BABBLING Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

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as in babble

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verb

present participle of babble

as in chatting

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

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as in talking

to engage in casual or rambling conversation the little girls babbled contentedly for the whole ride home

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Recent Examples of babbling

Noun

Holmes’ feed is a babbling stream of self-help epigrams, ankle-deep reflections and many, many photos of herself. — Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2025 Are the adults responding to the cooing and babbling of kids who are not old enough to talk, but who are definitely old enough to learn and to develop their brains' power? — Alan J. Borsuk, jsonline.com, 21 Nov. 2025

Verb

Temescal Gateway Park is a 141-acre expanse in Pacific Palisades that features a babbling brook, oak and sycamore canyons and trails that zigzag up the mountains, providing views of the Pacific Ocean and its coastline. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026 There's one spot on Richard's land where the Guadalupe slows to a babbling brook at the base of a tree. — Bo Evans, CBS News, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for babbling

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Noun

Companies modelled after Mary Kay that have reprised empowerment babble for their founders’ gain are mentioned but receive scarce judgment.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
The film almost completely drops any and all scientific babble from the book in favor of character development, action sequences, and emotional gut punches.

— Matthew Razak, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026

Definition of babble

Verb

Haim first confirmed her attendance at Swift and Kelce’s nuptials at Madison Square Garden in New York City on July 3 while chatting with Access Hollywood later that month.

— Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
Harry was seen chatting with his aunt, Lady Jane Fellowes, who was seated directly behind him along with his uncle, before the event got underway.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of chatting

Verb

There was so much going on, whether the props department were working on setting up the flowers, setting up the food, the dog trainers were getting the pugs ready, or some of the actors were just hanging out talking.

— Daisy Leepson, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
The consensus might be summed up by New York adviser Aileen Agopian, who conveyed a mixed message, talking to ARTnews by phone.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of talking

Noun

The Korean Football Association was furious, responding to this juvenile, but ultimately harmless, prattle by boycotting the Korean press.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 24 June 2026
Some of the prattle can feel like treading water, a delaying tactic until the inevitable confrontation scene.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026

Definition of prattle

Verb

All three judges are basically drooling over how much pure quickstep content is in this routine despite some framework issues and the mistake at the end.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026
Toward the end of the film, that kid is grown up and stuck in an incestuous relationship with his mother, while a nearly incapacitated Dau sits drooling nearby.

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of drooling

Verb

During the interview, a mix of languages is spoken, with Ruiz conversing in Spanish, Kvaratskhelia in English and Dembele in French.

— Tom Burrows, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Lawmakers named the bill Adam’s Law, after Adam Raine, a California teen who died by suicide in 2025 after conversing with OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of conversing

Noun

NurPhoto/Getty Images Drinking tea in the courtyard of The Dwarika’s hotel, surrounded by centuries-old Newari wood carvings, the twittering of sparrows, and the chattering of mynahs coming home to roost, feels surreally calm.

— Nicola Chilton, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
Lake Mary head coach Scott Perry said last month that there is no chattering from his coaches about the Rams repeating as state champions.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of chattering

Verb

Someone who tried to silence the voices of people who are shouting about genocide.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026
Helton’s statue depicts the Hall of Fame first baseman shouting to the sky after catching a relay from shortstop Troy Tulowitzki for the last out of the 2007 NL Championship Series and what remains the Rockies' only World Series appearance.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

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