twaddle
1 of 2noun
twad·dle ˈtwä-dᵊl 
1
a
: silly idle talk : drivel
b
: something insignificant or worthless : nonsense
that idea is pure twaddle
2
: one that twaddles : twaddler
twaddle
2 of 2verb
twaddled; twaddling ˈtwäd-liŋ
ˈtwä-dᵊl-iŋ
: prate, babble
twaddler
ˈtwäd-lər
noun ˈtwä-dᵊl-ər
Synonyms
Noun
- applesauce [slang]
- balderdash
- baloney
- boloney
- beans
- bilge
- blah
- blah-blah
- blarney
- blather
- blatherskite
- 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
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Example Sentences
Noun We don't believe that twaddle anymore. the novel's elaborate theory detailing a supposed 2,000-year-old conspiracy is mostly tiresome twaddle
Recent Examples on the Web
Kenin M. Spivak, National Review, 16 Sep. 2021 To their immense credit, Oasis didn’t traffic in peace-and-love twaddle but reveled in their roles as snarling pub louts who became kings of the pop world. Kyle Smith, National Review, 11 Sep. 2019 After Colangelo was removed and the new order installed, there has been the standard twaddle about working to achieve collaborative decisions among the team’s leaders. Bob Ford, Philly.com, 18 June 2018 And just like that, America turned Thursday from harrumphing about Roseanne Barr's racist Twitter twaddle to sputtering about Samantha Bee's profane TV patter. Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 31 May 2018 The word is chiefly British, deriving from footle, as a verb meaning to act or talk foolishly, to waste time, and as a noun meaning twaddle or nonsense. John E. Mcintyre, baltimoresun.com, 14 Feb. 2018 In this ultra-premium, jargon-forward twaddle, the only acceptable word is ‘ Rami Grunbaum, The Seattle Times, 19 July 2017 Gone is the original’s joyful sense of mischief; what’s left is an inoffensive piece of twaddle that never fully appreciates the ineluctable bond between community spirit and a drop of the hard stuff. Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 11 May 2017 See More
Noun
Much of the research and the dissemination of this twaddle is funded by the Gates Foundation, which last year spent $642 million for its U.S. program, including Pathways and other initiatives that focus on eliminating white supremacy from math. Kenin M. Spivak, National Review, 16 Sep. 2021 To their immense credit, Oasis didn’t traffic in peace-and-love twaddle but reveled in their roles as snarling pub louts who became kings of the pop world. Kyle Smith, National Review, 11 Sep. 2019 After Colangelo was removed and the new order installed, there has been the standard twaddle about working to achieve collaborative decisions among the team’s leaders. Bob Ford, Philly.com, 18 June 2018 And just like that, America turned Thursday from harrumphing about Roseanne Barr's racist Twitter twaddle to sputtering about Samantha Bee's profane TV patter. Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 31 May 2018 The word is chiefly British, deriving from footle, as a verb meaning to act or talk foolishly, to waste time, and as a noun meaning twaddle or nonsense. John E. Mcintyre, baltimoresun.com, 14 Feb. 2018 In this ultra-premium, jargon-forward twaddle, the only acceptable word is ‘ Rami Grunbaum, The Seattle Times, 19 July 2017 Gone is the original’s joyful sense of mischief; what’s left is an inoffensive piece of twaddle that never fully appreciates the ineluctable bond between community spirit and a drop of the hard stuff. Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 11 May 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
probably alteration of English dialect twattle idle talk
First Known Use
Noun
1782, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1826, in the meaning defined above
twaddle
noun
as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense the novel's elaborate theory detailing a supposed 2,000-year-old conspiracy is mostly tiresome twaddle Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- nonsense
- rubbish
- garbage
- nuts
- silliness
- stupidity
- blah
- claptrap
- drool
- piffle
- guff
- balderdash
- tosh
- hogwash
- bunkum
- baloney
- poppycock
- hokum
- bunk
- muck
- drivel
- jazz
- codswallop
- flapdoodle
- hooey
- foolishness
- malarkey
- trash
- blither
- blather
- trumpery
- tommyrot
- folderol
- bilge
- humbuggery
- blatherskite
- beans
- craziness
- crock
- malarky
- fiddlesticks
- insanity
- falderal
- punk
- crapola
- rot
- boloney
- bull
- bosh
- horsefeathers
- madness
- blah-blah
- fudge
- fiddle
- blarney
- fiddle-faddle
- humbug
- absurdity
- buncombe
- folly
- tarradiddle
- idiocy
- applesauce
- taradiddle
- flannel
- hoodoo
- nerts
- senselessness
- absurdness
- inanity
- moonshine
- hokeypokey
- slush
- imbecility
- greek
- foolery
- tomfoolery
- fatuity
- lunacy
- rigmarole
- asininity
- witlessness
- gas
- kookiness
- inaneness
- monkey business
- rigamarole
- shenanigan(s)
- hot air
- hoity-toity
- monkeyshine(s)
- hocus-pocus
- double-talk
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sensibleness
- rationality
- reasonableness
- sense
- reasonability
- wisdom
- horse sense
- judgement
- levelheadedness
- discernment
- judgment
- common sense
- archigaster
- archigastrula
- archigenesis
- Archigetes
- archil
- archilochi
- Archilochian
- archilochian strophe
- archilochuses
- archilochusses
- archilowe
- archils
- archimage
- archimages
- archimandrite
- archimandrites
- archimedean
- Archimedean point
- Archimedean solid
- Archimedean spiral
- Archimedes
- Archimedes' principle
- Archimedes' problem
- Archimedes' screw
- archimime