Synonyms of blather

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noun

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

blather

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verb

as in to blither

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• articulate
• pronounce
• enunciate

Examples of blather in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Mailer’s representation of events veers wildly from disconnected poetic blather to deeply confusing interior reflections. —Scott Bradfield, The New Republic, 28 Apr. 2023

Few can resist the Beltway’s beckoning, the blather of political pundits or the blandishment of campaign operatives urging them to run. —Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023

Verb

Back on the homefront, Zora lapses into blathering self-absorption and even Billie, the nurse, comments on her need to devote more quality time to her daughter. —Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2023

As in previous years, performers, presenters and winners alike had to battle the nonstop din of the blaring motormouths who blathered throughout. —George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2023

Phrases Containing blather

• blather (on)