Thesaurus results for CHATTERBOXES

chatterboxes

noun

plural of chatterbox

as in chatterers

a person who talks constantly my seat companion was a chatterbox who never once stopped talking

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of chatterboxes First, Dillon’s competitors in the White House, the academic economists led by Walter Heller at the Council of Economic Advisers, became chatterboxes, as Dillon went on to other pursuits. — Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for chatterboxes

Noun

Other magpies gathered around it, as if saddened and confused.

— Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
John Deacon, Queen The members of Queen were magpies who could throw just about anything, from opera to rockabilly, into their world-conquering arena rock.

— Al Shipley, SPIN, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of magpies

Noun

For an adolescent navigating friendships, rejection, identity and belonging, something that never judges them or gossips and is always available can be incredibly compelling.

— Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
Group chats have—rightfully—earned a reputation as containers for gossips or for the airing of grievances that someone might not want to fully offer out loud to the public, and mine are not absent those things, from time to time.

— Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of gossips

Browse Nearby Words

chatterbox

chatterboxes

chattered

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Chatterboxes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatterboxes. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of chatterboxes

noun

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

slew

Popular in Grammar & Usage

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Popular in Wordplay

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Why do we 'bury the lede?'

Popular

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List

Games & Quizzes