GARBAGE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for GARBAGE?

Need another word that means the same as “garbage”? Find 20 synonyms and 30 related words for “garbage” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Garbage” are: drivel, food waste, refuse, scraps, domestic refuse, waste, waste material, debris, detritus, litter, junk, scrap, nonsense, balderdash, gibberish, blarney, claptrap, guff, blather, blether

Garbage as a Noun

Definitions of "Garbage" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “garbage” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen.
• Unwanted data in a computer's memory.
• Worthless or meaningless material or ideas; rubbish.
• A receptacle where waste can be discarded.
• A worthless message.
• Rubbish or waste, especially domestic refuse.

Synonyms of "Garbage" as a noun (20 Words)

balderdash	Senseless talk or writing; nonsense. She dismissed talk of plots as balderdash.
blarney	Amusing and harmless nonsense. This story is perhaps just a bit of blarney.
blather	Foolish gibberish. All the blather coming out of Washington about crime.
blether	A chat or conversation. He knows he can be a blether sometimes.
claptrap	Absurd or nonsensical talk or ideas. Such sentiments are just pious claptrap.
debris	The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up. Leaves and garden debris.
detritus	Gravel, sand, silt, or other material produced by erosion. The streets were foul with detritus.
domestic refuse	A servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household.
drivel	Nonsense. Don t talk such drivel.
food waste	Any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment.
gibberish	Unintelligible or meaningless speech or writing; nonsense. He talks gibberish.
guff	An unpleasant smell.
junk	Junk bonds. You do anything for junk cheat lie steal.
litter	Decomposing but recognizable leaves and other debris forming a layer on top of the soil, especially in forests. A litter bin.
nonsense	Ornamental objects of no great value. Nonsense poetry.
refuse	Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen.
scrap	Bits of uneaten food left after a meal. Poor little scrap she s too hot in that tight coat.
scraps	Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen.
waste	Unwanted or unusable material, substances, or by-products. They collect the waste once a week.
waste material	Reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect.

Usage Examples of "Garbage" as a noun

• Garbage littered the estate.
• A store full of overpriced garbage.
• A garbage dump.
• She tossed the moldy bread into the garbage.

Associations of "Garbage" (30 Words)

abandoned	Free from constraint- Liam O’Flaherty. Abandoned pets.
bin	Group together data in bins. She was a bit weird so I binned her off.
discard	Anything that is cast aside or discarded. West led a heart and East was able to discard his club loser.
discarded	Thrown away.
disposal	A kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage. England s 4 0 disposal of Turkey.
dispose	Incline (someone) towards a particular activity or mood. The government proposed but the trade union movement disposed.
dump	A heap of rubbish left at a dump. She dumped her knapsack on the floor.
dumping	Selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market.
extravagance	A thing on which too much money has been spent or which has used up too many resources. His reckless extravagance with other people s money.
filth	A state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse. You and all the others like you are filth.
incinerator	An apparatus for burning waste material, especially industrial waste, at high temperatures until it is reduced to ash.
ineffective	Not producing an intended effect. An ineffective teacher.
inefficiency	Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency. The idea is to eliminate inefficiency creating a seamless manufacturing process.
inefficient	Not producing desired results; wasteful. An inefficient campaign against drugs.
junk	Junk bonds. You do anything for junk cheat lie steal.
landfill	An area filled in by landfill. Landfilled waste.
litter	Provide a horse or other animal with litter as bedding. Always clear up after a picnic and never drop litter.
prodigality	The trait of spending extravagantly.
recycling	The act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products. I forgot to take out the recycling.
refuse	Refuse entrance or membership. He s so conceited he d never believe anyone would refuse him.
reuse	Use again after processing. The tape could be magnetically erased and reused.
riffraff	Disparaging terms for the common people.
scavenge	Search for and collect (anything usable) from discarded waste. Bears and wolves scavenged for carcasses.
squander	Waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner. 100m of taxpayers money has been squandered on administering the tax.
trash	Express a totally negative opinion of. Clubs patronized by rock trash.
useless	Having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully. She is useless in an emergency.
waste	Run off as waste. Her small talk was wasted on this guest.
wastebasket	A waste-paper basket.
wasteful	(of a person, action, or process) using or expending something of value carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose. A clumsy and wasteful process.