| English noun: hot air | |||
| 1. | hot air (substance) air that has been heated and tends to rise | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | air | ||
| 2. | hot air (communication) loud and confused and empty talk | ||
| Samples | Mere rhetoric. | ||
| Synonyms | empty talk, empty words, palaver, rhetoric | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality | ||