| Afrikaans | Engels |
|---|
| onsin | ⇆ abracadabra; ⇆ balderdash; ⇆ baloney; ⇆ bilge; ⇆ bosh; ⇆ bunk; ⇆ bunkum; ⇆ fiddle‐de‐dee; ⇆ flapdoodle; ⇆ flim‐flam; ⇆ flummery; ⇆ footle; ⇆ fudge; ⇆ hot air; ⇆ kibosh; ⇆ moonshine; ⇆ nonsense; ⇆ persiflage; ⇆ piffle; ⇆ rot; ⇆ rubbish; ⇆ tommy‐rot; ⇆ tosh; ⇆ unreason |
| onsin! | ⇆ fudge!; ⇆ fiddlesticks! |
| klinkklare onsin | ⇆ arrant nonsense; ⇆ perfect nonsense; ⇆ plumb nonsense; ⇆ rank nonsense |
| pure onsin | ⇆ pure nonsense; ⇆ rank nonsense; ⇆ sheer nonsense |
| onsinrympie | ⇆ clerihew; ⇆ nonsense verse |