Hokum (Noun)

Meaning

A message that seems to convey no meaning.

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Examples

• The politician's speech was full of hokum about making everyone rich without actually providing a plan.
• The management's statement about the new policy was just hokum and avoided answering any real questions.
• They fed the public a load of hokum to distract them from the real issues at hand.
• The fortune teller spewed a lot of hokum that her clients eagerly lapped up without question.
• The motivational speaker's speech was mostly hokum and clichés with little substance or content.

Synonyms

• Bunk
• Nonsense
• Meaninglessness
• Nonsensicality

Hypernyms

• Subject Matter
• Message
• Content
• Substance

Hyponyms

• Poppycock
• Flummery
• Cobblers
• Humbug
• Rigmarole
• Rigamarole
• Baloney
• Palaver
• Fa La
• Tommyrot
• Absurdness
• Cant
• Incoherency
• Jabberwocky
• Hot Air
• Buzzword
• Hooey
• Crock
• Bosh
• Tarradiddle
• Piffle
• Boloney
• Twaddle
• Amphigory
• Stuff
• Fiddle-faddle
• Gibberish
• Tosh
• Gibber
• Ridiculousness
• Nonsense Verse
• Shmegegge
• Stuff And Nonsense
• Bilgewater
• Unintelligibility
• Empty Words
• Balderdash
• Fal La
• Schmegegge
• Incoherence
• Mummery
• Absurdity
• Taradiddle
• Empty Talk