Antonyms for nonsense


Grammar : Noun
Spell : non-sens, -suhns
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɒn sɛns, -səns


Definition of nonsense

Origin :
  • 1610s, from non- + sense; perhaps influenced by French nonsens.
  • noun craziness, ridiculousness
Example sentences :
  • Nonsense must have the dew on it, or it is good for nothing.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • "Nonsense," he laughed, with the air of a man certain of his facts.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • It's all nonsense, and I'm going to see that you're both stopped.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • I am talking very like nonsense, majie, but I can't do it better.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • That it was only a Yankee ship, any how, and that it is all "blarsted" nonsense to make a fuss about it.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various
  • Mr Verloc will be sorry to hear of this nonsense, Stevie,—I can tell you.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • Mrs Verloc rose, and went into the kitchen to “stop that nonsense.”
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • There was a plausibility in all he said; but, if it were examined, there was nothing in it but nonsense.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Mistress Cross might have persuaded him out of this nonsense, but did not see fit to do so.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Sense or nonsense, just as you please, so as it shows us what an acrostic is.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy

Synonyms for nonsense

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