Synonyms of malarkey

malarkey

noun

mə-ˈlär-kē 

variants also malarky

as in nonsense

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

the old lady declared that everything politicians say is pure malarkey

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of malarkey in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And that’s no malarkey. —Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 28 Sep. 2021

Enough with the malarkey. —John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2020

The technology shown in the video is plausible, but basically everything else is a bunch of malarkey. —IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2017

The Davis story would have been key to not repeating the malarkey. —cleveland, 29 Oct. 2022