Meanings
nounapplesauce (countable and uncountable, plural applesauces)
plural applesauces · alternative apple sauce
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of apple sauce.
Because Mother had been so busy making applesauce, dinner was a little late that night.
1955, Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona, page 101
Synonyms & antonyms
nounNonsense, balderdash, bunk, piffle.
Similar
interjectionNonsense!
More synonyms by meaning
nounnonsensical talk or writing
Also see
apple saucebalderdashballoon juicebellywashblahblatherskitebollocksbullbullfuckbullshitbunkumbushwahbyeclaptrapcodswallopcome ondog shitdrivelflapdoodleflapdoodleryflim-flamflizzfolderolfudgegalimatiasgarbagegashgo onharumphhogwashhokumhorlickshorse cockjabberwockyjazzmacaronimalarkeymumbo jumbononsensepiffleprattlerigmarolerubbishshitshitolaskimble-skambletrashtripetrumperywasswhiff-whaffwish-washyarbles
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Dutch flauwekul, zever
- flauwekulnonsense
- zevernonsense
- flauwekul!nonsense
French balivernes, balivernes!
- balivernesnonsense
- balivernes!nonsense
Polish bujda, bzdura
- bujdanonsense
- bzduranonsense
- blaganonsense
- bzdury!nonsense
Swedish snömos
- snömosnonsense
Cite this entry
APA
applesauce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/applesauce
MLA
“applesauce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/applesauce. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “applesauce,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/applesauce.
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