[
  {
    "word": "nonsense",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8n\u0252ns\u0259ns/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8n\u0252ns\u0259ns/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8n\u0251ns\u025bns/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/nonsense-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1235816",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense."
          },
          {
            "definition": "An untrue statement.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He says that I stole his computer, but that's just nonsense."
          },
          {
            "definition": "That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Something foolish.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "absurdity",
          "contradiction",
          "silliness",
          "stupidity",
          "unreasoning",
          "absurdity",
          "falsehood",
          "lie",
          "rubbish",
          "tosh",
          "untruth"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To make nonsense of;",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To joke around, to waste time",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "belittle",
          "dismiss",
          "dwarf"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Nonsensical",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "interjection",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "An emphatic rejection of something one has just heard and does not believe or agree with.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nonsense"
    ]
  }
]