Synonyms of garbage

garbage

noun

ˈgär-bij 

1

as in trash

discarded or useless material

the stray dogs were looking for leftover food in the family's garbage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trash
• debris
• rubbish
• junk
• dust
• litter
• truck
• sewage
• rubble
• waste
• offal
• dross
• effluvia
• refuse
• chaff
• deadwood
• drek
• scrap
• effluvium
• dreck
• wreckage
• raffle
• riffraff
• lumber
• ruins
• spilth
• wash
• detritus
• offscouring
• dump
• crud
• swill
• remains
• discard
• flotsam
• scrap heap
• trumpery
• slop
• straw
• jetsam
• nothing
• castoff
• odds and ends
• throwaway
• reject
• cull
• two bits
• hand-me-down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• treasure
• gem
• prize
• trove
• pearl
• catch
• treasure trove
• plum
• jewel
• find
• goodie
• valuable
• goody
• salvage
• booty

2

as in nonsense

language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense

she was just talking garbage when she said that she was taking a loss on the sale of the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nonsense
• rubbish
• nuts
• trash
• blah
• stupidity
• drool
• silliness
• muck
• jazz
• bunk
• beans
• boloney
• craziness
• rot
• claptrap
• baloney
• foolishness
• punk
• crock
• hogwash
• twaddle
• bilge
• guff
• falderal
• trumpery
• balderdash
• blah-blah
• insanity
• malarky
• hokum
• bull
• buncombe
• bunkum
• hooey
• piffle
• poppycock
• madness
• tosh
• drivel
• bosh
• fudge
• fiddle
• humbuggery
• flapdoodle
• tarradiddle
• folderol
• tommyrot
• malarkey
• blatherskite
• blither
• codswallop
• crapola
• absurdity
• fiddlesticks
• blather
• applesauce
• nerts
• hokeypokey
• horsefeathers
• taradiddle
• fiddle-faddle
• folly
• blarney
• hoodoo
• flannel
• humbug
• absurdness
• senselessness
• moonshine
• slush
• idiocy
• gas
• greek
• inaneness
• inanity
• foolery
• kookiness
• tomfoolery
• imbecility
• asininity
• rigamarole
• lunacy
• monkey business
• rigmarole
• fatuity
• witlessness
• hot air
• shenanigan(s)
• hocus-pocus
• monkeyshine(s)
• hoity-toity
• double-talk

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rationality
• reasonableness
• sense
• common sense
• horse sense
• judgment
• judgement
• reasonability
• sensibleness
• wisdom
• levelheadedness
• discernment

Examples of garbage in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Remove diseased twigs by cutting them several inches below the affected area and burn or dispose of prunings in the garbage. —Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024

Unfortunately, healthful eaters are a tiny minority in this country, as our diets focus mainly on ultra-processed garbage that is anything but healthful. —Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2024

Empty the canister into a bucket of hot, soapy water to drown them, and dispose of them immediately in an outdoor garbage because the dead bugs can smell bad, says Brown. —Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024

The full moon gives us the drive and determination to make the necessary changes to release the garbage standing in our way towards attaining greatness. —Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 15 Oct. 2024