BLABBING Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in babbling

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verb

present participle of blab

as in chatting

to engage in casual or rambling conversation the two friends can blab for hours on the phone

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as in gossiping

to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature he blabs a lot, so never share a secret with him

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Recent Examples of blabbing

Verb

Luckily, Charlie admitted leaking that accusation to Georgia, which means Emira doesn’t have to fire or muzzle her assistant for blabbing. — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 23 July 2026 Rather, Sophi refrained from immediately blabbing about her advantage to Savannah and Rizo, keeping the discovery all to herself. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025 As with other gray-empowerment films like Thelma, there’s a touch of corniness in María Ángeles’ determination and resilience, which extends to a hint of blackmail to stop the real estate agent from blabbing to Clara. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025 Don’t say that your generic generative AI instantiates professional quality therapy, such as brazenly blabbing so in your marketing materials. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blabbing

Noun

Eichenberger recently converted one of the ponds into a small babbling brook to maintain a steady flow of water.

— Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Feb. 2026
The internet has spoken—the babbling of Minions will be heard at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

— Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 5 Feb. 2026

Definition of babbling

Verb

Their classmates had spent weeks gossiping and crying over who was hanging out with who, who might keep seeing each other once the term was over.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
But instead of gossiping about who’s dating whom, collaborators batted around their pasts and infused the darkly comedic anthology series with themes of samsara and the Jungian Shadow.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of gossiping

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

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has been talking a big game for months about fighting inflation, but failure to signal an intention to follow through soon has Wall Street questioning his commitment to price stability.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
Slot has stayed quiet and out of the limelight since he was sacked by Liverpool a week after the end of his second season in charge, instead choosing to do the talking in his own head.

— Gregg Evans, New York Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of talking

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

But there’s something else Sirianni realized in conversing with the chatbot.

— Zach Berman, New York Times, 20 July 2026
The series will feature Questlove and three guests playing a variety of games from Uno to Jenga to original Questlove creations, all while conversing about their lives and careers.

— Mya Copeland, Variety, 2 July 2026

Definition of conversing

Noun

Molly’s dialogue meanders between mindless chattering and singing to herself, musing on the mythological origins of asteroid names, recalling bittersweet memories of her wife and reflecting on faith, science and the afterlife.

— Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
In lieu of keyboards clicking, the sounds of chattering and forks scraping plates fill the space.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2026

Definition of chattering

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