baloney
1 of 2noun (1)
ba·lo·ney bə-ˈlō-nē 
less common spelling of bologna
: a large smoked sausage of beef, veal, and pork
also : a sausage made (as of turkey) to resemble bologna
baloney
2 of 2noun (2)
ba·lo·ney bə-ˈlō-nē
variants or less commonly boloney
: pretentious nonsense : bunkum —often used as a generalized expression of disagreement
Synonyms
Noun (2)
- applesauce [slang]
- balderdash
- 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
- twaddle
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (2)
bologna
First Known Use
Noun (2)
1922, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing baloney
baloney
noun
variants also boloney
as in garbage
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense just follow my orders, and stop the baloney Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- garbage
- silliness
- stupidity
- hogwash
- blah
- nonsense
- balderdash
- rubbish
- claptrap
- drool
- twaddle
- hooey
- nuts
- foolishness
- bunkum
- hokum
- crock
- poppycock
- guff
- muck
- bunk
- piffle
- trash
- malarkey
- flapdoodle
- tosh
- tommyrot
- folderol
- fudge
- bull
- jazz
- codswallop
- blather
- craziness
- blatherskite
- rot
- humbuggery
- beans
- drivel
- crapola
- trumpery
- blither
- bilge
- malarky
- insanity
- falderal
- blarney
- fiddle
- horsefeathers
- fiddlesticks
- blah-blah
- applesauce
- madness
- bosh
- absurdity
- fiddle-faddle
- humbug
- punk
- buncombe
- tarradiddle
- folly
- flannel
- nerts
- taradiddle
- hoodoo
- idiocy
- moonshine
- hokeypokey
- slush
- absurdness
- senselessness
- foolery
- tomfoolery
- inanity
- gas
- lunacy
- imbecility
- greek
- asininity
- rigmarole
- kookiness
- inaneness
- fatuity
- monkey business
- witlessness
- rigamarole
- hot air
- hocus-pocus
- double-talk
- hoity-toity
- shenanigan(s)
- monkeyshine(s)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- rationality
- sensibleness
- reasonableness
- sense
- reasonability
- horse sense
- wisdom
- judgement
- levelheadedness
- discernment
- judgment
- common sense