Synonyms of blather

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noun

1

as in commotion

a state of noisy, confused activity

wanted to retire quietly and without all the blather of an office send-off

Synonyms & Similar Words

• commotion
• stir
• fuss
• disturbance
• hurry
• turmoil
• noise
• racket
• hoopla
• storm
• fun
• to-do
• clatter
• clutter
• bluster
• row
• hurricane
• hullabaloo
• hubbub
• ado
• ballyhoo
• bother
• pandemonium
• bustle
• foofaraw
• zoo
• coil
• squall
• roar
• kerfuffle
• stew
• furore
• pother
• tumult
• hoo-ha
• ruckus
• furor
• flurry
• rumpus
• welter
• hurly-burly
• uproar
• ruction
• bobbery
• shindy
• whirl
• helter-skelter
• alarums and excursions
• splore
• cacophony
• hubble-bubble
• hurly
• moil
• din
• hurry-scurry
• do
• clamor
• upheaval
• howl
• outcry
• williwaw
• hue and cry
• disorder
• eruption
• unrest
• outburst
• flutter
• outbreak
• brawl
• fray
• scuffle
• melee
• fracas
• lather
• fret
• fever
• dither
• tizzy
• flare-up
• hassle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rest
• peace
• hush
• quiet
• calm
• stillness
• tranquility
• quietude
• order
• orderliness

2

as in nonsense

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

dismissed the whole election as just so much blather

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

blather

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verb

as in to blabber

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

• articulate
• pronounce
• enunciate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blather

Noun

And then was bombarded with impassioned blather about the upside of nontoxic masculinity. — Mara Reinstein, HollywoodReporter, 24 Nov. 2025

The result is just old-fashioned cinematic fools’ gold, in which sensationalistic blather poses as social commentary. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025

Verb

The manifesto is littered with stuff like this, mixing high-flying rhetoric and references with base culture war blathering. — James Folta, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025

As Wharton continues to blather at June, Luke, Rita and a bunch of others move from the back of the crowd to the front. — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 20 May 2025

Phrases Containing blather

• blather (on)