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Definition of Nonsense
1. Adjective. Having no intelligible meaning. "A nonsensical jumble of words"
2. Noun. A message that seems to convey no meaning.
Generic synonyms: Content, Message, Subject Matter, Substance
Specialized synonyms: Absurdity, Absurdness, Ridiculousness, Amphigory, Nonsense Verse, Balderdash, Fiddle-faddle, Piffle, Buzzword, Cant, Cobblers, Crock, Fa La, Fal La, Gibber, Gibberish, Incoherence, Incoherency, Unintelligibility, Jabberwocky, Flummery, Mummery, Empty Talk, Empty Words, Hot Air, Palaver, Rhetoric, Rigamarole, Rigmarole, Schmegegge, Shmegegge, Hooey, Poppycock, Stuff, Stuff And Nonsense, Baloney, Bilgewater, Boloney, Bosh, Drool, Humbug, Taradiddle, Tarradiddle, Tommyrot, Tosh, Twaddle
Derivative terms: Meaningless, Nonsensical
3. Noun. Ornamental objects of no great value.
Generic synonyms: Decoration, Ornament, Ornamentation
Definition of Nonsense
1. n. That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity.
Definition of Nonsense
1. Noun. Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or seem to have no meaning. ¹
2. Noun. An untrue statement. ¹
3. Noun. Something foolish. ¹
4. Noun. (literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear. ¹
5. Noun. (biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing. ¹
6. Verb. To make nonsense of ¹
7. Verb. To attempt to dismiss as nonsense. ¹
8. Verb. (intransitive) To joke around, to waste time ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonsense
1. behavior or language that is meaningless or absurd [n -S]
Medical Definition of Nonsense
1. As used in genetics, relating to a mutation that causes a sequence such that the growing peptide chain terminates, often after several incorrect amino acid residues are incorporated. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonsense
Literary usage of Nonsense
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1902)
"nonsense almanac, 1902. Burgess, G. 50c. Stokes. nonsense book. 2d ed. ...
nonsense for old and young. Field, E. 50c. Chiswick Press, NY Norda, ..."
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