blatherskite
noun
blath·er·skite ˈbla-t͟hər-ˌskīt 
1
: a person who blathers a lot
2
: nonsense, blather
Synonyms
- applesauce [slang]
- balderdash
- baloney
- boloney
- beans
- bilge
- blah
- blah-blah
- blarney
- blather
- 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
- hogwash
- 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
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Example Sentences
a Scottish uncle who regards any pronouncement from the government as ignorable blatherskite
Recent Examples on the Web To all the blatherskites who call it a place where shows die: Ha,ha! 
Megan Stein, Country Living, 29 Feb. 2020
Megan Stein, Country Living, 29 Feb. 2020 Word History
Etymology
Scots, alteration of blather skate, from blather, blether blather + skate a contemptible person
First Known Use
circa 1650, in the meaning defined at sense 1
blatherskite
noun
as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense a Scottish uncle who regards any pronouncement from the government as ignorable blatherskite Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- nonsense
- garbage
- nuts
- rubbish
- blah
- stupidity
- flapdoodle
- drool
- balderdash
- silliness
- blither
- bunk
- blather
- folderol
- twaddle
- jazz
- muck
- baloney
- tarradiddle
- bunkum
- claptrap
- humbuggery
- boloney
- malarkey
- trash
- tommyrot
- trumpery
- guff
- foolishness
- piffle
- bilge
- beans
- crock
- poppycock
- fiddle
- taradiddle
- fiddle-faddle
- hogwash
- tosh
- bull
- fudge
- fiddlesticks
- hokum
- punk
- blarney
- drivel
- falderal
- codswallop
- rot
- horsefeathers
- craziness
- insanity
- hooey
- humbug
- malarky
- madness
- buncombe
- applesauce
- bosh
- hokeypokey
- crapola
- folly
- moonshine
- absurdity
- blah-blah
- flannel
- hoodoo
- senselessness
- idiocy
- nerts
- slush
- greek
- fatuity
- foolery
- inanity
- absurdness
- inaneness
- gas
- tomfoolery
- witlessness
- imbecility
- lunacy
- asininity
- rigmarole
- monkey business
- kookiness
- shenanigan(s)
- rigamarole
- hot air
- monkeyshine(s)
- hoity-toity
- double-talk
- hocus-pocus
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- rationality
- sensibleness
- reasonableness
- sense
- horse sense
- levelheadedness
- judgment
- wisdom
- judgement
- reasonability
- discernment
- common sense