Synonyms of claptrap

nounEmpty verbiage or nonsense.

• hot air
• palaver
• waffle
• absurdity
• all my eyeRubbish, humbug.
• all my eye and Betty MartinRubbish, humbug.
• bafflegabPretentious, incomprehensible, or overly technical language, especially legal or bureaucratic jargon.
• balderdashSenseless talk or writing; nonsense.
• balls UK, vulgar
• baloney Australia, US
• Bandini
• baragouin
• batcrapNonsense, hogwash.
• batshit
• bilgewater
• blahNonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.
• blah-blahSynonym of blah (“nonsense”).
• blah-blah-blahSynonym of blah (“nonsense”).
• blatherFoolish or nonsensical talk.
• blatherskiteNonsense or blather; empty talk.
• bobbins UKCrap, rubbish, something worthless or nonsensical.
• bollocks UK, vulgarNonsense; rubbish.
• bosh
• BS
• bullNonsense.
• bullcrap vulgarBullshit.
• bulldust
• bull feathers euphemistic
• bullshit vulgarStatements that are false or exaggerated to impress or cheat the listener.
• bullspeakNonsense; false or exaggerated statements.
• bunk
• bunkumSenseless talk; nonsense; a piece of nonsense.
• bushwahNonsense; euphemistic form of bullshit.
• clamjamfreyA disordered crowd of people; a mob.
• cobblers UK
• codswallopSenseless talk or writing; nonsense; rubbish.
• crap vulgar
• crock vulgar
• crock of shit vulgarNonsense, rubbish.
• double Dutch
• double talk
• doublespeakAny language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or...
• dribble
• drivelNonsense; senseless talk.
• eyewash
• fiddle-faddleNonsense.
• flapdoodleNonsense.
• flim-flamMisinformation; bunkum; false information presented as true.
• flizzBaloney, empty words.
• flummery
• folderol
• foolishness
• footleNonsense; foolishness.
• framisSpeech that uses a mixture of real and nonsense words.
• fuckery vulgar
• fuckry vulgarBad behaviour.
• galimatiasNonsense, gobbledygook.
• GallophoneDescribing a speaker of French or their culture.
• garbage USNonsense; gibberish.
• garble
• gash UK, slangNonsense.
• gibber
• gibberish
• gobbledygook
• gossip
• Greek
• guff
• gup India
• hoaxAnything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.
• hocus-pocus
• hogwashFoolish talk or writing; nonsense.
• hokum(An instance of) meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate.
• hooey US
• horse cock US, vulgarNonsense, that which is illogical and lacks any meaning, reason, or value.
• horsefeathers
• horse hockey
• horse piss US, vulgar
• horse puckey
• horseshit US, vulgar
• humbug
• Irish bullA ludicrous, incongruent or logically absurd statement.
• jabber
• jabberwockyInvented or meaningless language; nonsense.
• jargon
• jibber-jabberExcessive or meaningless talk.
• jimjam
• jive
• junk
• lallation
• macaroniNonsense; meaningless talk.
• malarkey Ireland, UKNonsense; rubbish.
• manure
• meaninglessness
• moonshine
• mumbo jumboAny confusing or meaningless speech; nonsense, gibberish.
• nertz US
• nonsense
• pie in the skyA fanciful notion; an unrealistic or ludicrous concept; the illusory promise of a desired outcome that is unlikely to...
• piffleNonsense, foolish talk.
• pigswill
• poppycockFoolish talk; nonsense.
• prattleSilly, childish talk; babble.
• put-onA deception, hoax, or practical joke.
• rhubarb UK
• rhubarb rhubarb UK
• rigmaroleConfused and incoherent talk; nonsense.
• rot
• rubbish UKNonsense.
• ruse
• santorum
• shit vulgarNonsense; bullshit.
• shite UK, vulgar
• skimble-skambleGibberish, mumbo-jumbo, nonsense.
• squit UK, dialectal
• stuff and nonsenseRubbish, foolishness, poppycock.
• tommy-rot UK
• tosh UK
• trittle trattle
• tush UK
• trash US