nonsense verse

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   nonsensical writing (usually verse)

   Synonymsamphigory

   Broadernonsense

Questions about nonsense verse

What does nonsense verse mean?

nonsense verse means "nonsensical writing (usually verse)".

What is another word for nonsense verse?

Close synonyms include amphigory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nonsense verse a common word?

nonsense verse is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.