Synonyms of drool

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noun

1

as in nuts

language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense

the only thing more pathetic than the pop psychologist who gushed such drool was the public that lapped it up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nuts
• nonsense
• garbage
• stupidity
• rubbish
• blah
• silliness
• muck
• trash
• insanity
• rot
• beans
• craziness
• bunk
• jazz
• blither
• fudge
• foolishness
• falderal
• blah-blah
• madness
• guff
• boloney
• twaddle
• bull
• fiddle
• poppycock
• hogwash
• bilge
• buncombe
• fiddlesticks
• punk
• malarky
• baloney
• blather
• claptrap
• balderdash
• piffle
• hooey
• drivel
• tosh
• applesauce
• humbuggery
• blatherskite
• flapdoodle
• tommyrot
• crock
• trumpery
• absurdity
• hokum
• blarney
• codswallop
• bosh
• bunkum
• crapola
• malarkey
• tarradiddle
• absurdness
• hokeypokey
• folly
• taradiddle
• flannel
• folderol
• idiocy
• fiddle-faddle
• senselessness
• nerts
• moonshine
• slush
• horsefeathers
• humbug
• imbecility
• inanity
• hoodoo
• tomfoolery
• kookiness
• inaneness
• foolery
• lunacy
• asininity
• greek
• fatuity
• gas
• witlessness
• hot air
• monkey business
• hoity-toity
• shenanigan(s)
• monkeyshine(s)
• rigmarole
• rigamarole
• double-talk
• hocus-pocus

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rationality
• reasonableness
• sense
• common sense
• judgment
• horse sense
• sensibleness
• judgement
• reasonability
• wisdom
• levelheadedness
• discernment

2

as in saliva

the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands

the baby left a puddle of drool on my shirt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• saliva
• spit
• spittle
• foam
• slobber
• slaver
• froth
• salivation
• sputum
• expectoration

drool

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verb

ˈdrül 

1

as in to spit

to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth

the dog drooled when we put the steak down on the floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spit
• salivate
• slobber
• water
• dribble
• slaver
• foam
• drivel
• froth
• expectorate
• sputter
• splutter

2

as in to rave

to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm

middle-aged men drooling over a starlet half their age

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rave
• gush
• fuss
• slobber
• enthuse
• rhapsodize
• effuse
• fawn
• dote (on)
• emote

3

as in to chatter

to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly

stop drooling, slow down, and take a deep breath, because I can't understand you

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chatter
• chat
• babble
• sputter
• gibber
• shout
• prattle
• gabble
• mutter
• rattle
• stutter
• shriek
• jabber
• drivel
• mumble
• mouth
• blabber
• bumble
• smatter
• jaw
• blither
• troll
• blather
• screech
• stammer
• yack
• prate
• yak
• gab
• murmur
• bleat
• patter
• run on
• tittle-tattle
• jangle
• chunter
• maunder

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pronounce
• articulate
• enunciate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drool

Noun

Wipe the drool off your tank top, put some pants on, and get out your mama’s basement! —Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2024

Sam apologized awkwardly, trying covertly to swipe beneath her chin, checking for drool and feeling like the world’s schlubiest schlub for struggling to tear her eyes from this stranger when the love of her life had dumped her an hour earlier. —Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025

Verb

Panting, drooling, rapid heart rate and pale gums also point to the condition, and the dog may position its body in a downward-facing pose. —Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025

Leaning over him, Mary drools into Stack’s mouth, her appetite soon his own. —Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 June 2025