Synonyms for horse feathers
- absurdity
- absurdness
- antics
- buffoonery
- carrying-on
- clowning around
- craziness
- disobedience
- foolery
- foolishness
- hanky-panky
- high jinks
- hokey-pokey
- horseplay
- inanity
- insanity
- irresponsibility
- ludicrousness
- lunacy
- misbehavior
- mischief
- mischief-making
- monkeyshine
- nonsense
- poppycock
- prank
- silliness
- stupidity
- tommyrot
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WORD ORIGIN
"nonsense," 1928, said to have been coined by U.S. cartoonist Billy De Beck; perhaps a variant of horseshit "nonsense," though the latter is attested only from 1940s.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR HORSE FEATHERS
falderal
nounfolderol, foolishnessfoolishness
nounidiocy, nonsense- absurdity
- absurdness
- bunk
- carrying-on
- claptrap
- craziness
- dumb trick
- folly
- fool trick
- foolery
- horse feathers
- impracticality
- imprudence
- inanity
- indiscretion
- insanity
- insensibility
- irrationality
- irresponsibility
- ludicrousness
- lunacy
- mistake
- poppycock
- preposterousness
- rubbish
- senselessness
- silliness
- stupidity
- tommyrot
- twaddle
- unreasonableness
- unwiseness
- weakness
- witlessness
imbecility
nounfoolishness- absurdity
- absurdness
- bunk
- carrying-on
- claptrap
- craziness
- dumb trick
- folly
- fool trick
- foolery
- horse feathers
- idiocy
- impracticality
- imprudence
- inanity
- indiscretion
- insanity
- insensibility
- irrationality
- irresponsibility
- ludicrousness
- lunacy
- madness
- mistake
- nonsense
- poppycock
- preposterousness
- rubbish
- senselessness
- silliness
- stupidity
- tomfoolery
- tommyrot
- twaddle
- unreasonableness
- unwiseness
- weakness
- witlessness
- zaniness
monkey business
nounshenaniganssenselessness
nounfoolishness- absurdity
- absurdness
- bunk
- carrying-on
- claptrap
- craziness
- dumb trick
- folly
- fool trick
- foolery
- horse feathers
- idiocy
- imbecility
- impracticality
- imprudence
- inanity
- indiscretion
- insanity
- insensibility
- irrationality
- irresponsibility
- ludicrousness
- lunacy
- madness
- mistake
- nonsense
- poppycock
- preposterousness
- rubbish
- silliness
- stupidity
- tomfoolery
- tommyrot
- twaddle
- unreasonableness
- unwiseness
- weakness
- witlessness
- zaniness
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