rubbish

noun

(chiefly Commonwealth) Refuse, waste, garbage, junk, trash.

(by extension, chiefly Commonwealth) An item, or items, of low quality.

(by extension, chiefly Commonwealth) Nonsense.

(archaic) Debris or ruins of buildings; rubble.

verb

(transitive, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) To criticize, to denigrate, to denounce, to disparage.

(transitive, Australia, Hong Kong) To litter.

adjective

(chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) Exceedingly bad; awful.

Synonyms for rubbish

trashn garbagen folderoln scrapn junkn trumperyn wasten crapn debrisn nonsensen drossn littern detritusn hogwashn sweepingsn driveln twaddlen

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