hokum (Meaning)
hokum (n)
a message that seems to convey no meaning
Synonyms & Antonyms of hokum
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- horsefeathers
- taradiddle
- bosh
- trumpery
- fiddlesticks
- blither
- tosh
- crapola
- jazz
- malarkey
- tommyrot
- rot
- hogwash
- bunk
- blather
- falderal
- flapdoodle
- bunkum
- madness
- boloney
- beans
- fudge
- poppycock
- crock
- muck
- codswallop
- foolishness
- humbug
- humbuggery
- baloney
- folderol
- drivel
- piffle
- blatherskite
- tarradiddle
- buncombe
- bull
- trash
- malarky
- claptrap
- fiddle
- twaddle
- fiddle-faddle
- hoodoo
- blah-blah
- guff
- balderdash
- absurdity
- insanity
- blarney
- craziness
- hooey
- punk
- bilge
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- senselessness
- asininity
- gas
- lunacy
- greek
- applesauce
- flannel
- fatuity
- slush
- tomfoolery
- imbecility
- folly
- hocus-pocus
- kookiness
- nerts
- moonshine
- idiocy
- absurdness
- monkey business
- inanity
- hokeypokey
- rigamarole
- witlessness
- double-talk
- inaneness
- foolery
- rigmarole
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
hokum Sentence Examples
- The politician's speech was nothing but hokum, filled with empty promises.
- Don't fall for that hokum about a magical weight loss pill.
- The tabloid's story was pure hokum, sensationalized and devoid of facts.
- The TV psychic's predictions were hokum, nothing more than a parlor trick.
- Don't believe the hokum about feng shui; it has no basis in science.
- The new diet craze is just hokum, another fad that will fade away.
- The company's slogan was pure hokum, a desperate attempt to sound profound.
- The website's claim about being able to cure cancer is pure hokum.
- The self-help guru's advice was mostly hokum, simple platitudes dressed up as wisdom.
- Don't let anyone tell you that hokum about how money buys happiness.
FAQs About the word hokum
a message that seems to convey no meaning
nonsense, stupidity, rubbish, drool, garbage, nuts, blah, silliness, horsefeathers, taradiddle
rationality, sense, common sense, common sense, reasonableness, rationality, sense, reasonableness, wisdom, levelheadedness
The politician's speech was nothing but hokum, filled with empty promises.
Don't fall for that hokum about a magical weight loss pill.
The tabloid's story was pure hokum, sensationalized and devoid of facts.
The TV psychic's predictions were hokum, nothing more than a parlor trick.
