chatter

1 friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this pleasant chatter over morning coffee Synonyms of chatter backchat, cackle, causerie, chat, chin music, chin-wag [slang], chitchat, confab, confabulation, gab, gabfest, gossip, jangle, jaw, natter [chiefly British], palaver, patter, rap, schmooze, small talk, table talk, talk, tête-à-têteWords Related to chatter colloquy, conference, discourse, parley, powwow, symposium; debate, dialogue (also dialog), exchange, give-and-take; crosstalk, happy talk; yak (also yack), yammer, yap

2 loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound the chatter of the ship's engine kept us awake all night Synonyms of chatter babel, blare, bluster, bowwow, brawl, bruit [archaic], cacophony, noise, clamor, clangor, decibel(s), din, discordance, katzenjammer, racket, rattle, roarWords Related to chatter discord, dissonance; commotion, furor, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, rumpus, tumult, uproar; clatter, jangle; bang, blast, boom, clap, crack, crashNear Antonyms of chatter calm, hush, lull; quietude, serenity, tranquillity (or tranquility)Antonyms of chatter quiet, silence, silentness, still, stillness

1 to engage in casual or rambling conversation chattered idly while waiting in line Synonyms of chatter babble, blab, cackle, chaffer [British], chat, chin [slang], converse, gab, gabble, gas, jabber, jaw, kibitz (also kibbitz), natter, palaver, patter, prate, prattle, rap, rattle, run on, schmooze (or shmooze), talk, twitter, visitWords Related to chatter gossip, tattle; descant, discuss, expatiate; yak (also yack), yammer, yap

2 to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly the parrot chatters all day Synonyms of chatter bumble, chat, babble, drivel, drool, gabble, gibber, jabber, prattle, sputterWords Related to chatter blabber, blather, bleat, blither, gab, jangle, jaw, patter, prate, rattle, run on, smatter, tittle-tattle, troll, yak (also yack); chunter [British], maunder, mouth, mumble, murmur, mutter; stammer, stutter; screech, shout, shriekNear Antonyms of chatter articulate, enunciate, pronounce