach in a test to prove that it is satisfactory or safe. Each standard has a number for reference.
• stereotype — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
• tag — a children's game in which one player chases the others in an effort to touch one of them, who then takes the role of pursuer.
• flatness — horizontally level: a flat roof.
• shibboleth — a peculiarity of pronunciation, behavior, mode of dress, etc., that distinguishes a particular class or set of persons.
• break even — to attain a level of activity, as in commerce, or a point of operation, as in gambling, at which there is neither profit nor loss
• vapidity — lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea.
• commonplace — If something is commonplace, it happens often or is often found, and is therefore not surprising.
• monotony — wearisome uniformity or lack of variety, as in occupation or scenery.
• proverb — a word that can substitute for a verb or verb phrase, as do in They never attend board meetings, but we do regularly.
• motto — a maxim adopted as an expression of the guiding principle of a person, organization, city, etc.
• verbiage — overabundance or superfluity of words, as in writing or speech; wordiness; verbosity.