Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rigmarole

2 senses of rigmarole

Sense 1
rigmarole, rigamarole -- (a set of confused and meaningless statements)
       => nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum -- (a message that seems to convey no meaning)

Sense 2
rigmarole, rigamarole -- (a long and complicated and confusing procedure; "all that academic rigmarole was a waste of time")
       => procedure, process -- (a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error")