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View usage for: (tɒmfuːləri) uncountable nounTomfoolery is playful behaviour, usually of a rather silly, noisy, or rough kind. Were you serious, or was that a bit of tomfoolery? Synonyms: foolishness, messing around [informal], shenanigans, clowning More Synonyms of tomfoolery More Synonyms of tomfoolery tomfoolery in British English (ˌtɒmˈfuːlərɪ) nounWord forms: plural -eries2. utter nonsense; rubbish tomfoolery in American English (tɑmˈfuləri) nounWord forms: plural tomˈfooleries foolish behavior; silliness; nonsense Word origin see UNRESOLVED CROSS REF + -ery Synonyms of 'tomfoolery'foolishness, messing around, shenanigans, clowning nonsense, rot, malarkey, tosh More Synonyms of tomfoolery Definition foolish behaviour Were you serious, or was that a bit of tomfoolery? Synonyms messing around (informal) shenanigans clowning larks (informal) fooling around (informal) silliness skylarking (informal) childishness Opposites seriousness , sobriety , solemnity , heaviness , sternness , demureness , sedateness That sounds like post-modernist toomfoolery. Synonyms malarkey tosh (slang, mainly British) pants (slang) baloney (informal) inanity bosh (informal) stuff and nonsense hooey (slang) tommyrot bunkum or buncombe bizzo (Australian, slang) bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Additional synonymsDefinition stupid or illogical talk What a load of balderdash! Synonyms nonsense, balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), rubbish, shit (taboo, slang), rot, crap (slang), garbage (informal), trash, bunk (informal), bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), waffle, pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), malarkey, drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), gibberish, guff (slang), moonshine, claptrap (informal), hogwash, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang), hokum (slang, US, Canadian), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), kak (South Africa, taboo, slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe Definition nonsense I supported the family by writing bilge for popular magazines. Synonyms trash, rubbish, rot (informal), garbage (informal), tosh (slang, British), trivia, drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), dross, moonshine, hogwash (informal), bunkum or buncombe music hall buffoonery Synonyms clowning, nonsense, jesting, silliness, tomfoolery, malarkey, drollery, waggishness Nearby words oftomfoolery - tombstone
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- tomfool
- tomfoolery
- tomorrow
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- tone something down
Additional synonymsHenry Ford's opinion was that `history is bunk'. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, shit (taboo, slang), rot, crap (slang), garbage (informal), trash, bullshit (taboo, slang), balls (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), twaddle, tripe (informal), guff (slang), havers (Scottish), moonshine, malarkey, baloney (informal), hogwash, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang), hokum (slang, US, Canadian), piffle (informal), tomfoolery, poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), kak (South Africa, vulgar, slang), stuff and nonsense, hooey (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), tarradiddle Definition foolish or pretentious talk He talks a lot of pretentious claptrap. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, rot (informal), crap (slang), garbage (informal), trash, bunk (informal), bullshit (taboo, slang), balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), flannel (British, informal), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), humbug, drivel, malarkey, twaddle, tripe (informal), affectation, guff (slang), blarney, bombast, moonshine, fabrication, insincerity, hogwash (informal), hokum (slang, US, Canadian), bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), rodomontade (literary), bunkum or buncombe Definition nonsense That's a load of hogwash. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, malarkey, garbage (informal), balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), rot, crap (slang), trash, bunk (informal), bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), guff (slang), moonshine, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), bunkum, piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), kak (South Africa, taboo, slang), hooey (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition rough or rowdy play childish splashing and horseplay Synonyms rough-and-tumble, clowning, romping, fooling around, skylarking (informal), high jinks, pranks, buffoonery, roughhousing (slang) Definition utter stupidity the idiocy of subsidies for activities which damage the environment Synonyms foolishness, insanity, lunacy, tomfoolery, inanity, imbecility, senselessness, fatuity, abject stupidity, asininity, fatuousness Definition nonsense Experts dismiss this explanation as poppycock. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), pants (informal), rot, crap (slang), garbage (informal), trash, bunk (informal), bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), malarkey, tosh (slang, British), babble, bollocks (British, taboo, slang), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), gibberish, guff (slang), moonshine, baloney (informal), gobbledegook (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), bunkum, piffle (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), hooey (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition nonsense You do talk rot! Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, drivel, twaddle, malarkey, balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), pants (slang), crap (slang), garbage (US), trash, bunk (informal), bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), tripe (informal), guff (slang), moonshine, claptrap (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), codswallop (British, slang), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), stuff and nonsense, flapdoodle (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition foolish words or speech He's talking rubbish. Synonyms nonsense, garbage (US), drivel, malarkey, twaddle, balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), pants (slang), rot, crap (slang), trash, bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), bollocks (British, taboo, slang), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), tripe (informal), gibberish, guff (slang), havers (Scottish), moonshine, claptrap (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), codswallop (British, slang), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), wack (US, slang), eyewash (informal), stuff and nonsense, flapdoodle (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) I can't get over the stupidity of their decision. Synonyms silliness, folly, foolishness, idiocy, madness, absurdity, futility, irresponsibility, pointlessness, inanity, rashness, impracticality, foolhardiness, senselessness, bêtise (rare), ludicrousness, puerility, fatuousness, fatuityDefinition foolish ideas or talk Don't read that awful trash. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, garbage (informal), rot, balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), pants (slang), crap (slang), bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), guff (slang), moonshine, hogwash (informal), malarkey, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), inanity, balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), kak (South Africa, vulgar, slang), trumpery, tommyrot, foolish talk, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Additional synonymsDefinition silly, trivial, or pretentious talk or writing He was baffled by the intellectual twaddle. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, rot (informal), garbage (informal), balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), pants (slang), gossip, crap (slang), trash, chatter, bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), waffle (informal, British), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), drivel, tripe (informal), guff (slang), tattle, moonshine, verbiage, gabble, claptrap (informal), gobbledegook (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), rigmarole, blather, piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), inanity, balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), trumpery, tommyrot, foolish talk, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) |