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chatter
Synonyms and Antonyms of chatter
1 friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this pleasant chatter over morning coffee Synonyms 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-têteRelated Words 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 babel, blare, bluster, bowwow, brawl, bruit [archaic], cacophony, noise, clamor, clangor, decibel(s), din, discordance, katzenjammer, racket, rattle, roarRelated Words discord, dissonance; commotion, furor, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, rumpus, tumult, uproar; clatter, jangle; bang, blast, boom, clap, crack, crashNear Antonyms calm, hush, lull; quietude, serenity, tranquillity (or tranquility)Antonyms quiet, silence, silentness, still, stillness
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chatter
Synonyms and Antonyms of chatter
1 to engage in casual or rambling conversation chattered idly while waiting in line Synonyms 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, visitRelated Words gossip, tattle; descant, discuss, expatiate; yak (also yack), yammer, yap
2 to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly the parrot chatters all day Synonyms bumble, chat, babble, drivel, drool, gabble, gibber, jabber, prattle, sputterRelated Words 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 articulate, enunciate, pronounce
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