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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odds and ends; garbage |
| Synonyms: | clutter, collateral, debris, filth, hogwash, litter, miscellany, offal, refuse, rubbish, rubble, rummage, salvage, scrap, trash, waste |
| Main Entry: | litter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mess, debris |
| Synonyms: | clutter, collateral, confusion, detritus, disarray, disorder, garbage, hash, hodgepodge, jumble, jungle, junk, mishmash, muck, muddle, offal, rash, refuse, rubbish, rummage, scattering, scramble, shuffle, trash, untidiness, waste |
| Antonyms: | cleanliness, sterility |
| Main Entry: | malarky |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, babble, balderdash, baloney, bombast, bull*, bunk, drivel, foolishness, gibberish, giddiness, hogwash, hot air, jive, poppycock, prattle, rubbish, silliness, trash* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nonsense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | craziness, ridiculousness |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, babble, balderdash, baloney, bananas, bombast, bull*, bunk, claptrap, drivel, fatuity, flightiness, folly, foolishness, fun, gibberish, giddiness, hogwash, hooey, hot air, imprudence, inanity, irrationality, jazz, jest, jive, joke, ludicrousness, madness, mumbo jumbo, palaver, poppycock, prattle, pretense, ranting, rashness, rot, rubbish, scrawl, scribble, senselessness, silliness, soft soap, stupidity, thoughtlessness, trash*, tripe |
| Antonyms: | clarity, common sense, fact, intelligibility, sense, truth, understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | piffle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
| Synonyms: | balderdash, baloney, bull*, bunk, drivel, empty talk, foolishness, futile talk, gibberish, hogwash, hooey, hot air, jive, palaver, poppycock, prattle, rubbish, silliness, trash*, useless words |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | poppycock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
| Synonyms: | babble, balderdash, baloney, bull*, bunk, drivel, empty talk, foolery, foolishness, gibberish, hogwash, hooey, hot air, jive, malarkey, mumbo jumbo, palaver, prattle, rubbish, silliness, trash* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | refuse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
| Synonyms: | debris, dregs, dross, dump, dunghill, dust, hogwash, junk, leavings, litter, muck, offal, rejectamenta, remains, residue, rubbish, scraps, scum*, sediment, slop, sweepings, swill, trash, waste, waste matter |
| Notes: | one declines (or accepts) something that is offered; one refuses (or agrees) to accept something offered |
| Antonyms: | assets, possessions, property |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | residue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leftover part |
| Synonyms: | balance, debris, dregs, dross, excess, extra, garbage, heel, junk, leavings, leftovers, orts, parings, remainder, remains, remnant, residual, residuum, rest, scourings, scraps, scum, sewage, shavings, silt, slag, surplus, trash |
| Notes: | remainder is a general word for what is left over, while residue (and residuum) is the remains at the end of a process; remnant is a part left after the greater part has been removed |
| Antonyms: | base, core |
| Main Entry: | riffraff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rabble |
| Synonyms: | commonality, commoners, dregs of society, gang, gathering, hoi polloi, lower class, mob, one-percenters, outcast, rank and file, ring, scum, trash, undesirables, vermin |
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