Synonyms of bilge

bilge

noun

ˈbilj 

as in nonsense

language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense

tried to justify his unhinged tirade with a lot of stale and insincere bilge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nonsense
• garbage
• nuts
• rubbish
• stupidity
• drool
• silliness
• blah
• muck
• bunk
• jazz
• trash
• twaddle
• claptrap
• rot
• balderdash
• piffle
• beans
• bunkum
• absurdity
• drivel
• flapdoodle
• baloney
• guff
• hokum
• crock
• blither
• folderol
• humbuggery
• blatherskite
• foolishness
• craziness
• hogwash
• blather
• trumpery
• tommyrot
• malarkey
• tosh
• punk
• codswallop
• insanity
• bosh
• poppycock
• absurdness
• fudge
• crapola
• hooey
• bull
• fiddle
• madness
• horsefeathers
• applesauce
• fiddle-faddle
• fiddlesticks
• taradiddle
• blarney
• hokeypokey
• flannel
• humbug
• nerts
• folly
• slush
• moonshine
• hoodoo
• idiocy
• senselessness
• inanity
• gas
• imbecility
• kookiness
• foolery
• lunacy
• asininity
• tomfoolery
• fatuity
• witlessness
• rigmarole
• greek
• inaneness
• monkey business
• hoity-toity
• hot air
• hocus-pocus
• double-talk
• monkeyshine(s)
• shenanigan(s)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rationality
• reasonableness
• sense
• common sense
• horse sense
• sensibleness
• judgment
• levelheadedness
• wisdom
• reasonability
• discernment

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bilge

Boaters can pump out their bilge and holding tanks at no charge at one of two facilities in the harbor. — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026

The boarding crew noticed panels containing the vessel’s bilge pump were manipulated, raising suspicion it was being used for smuggling, the complaint states. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026

This includes bilge drains, cooler compartments, baitwells and livewells. — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025

My smuggling vessel thrashed violently back and forth, swamped to the point of sinking, with the bilge pumps set to overdrive. — Martin Suarez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025