Hogwash

hogwash
noun
Synonyms of hogwash
1
: SWILL sense 2a, SLOP
2
: NONSENSE, BALDERDASH


Synonyms
applesauce [slang]
balderdash
baloney
boloney
beans
bilge
blah
blah-blah
blarney
blather
blatherskite
blither
bosh
bull [slang]
bunk
bunkum
buncombe
claptrap
codswallop [British]
crapola [slang]
crock
drivel
drool
fiddle
fiddle-faddle
fiddlesticks
flannel [British]
flapdoodle
folderol
falderal
folly
foolishness
fudge
garbage
guff
hokeypokey
hokum
hoodoo
hooey
horsefeathers [slang]
humbug
humbuggery
jazz
malarkey
malarky
moonshine
muck
nerts [slang]
nonsense
nuts
piffle
poppycock
punk
rot
rubbish
senselessness
silliness
slush
stupidity
taradiddle
tarradiddle
tommyrot
tosh
trash
trumpery
twaddle

Example Sentences
You wouldn't believe the hogwash he was spouting at us.
the librarian told us a lot of hogwash about how you can go to jail for having overdue books
Recent Examples on the Web
The Reynolds administration has been something of a one-stop shop for this kind hogwash that’s blind to the consequences of loosening child labor laws.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
And any mention of the actor and composer as porcines of interest would be pure hogwash.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 11 June 2023
Bluntly, this is hogwash.
—Tim Reynolds, ajc, 7 May 2022


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"Hogwash": Experts say Clarence Thomas' belated Harlan Crow disclosures are "too little too late"