rubbish
noun
rub·bish ˈrə-bish 
dialectal -bij
1
: useless waste or rejected matter : trash
2
: something that is worthless or nonsensical
few real masterpieces are forgotten and not much rubbish survives
William Bridges-Adams
William Bridges-Adams rubbishy
ˈrə-bə-shē
adjective 
Synonyms
- chaff
- deadwood
- debris
- dreck
- drek
- dross
- dust
- effluvium
- effluvia
- garbage
- junk
- litter
- offal
- offscouring
- raffle
- refuse
- riffraff
- scrap
- spilth
- trash
- truck
- waste
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Example Sentences
Please, pick the rubbish up off the ground. I think what he says is absolute rubbish! “I'm sorry, but I had to do it.” “Rubbish!” The food at that restaurant is complete rubbish.
Recent Examples on the Web And much of all the rubbish even ends up in our streets and parks. Daniela De Lorenzo, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 Their full-length album builds on that promise, casting a sidelong glance at modern life’s rubbish—nagging bills, bad parties, worse dates—over elliptical riffing and galloping basslines. Maura Johnston, Time, 3 June 2022 Kimble has handled Highland Heights’ rubbish and recyclables collection since the city switched to automated collection in 2015. cleveland, 24 May 2022 His house had been ransacked, filled with rubbish and beer bottles. New York Times, 11 Apr. 2022 By installing talking garbage cans that dish out racy audio messages after being fed trash, authorities are hoping for an increase in rubbish being deposited. Jack Bantock, CNN, 10 June 2022 Comments like this perpetuate the rubbish that journalists are enemies of the public rather than part of the community. San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2022 When one cyclist tossed a beer can at a car, Warnock squeezed on his brakes, picked up the rubbish, apologized to the driver and, along with others, scolded the rider. The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 May 2022 And a tale-teller was a servant hired to put people to sleep by talking a load of rubbish to them. Ali Smith, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022 See More
Daniela De Lorenzo, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 Their full-length album builds on that promise, casting a sidelong glance at modern life’s rubbish—nagging bills, bad parties, worse dates—over elliptical riffing and galloping basslines. Maura Johnston, Time, 3 June 2022 Kimble has handled Highland Heights’ rubbish and recyclables collection since the city switched to automated collection in 2015. cleveland, 24 May 2022 His house had been ransacked, filled with rubbish and beer bottles. New York Times, 11 Apr. 2022 By installing talking garbage cans that dish out racy audio messages after being fed trash, authorities are hoping for an increase in rubbish being deposited. Jack Bantock, CNN, 10 June 2022 Comments like this perpetuate the rubbish that journalists are enemies of the public rather than part of the community. San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2022 When one cyclist tossed a beer can at a car, Warnock squeezed on his brakes, picked up the rubbish, apologized to the driver and, along with others, scolded the rider. The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 May 2022 And a tale-teller was a servant hired to put people to sleep by talking a load of rubbish to them. Ali Smith, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English robous
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing rubbish
Kids Definition
rubbish
noun
rub·bish ˈrə-bish
1
: trash sense 1
2
: nonsense
rubbish
noun
1
as in garbage
discarded or useless material it's illegal to throw rubbish out of your car on the highway Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- garbage
- debris
- trash
- junk
- dust
- litter
- sewage
- rubble
- truck
- waste
- dross
- offal
- deadwood
- refuse
- dreck
- chaff
- scrap
- drek
- effluvium
- wreckage
- raffle
- riffraff
- spilth
- effluvia
- ruins
- detritus
- wash
- offscouring
- crud
- lumber
- dump
- swill
- trumpery
- remains
- flotsam
- discard
- slop
- jetsam
- scrap heap
- nothing
- straw
- cull
- throwaway
- reject
- castoff
- two bits
- odds and ends
- hand-me-down
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- treasure
- prize
- treasure trove
- gem
- trove
- plum
- goody
- goodie
- jewel
- catch
- valuable
- pearl
- find
- salvage
- booty
2
as in junk
that which is of low quality or worth regarded most romance novels as the lowest form of literary rubbish Synonyms & Similar Words
- junk
- cheese
- trash
- muck
- tripe
- nonsense
- dreck
- drek
- camp
- crapola
- bomb
- mess
- claptrap
- lemon
- sleaze
- slop
- kitsch
- slush
- stinker
- humbug
- dud
- shambles
- turkey
- clunker
- clinker
- muddle
3
as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense you're obviously no economist because what you're saying is absolute rubbish Synonyms & Similar Words
- garbage
- nonsense
- nuts
- trash
- blah
- stupidity
- silliness
- drool
- muck
- twaddle
- guff
- claptrap
- tosh
- jazz
- bunkum
- bunk
- hogwash
- balderdash
- piffle
- baloney
- poppycock
- trumpery
- foolishness
- rot
- beans
- hokum
- malarkey
- codswallop
- bilge
- crock
- punk
- craziness
- hooey
- malarky
- humbuggery
- drivel
- bosh
- blither
- madness
- insanity
- fudge
- flapdoodle
- bull
- crapola
- tommyrot
- fiddlesticks
- blatherskite
- boloney
- blather
- fiddle
- folderol
- humbug
- falderal
- absurdity
- blah-blah
- blarney
- nerts
- folly
- horsefeathers
- buncombe
- hokeypokey
- fiddle-faddle
- applesauce
- hoodoo
- tarradiddle
- idiocy
- taradiddle
- senselessness
- greek
- slush
- moonshine
- flannel
- absurdness
- gas
- inanity
- tomfoolery
- foolery
- imbecility
- lunacy
- rigmarole
- inaneness
- fatuity
- witlessness
- monkey business
- asininity
- kookiness
- hot air
- shenanigan(s)
- monkeyshine(s)
- hoity-toity
- rigamarole
- hocus-pocus
- double-talk
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sensibleness
- rationality
- reasonableness
- sense
- horse sense
- judgement
- reasonability
- judgment
- wisdom
- levelheadedness
- common sense
- discernment
- saint's day
- Saint-Ann's-bark
- saint-bar
- Saint-Barnaby's-thistle
- saint-ber
- Saint-Bernard's-lily
- saint-bru
- Saint-Bruno's-lily
- Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
- saint-cath
- Saint-Catherine's flower
- Saint-Cloud
- Saint-Cyr-l'École
- saint-dab
- Saint-Dabeoc's-heath
- Saint-Denis
- saint-errant
- saint-errants
- Saint-Eustache
- saint-françois
- Saint-Gaudens
- Saint-Georges
- Saint-Germain
- saint-germain-en-laye
- Saint-Hubert