nonsense
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a message that seems to convey no meaning
Types & categories
- subject matter hypernym
- absurdity hyponym
- amphigory hyponym
- balderdash hyponym
- cant hyponym
- cobblers hyponym
- crock hyponym
- fa la hyponym
- gibberish hyponym
- unintelligibility hyponym
- jabberwocky hyponym
- mummery hyponym
- empty words hyponym
- rigmarole hyponym
- shmegegge hyponym
- stuff and nonsense hyponym
- humbug hyponym
Related & opposite
- meaningless derivation
- nonsensea derivation
Sense 2 noun
ornamental objects of no great value
Types & categories
- decoration hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | meaningless |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nonsensea |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | subject matter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | absurdity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | amphigory |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | balderdash |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cobblers |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crock |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fa la |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gibberish |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | unintelligibility |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jabberwocky |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mummery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | empty words |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rigmarole |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shmegegge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stuff and nonsense |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | humbug |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | decoration |