crapola

crap·o·la

noun \ˌkrap-ˈō-lə\

Definition of CRAPOLA

slang

: nonsense, rubbish; also : stuff 4b

Examples of CRAPOLA

1. The furniture in the garage is crapola.
2. Everything he says is just a bunch of crapola.

Origin of CRAPOLA

²crap + -ola, suffix forming jocular variants of words

First Known Use: 1941

Related to CRAPOLA

Synonyms: applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (or buncombe), claptrap, codswallop [British], nonsense [slang], crock, drivel, drool, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel [British], flapdoodle, folderol (also falderal), folly, foolishness, fudge, garbage, guff, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hoodoo, hooey, horsefeathers [slang], humbug, humbuggery, jazz, malarkey (also malarky), moonshine, muck, nerts [slang], nuts, piffle, poppycock, punk, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, slush, stupidity, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), tommyrot, tosh, trash, trumpery, twaddle

Related Words: absurdity, asininity, fatuity, foolery, idiocy, imbecility, inaneness, inanity, insanity, kookiness, lunacy; absurdness, craziness, madness, senselessness, witlessness; hoity-toity, monkey business, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan(s), tomfoolery; gas, hot air, rigmarole (also rigamarole); double-talk, greek, hocus-pocus

Near Antonyms: levelheadedness, rationality, reasonability, reasonableness, sensibleness; common sense, horse sense, sense; discernment, judgment (or judgement), wisdom

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Rhymes with CRAPOLA

Angola, boffola, canola, Ebola, granola, mandola, payola, plugola, scagliola, Tortola, Victrola, Vignola, viola