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babble

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of babble

unintelligible or meaningless talk
  • The baby's good-natured babble and random gurglings were cute, but not very helpful in determining what he wanted.
Synonyms of babble

abracadabra, blabber, burble, double-talk, drivel, gabble, gibber, gibberish, jabber, jabberwocky, mumbo jumbo, nonsense, prattle
Words Related to babble

blah (also blah-blah), hocus-pocus, hokeypokey, twaddle

chatter, gab, patter, prate, tattle, twitter

cackle, clack, clatter

babble

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of babble

1 to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
  • in such a rush to tell us the news that she just babbled
Synonyms of babble

bumble, chat, chatter, drivel, drool, gabble, gibber, jabber, prattle, sputter
Words Related to babble

blabber, blather, bleat, blither, gab, jangle, jaw, patter, prate, rattle, run on, smatter, tittle-tattle, troll, yak (also yack)

maunder, mouth, mumble, murmur, mutter

stammer, stutter

screech, shout, shriek
Near Antonyms of babble

articulate, enunciate, pronounce
2 to engage in casual or rambling conversation
  • The little girls babbled contentedly for the whole ride home.
Synonyms of babble

blab, cackle, chat, chatter, converse, gab, gabble, gas, jabber, jaw, kibitz (also kibbitz), palaver, patter, prate, prattle, rap, rattle, run on, schmooze (or shmooze), talk, twitter, visit
Words Related to babble

gossip, tattle

descant, discuss, expatiate

yak (also yack), yammer, yap
Phrases Synonymous with babble

blow smoke, chew the fat (also chew the rag), shoot the breeze, talk a blue streak

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